A pale celadon jade ruyi scepter, Qing dynasty, 19th century | 清十九世紀青白玉雕福壽雙全如意

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September 22, 04:06 PM GMT

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A pale celadon jade ruyi scepter

Qing dynasty, 19th century

清十九世紀青白玉雕福壽雙全如意

the ruyi-shaped head finely carved in relief with a bat soaring towards a fruiting peach branch, the arched shaft bisected by a rectangular central panel deftly carved with further peach branches and terminating in a rounded finial similarly decorated with a peach bough, the reverse plain aside from a spray of leaves at the central panel, the highly polished stone an even pale celadon tone with icy inclusions

Length 18½ in., 47 cm

Christie's Hong Kong, 1st May 2000, lot 660.

Christie's London, 15th May 2012, lot 62.

來源

香港佳士得2000年5月1日，編號 660

倫敦佳士得2012年5月15日，編號 62

This ruyi scepter is endowed with auspicious meaning through the depiction of nine peaches together with bats. The word for bat in Chinese is fu, which is a homophone for 'fortune'. The word for nine, jiu, is a homophone for everlasting. The peaches, a fruit alleged to grow in the realm of the immortals, represent longevity. Altogether, this ruyi scepter expresses the wish that the owner will have a fortunate, long and harmonious life.

Scepters of related form and subject include one sold in these rooms, 19th-20th March 2013, lot 413; another sold in these rooms, 6th June 1992, lot 348; and a third with the shaft ornately carved as a branch with lingzhi and leafy stems sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28th April 1996, lot 8. See also a similarly composed spinach-green jade scepter inlaid with white jade plaques containing the sanduo, with a Jiaqing reign mark and of the period, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 9th October 2007, lot 1311.

A pale celadon jade ruyi scepter, Qing dynasty, 19th century | 清十九世紀 青白玉雕福壽雙全如意

A pale celadon jade ruyi scepter, Qing dynasty, 19th century | 清十九世紀青白玉雕福壽雙全如意