Lot description
AN IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED BAMBOO-VENEER RUYI-SCEPTRE QIANLONG PERIOD, POEM COMPOSED IN THE BINGZI YEAR (1756) THE QIANLONG EMPEROR'S BAMBOO-VENEER RUYI SCEPTRE THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE THE PREMIUM LOT PRE-REGISTRATION 3 WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE. the smooth, golden bamboo-veneer surface carved with a naturalistic curved lingzhi stalk terminating with a large head with an attendant fungus on the top, the decoration incised in low-relief on three separate planes, the knotted and gnarled, slender stalk with further minor shoots growing from the base and on the sides, the underside of the lingzhi head carved with a poetic inscription by the Qianlong Emperor in kaishu script, followed by Qianlong yuti ('Imperial composition of the Qianlong emperor' and the seal Guxiang ('Ancient fragrance') 34.7 cm., 13 5/8 in.
