A SMALL BOXWOOD RUYI SCEPTER QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

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Description

wood

naturalistically carved in the form of a lingzhi sprig, with two lingzhi caps borne on spindly stems at the base and a large ruyi head terminal at the opposite end, the wood of orange-reddish brown with a mellow patina

Provenance

E. & J. Frankel, New York, 2004.