[Gold Carved Flowers Ruyi]
Gold Carved Flowers Ruyi, 58 cm long and 16.5 cm wide in the middle of the Qing Dynasty
The upper part of the body is convex, the back is flat, and the first, middle and tail parts are bulged out in an oval shape. Its shape is modeled on the three-inlaid Ruyi style popular in the court in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. The whole body is carved and carved with intertwined flowers. The patterns are complex and exquisite. Its interior is hollow, and the first, middle and tail parts are respectively equipped with shaped oval covers, which are connected with the body by hinges. Spices can be placed, and the design is extremely ingenious. The three covers are flower patterns with tourmaline as petals, pearl as core, ruby as petals and emerald as leaves. Tourmaline, jadeite, sapphire, beads, etc. are embedded all around the upper edge of the cover, the upper edge of the whole device and the back edge, forming a gem decoration belt with alternate colors, and the amount of which exceeds 100. It is matched with yellow longevity knot and the next silk spike.
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