Lapidary Works of Art and Ivories

Imperial Peony and pomegranate Ruyi scepter

    Imperial Peony and pomegranate Ruyi scepter

    China, Guangzhou

    1736-1795 (Qianlong reign)

    Ivory; carving, painting

    Length 35 cm

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    Carved in relief and openwork as a gnarled tree branch bearing auspicious lingzhi fungus and naturalistically rendered sprays of flowering narcissus with long leafy stems to one end, the arched shaft entwined with subsidiary branches and gracefully curling leaves stained in bright green, scattered with small blossoming peony flowers and buds, raising to a large interweaved cluster of blooming peonies, flower buds and splitting pomegranates forming the ruyi head.

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