California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 September 10, 2022 9:30AM PDT  September 10, 2022 9:30AM PDT

 Lot # 6074 
A LARGE GREEN JADE GILT DECORATED 'DRAGON' RUYI SCEPTER    清 大型描金碧玉雲龍紋如意


  • Dimension: Length: 18 2/8 in (46.3 cm)
  • Estimate From: $12000
  • Estimate To: $18000

Chinese. The arched shaft carved in relief auspicious bats and rising smoke, the head decorated in high relief with a full-faced dragon coiled around a 'flaming pearl', the stone is of dark green tone. Qing Dynasty period.


此如意以碩大碧玉為材雕琢而成,青翠瑩潤,內蘊精光,體量巨大,玉質溫潤光滑,觸手潤澤細膩,造型規制嚴謹,雕工精湛。如意作雲葉式首,首面四周起如意雲紋邊框,內浮雕正面卷體的穿雲升龍,龍頭位於正中央,方頭闊嘴,龍睛怒突。龍首顙頂圓凸,此為長壽瑞征,叉狀龍角沖天直立,鬃毛細如遊絲,須髯當風飄動,翻卷上翹。龍身作盤踞狀又頗富身段之變化,展於龍首兩側,蜿蜒盤曲,直至橫勾於龍首下方。龍身靈活夭矯而又挺拔有力,剛柔並濟,深具淩空搖曳的層次感。四肢健碩,五爪回勾似鷹,充滿動感。周身鱗片光鮮,鱗次櫛比,雕琢細致入微。四周加以祥雲錦地鋪墊,更添騰雲駕霧之象。龍首微低,似探向下方火焰珠,威不可犯,英姿神武。柄身中部隆起,自上而下漸寬,曲線優美。柄身正面淺浮雕三只作飛翔狀蝙蝠,蝙蝠四周圍繞祥雲,最上面的蝙蝠並銜有磬佩。“蝠”等於“福”,寓意多福多壽, 十分精彩難得,實爲宮廷重器。 來源: 加拿大溫哥華私人藏家收藏
Provenance: Private collection, Vancouver, Canada