Property from a Canadian Private Collection
A yellow and russet jade ruyi scepter, Qing dynasty | 清 黃玉雕靈芝如意
Auction Closed
September 22, 04:06 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A yellow and russet jade ruyi scepter
Qing dynasty
清 黃玉雕靈芝如意
naturalistically carved with a lingzhi-form head issuing two smaller attendant lingzhi heads, the shaft modeled in the form of a gnarled stem encircled by leafy branches and smaller lingzhi heads, the yellow stone gradating to russet with dark inclusions from the ruyi head to the shaft
Length 12½ in., 31.8 cm
Collection of Charlotte and George McDonald Goldsack, acquired circa the 1930s, and thence by descent.
來源
Charlotte 及 George McDonald Goldsack 伉儷收藏，得於約1930年代，此後家族傳承
Compare an agate and a celadon jade ruyi scepter, both attributed to the mid-Qing dynasty and in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, published in Yang Boda, Zhongguo yu qi quan ji / The Complete Compilation of Chinese Jades, Shijiazhuang, 2005, pls 178 and 179. A closely related celadon jade example sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28th November 2017, lot 2926. See also a yellow jade ruyi scepter of similar design but with lotus decoration on the shaft, sold at Christie's New York, 18th March 2008, lot 465.
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