[Blue jade phoenix bat pattern Ruyi]
Blue jade phoenix bat Ruyi, clear, 42.7 cm long
Ruyi sapphire is made of Ruyi head ganoderma lucidum. It is decorated with bat title charm and ganoderma lucidum pattern. The handle is long and curved, and the arch surface is embossed with phoenix patterns and evergreen patterns
The Book of Jin records that Wang Dun “chants the music of Emperor Wu of Wei Dynasty after drinking: ‘An old man is ambitious, and a martyr is in his old age, and he is full of ambition’. He hits the spittle pot with his will, and the edge of the pot is missing.” In the poem of Li He of the Tang Dynasty, “I remember the Changgu Mountain House for the first time as a gift”, there is a sentence: “hanging to the wall like a will, when the curtain reads the corner scarf”. It can be seen that in the Jin and Tang dynasties, China has achieved the desired results. At that time, Ruyi’s function was mainly to scratch
As arts and crafts, Ruyi was mostly seen in the Qing Dynasty and also in the Ming Dynasty, but it is rare today. The categories of Ruyi include enamel Ruyi, wood inlay Ruyi, natural wood Ruyi, gold Ruyi, jade Ruyi, aloes Ruyi, etc. During the reign of Kangxi, Ruyi appeared in a large number in the imperial palace. During the period of Puyi, Ruyi was still the toy of the emperor and his concubines. It can be seen everywhere in the bedroom and beside the throne, taking the meaning of auspiciousness and contentment, and even the emperor rewarded the close princes and ministers with Ruyi