• Dimension: Length: 18 2/8 in (46.3 cm)
• Estimate From: $12000
• Estimate To: $18000

Chinese. The arched shaft carved in relief auspicious bats and rising smoke, the head decorated in high relief with a full-faced dragon coiled around a 'flaming pearl', the stone is of dark green tone. Qing Dynasty period.

此如意以碩大碧玉為材雕琢而成，青翠瑩潤，內蘊精光，體量巨大，玉質溫潤光滑，觸手潤澤細膩，造型規制嚴謹，雕工精湛。如意作雲葉式首，首面四周起如意雲紋邊框，內浮雕正面卷體的穿雲升龍，龍頭位於正中央，方頭闊嘴，龍睛怒突。龍首顙頂圓凸，此為長壽瑞征，叉狀龍角沖天直立，鬃毛細如遊絲，須髯當風飄動，翻卷上翹。龍身作盤踞狀又頗富身段之變化，展於龍首兩側，蜿蜒盤曲，直至橫勾於龍首下方。龍身靈活夭矯而又挺拔有力，剛柔並濟，深具淩空搖曳的層次感。四肢健碩，五爪回勾似鷹，充滿動感。周身鱗片光鮮，鱗次櫛比，雕琢細致入微。四周加以祥雲錦地鋪墊，更添騰雲駕霧之象。龍首微低，似探向下方火焰珠，威不可犯，英姿神武。柄身中部隆起，自上而下漸寬，曲線優美。柄身正面淺浮雕三只作飛翔狀蝙蝠，蝙蝠四周圍繞祥雲，最上面的蝙蝠並銜有磬佩。“蝠”等於“福”，寓意多福多壽, 十分精彩難得，實爲宮廷重器。 來源: 加拿大溫哥華私人藏家收藏
Provenance: Private collection, Vancouver, Canada