White jade with a slight pale celadon tint, few natural inclusions, excellent surface polish. Silver mountings. China, Qing Dynasty These three silver-mounted jade plaques were originally the inlays of a wooden Ruyi sceptre. The sceptre head plaque shows an undulated shape and is carved with the scenery of two scholars and a pupil in a mountainous landscape. The central plaque bears the portrayal of Shoulao underneath a pine tree and finally the bottom plaque is adorned with the vivid portrayal of a horse in flight. The color graduation of the plaques is getting lighter from top to bottom, the head piece showing a visible pale celadon tint whereas the horse plaque is pure white. Ruyi scepters, by definition, are propitious objects favored for their shape, which represents the expression ‘as you wish’ and for their similarity to lingzhi, the immortality fungus. Shape: Undulated respectively ovoid shapes Dimensions: 14 x 12 cm (largest plaque), 11 x 6,5 cm (middle plaque), 6,5 x 7 cm (smallest plaque) Condition: Very good condition and fine hand patina Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in the 1930s to early 1950s Literature comparison: for two examples of Ruyi scepters with white jade plaques see Sotheby’s, FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 08 APRIL 2010, HONG KONG, lot 1887 or Sotheby’s, FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 10 NOVEMBER 2010, LONDON, lot 308. 清代如意上的三塊白玉雕玉板 白玉，略有青色，些微天然絮狀物，表面光滑，鑲銀 中國，清代 這三塊銀鑲玉板原來是一塊木如意權杖的嵌體。 權杖頭板呈波浪形，雕刻著山水中兩位文士和其童子。 中央的玉牌上雕刻著松下壽老，底部的玉牌裝飾著生動的馬匹。 玉牌斑塊的顏色漸變從頂部到底部變輕，頭部部分呈現可見蒼白的青色調，而馬匹是純白色的。 如意權杖顧名思義，象徵著“如你所願”，它們與靈芝這不朽菌類有著相似之處。 形狀：橢圓形 尺寸：分別爲14 x 12 cm ，11 x 6,5 cm 與6,5 x 7 品相極好，包漿細膩 奧地利私人老收藏，上世紀三十年代至五十年代初購入 文獻參考：兩件白玉雕如意權杖上的玉板可見蘇富比《中國陶瓷與工藝品》，2010年4月8日，香港，1887號拍品與蘇富比《中國陶瓷與工藝品》，2010年11月10日，倫敦，308號拍品