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A cloud-shaped head on a curved shaft.
Also known as: Ruyi, Wish-granting sceptre, Ruyi cloud, Lobed head on a curved stick
The ruyi is a curved sceptre with a lobed cloud-shaped head, and its name means 'as you wish'. The head shape alone became a motif in its own right — the ruyi cloud collar appears on textiles and porcelain far from any actual sceptre.
Denotes a curved ceremonial sceptre with a lobed head, and by extension the head's shape used alone as an ornamental motif.
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Takes its name from the phrase meaning 'as you wish', which is what the object conveys when given.
Contexts: History
Generated the cloud-collar motif, in which the ruyi head shape is repeated around a neckline or a vessel's shoulder independently of any sceptre.
Contexts: History
A long gently S-curved shaft terminating in a broad head formed of three rounded lobes, the central lobe largest, resembling a stylised cloud.