Lot 12
CHINESE ROOT WOOD RUYI SCEPTRE
JIN NONG MARK, QING DYNASTY
Auction: 15 May 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
清 根雕隨形靈芝如意擺件
刻款：元氣依然太古時／錢唐金農
elongated curved body of the sceptre of naturalistic form complete with ribbed grooves and gnarled twists, with six sprouting twigs arched backwards in the form of a lingzhi, the angled head incised with eleven characters, including ‘Qian Tang Jin Nong’ mark
Dimensions
40.5cm long
Footnote
Jin Nong (1687–1763) was a painter and calligrapher in the Qing dynasty. A native of Qiantang (modern-day Hangzhou), he was the foremost of the ‘Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou’. Skilled in poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal carving, he began painting after age 50 and pioneered the unique 'lacquer script'. See a comparable rootwood ruyi sceptre of similar form, dated to the Qing dynasty, was offered at Bonhams Hong Kong, 26 May 2013, lot 23
金農（1687-1763）為清代書畫家，錢塘（今杭州）人，為「揚州八怪」之首。他工詩文、善書畫、精篆刻，50歲後始作畫，首創獨特的「漆書」。參考一件相似的樹根雕靈芝如意，定年清代，2013年5月26日於香港邦翰斯上拍，拍品23。