A RARE QIANJIN AND TIANQI LACQUER RUYI SCEPTRE 18th century

A RARE QIANJIN AND TIANQI LACQUER RUYI SCEPTRE 18th century Finely incised and painted in qiangjin and tianqi technique reserved on a rich red ground on the shaft head with a full-faced five-clawed dragon coiling around a flaming pearl amidst wispy clouds, the wide mid-section and end of the shaft decorated with panels of flowering branches, the narrow shaft shallowly incised with bats amidst clouds, all picked out in black, brown and green within incised gilt lines and on a gilt diaper ground. 42cm (16 1/2in) long. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十八世紀 填漆戧金雲龍紋如意 Ruyi sceptres were made in a variety of materials including wood, bamboo, ivory, cloisonné enamel, jade and coral. Lacquer examples such as the present one however are rare. See a qiangjin and tianqi lacquer ruyi , Qianlong mark and of the period, which was sold at Bonhams London, 12 May 2016, lot 278. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com