A CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL 'BUDDHA'S HAND' RUYI SCEPTER, QING DYNASTY
A CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL 'BUDDHA'S HAND' RUYI SCEPTER, QING DYNASTY
China, 18th century. Cast in openwork with an arched gilt-bronze shaft resembling a gnarled leafy branch and a head in the form of two finger citrons, known as 'Buddha's hand' in Chinese, decorated in champleve enamels graduating from lime-green to yellow next to gilt bronze leaves.
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection. Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 8th April 2014, lot 3099 (one in a lot of two), bought in at an estimate of HKD 1,200,000 - 1,800,000. A noted private collector, acquired from Sotheby's at a later time.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear, minuscule dents, light wear to the enamels and gilt.
Weight: 584.7 g
Dimensions: Length 30.9 cm
The shaft bearing two small corresponding fruits in champleve enamels and gilt-bronze leaves, the openwork terminal suspending a tasseled endless knot.
Literature comparison: For a gilt bronze scepter of this type, but cast with all three fruit of the sanduo, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, see one illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Ju-i Sceptres in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1974, pl. 29; and a zitan version inlaid with jade and various hardstones to depict a finger-citron, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, included in the exhibition China. The Three Emperors, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2005, cat. no. 277, and another gilt bronze scepter embellished with pomegranates, in the OEsterreichisches Museum fuer Angewandte Kunst collection, included in the exhibition Die Ware aus dem Teufelsland, Museum fuer Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, 1981, cat. no. 12.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a related gilt bronze scepter, inlaid with glass and decorated with enamels, at Christie's New York in Auspicious Treasures for Scholars and Emperors: Selections from the Robert H. Blumenfield Collection on 22 March 2012, lot 1228, sold for USD 86,500.
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A CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL 'BUDDHA'S HAND' RUYI SCEPTER, QING DYNASTY
China, 18th century. Cast in openwork with an arched gilt-bronze shaft resembling a gnarled leafy branch and a head in the form of two finger citrons, known as 'Buddha's hand' in Chinese, decorated in champleve enamels graduating from lime-green to yellow next to gilt bronze leaves.
Provenance: Property from a Private Collection. Sotheby's Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 8th April 2014, lot 3099 (one in a lot of two), bought in at an estimate of HKD 1,200,000 - 1,800,000. A noted private collector, acquired from Sotheby's at a later time.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear, minuscule dents, light wear to the enamels and gilt.
Weight: 584.7 g
Dimensions: Length 30.9 cm
The shaft bearing two small corresponding fruits in champleve enamels and gilt-bronze leaves, the openwork terminal suspending a tasseled endless knot.
Literature comparison: For a gilt bronze scepter of this type, but cast with all three fruit of the sanduo, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, see one illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Ju-i Sceptres in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1974, pl. 29; and a zitan version inlaid with jade and various hardstones to depict a finger-citron, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, included in the exhibition China. The Three Emperors, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2005, cat. no. 277, and another gilt bronze scepter embellished with pomegranates, in the OEsterreichisches Museum fuer Angewandte Kunst collection, included in the exhibition Die Ware aus dem Teufelsland, Museum fuer Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, 1981, cat. no. 12.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a related gilt bronze scepter, inlaid with glass and decorated with enamels, at Christie's New York in Auspicious Treasures for Scholars and Emperors: Selections from the Robert H. Blumenfield Collection on 22 March 2012, lot 1228, sold for USD 86,500.
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