• Dimension: Height: 16 3/8 in (41.5 cm) Length: 4 2/8 in (10.5 cm)
• Estimate From: $6000
• Estimate To: $9000

The shaped ruyi head is carved in low relief with archaistic taotie mask reserved on key-fret ground, the scepter handle finely carved with archaistic pattern, the stone is of pale yellow tone. Qing Dynasty Qianlong period.

Provenance: Important Private collection, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
清代乾隆年間，玉器的生產隨著平定回疆得以空前髮展，新疆密勒塔山和于闐地區優質玉大量開採和不斷運入中原，使得以蘇州、揚州、北京造辦處玉作為中心的琢玉業蓬勃興旺。和闐黃玉即於此時流入內地，其為新疆和闐玉中珍品，十分難得，又因黃色為帝王之專用，九五至尊，黃玉正為其尚。因此清代朝廷玉器中，多采黃玉製器，而民間卻極難見到。時至今日，世人對黃玉之喜愛絲毫不減。本件拍品取材黃玉，玉質瑩潤，猶如凝脂。造型柔婉曲轉，雕工精湛，打磨拋光精到。如意首雕仿青銅器饕餮紋面，柄身細長，邊緣起線，上刻仿古紋飾。題材古樸素雅，又選取材質稀缺的黃玉，更顯彌足珍貴。

來源：洛杉磯比弗利山莊私人舊藏