Property from the De An Tang Collection

An exceptional imperial i🙈nscribed white jade ruyi sceꩲptre

Mark and period of Qianlong, dated to the renchen🃏 year, corresponding to 1772

德安堂藏玉

清乾隆 御製白玉趕珠雲龍紋題詩如意 《乾隆壬辰新春御題》款

「比德」、「朗潤」印

magnificently carved, the large ruyi-shaped terminal carved in low relief with a flaming pearl borne on a lingzhi-shaped wisp of cloud issuing from froth-capped waves, flanked by similar scrolling clouds, the reverse incised with a forty-eight character imperial inscription with two square seals reading bide ('measure of virtue') and langrun ('clear and unctuous') highlighted in red pigment, the arched shaft carved in high relief with a slender scaly fivꩵe-clawed dragon 🔯clambering around it amidst vaporous clouds upwards in pursuit of the flaming pearl, the lower pointed tip with turbulent crested waves, the stone of an even pale celadon tone with a slight yellow-tinted streak at the bottom of the shaft, original ebony stand

39.7 cm