AN UNUSUAL SIGNED BAMBOO RUYI SCEPTRE QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Well carved in openwork from two sections of bamboo, the terminal carved as a lingzhi fungus set at right-angles to the flattened shaft with openwork carving of several smaller lingzhi branches growing upright from a nodule in the bamboo, the lower section with further fungus sprigs and the maker's seal mark, Lao Tong 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) long, Japanese wood box
AN UNUSUAL SIGNED BAMBOO RUYI SCEPTRE QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Well carved in openwork from two sections of bamboo, the terminal carved as a lingzhi fungus set at right-angles to the flattened shaft with openwork carving of several smaller lingzhi branches growing upright from a nodule in the bamboo, the lower section with further fungus sprigs and the maker's seal mark, Lao Tong 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) long, Japanese wood box
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