清 碧玉螭龍靈芝如意 Chinese. Carved as a branch with a lingzhi-form head, the branch with a chilong clambering upwards and smaller undercut twisted stems issuing further lingzhi, the head of the scepter with a large lingzhi topped by two smaller lingzhi, the green stone with darker streaks. Qing Dynasty period. 如意是一種象徵祥瑞的器物，由古之撓癢工具、前端作手形的爪杖發展而來。頭多作靈芝形或云形，柄微曲，供指劃、賞玩。其材質多樣，有骨、角、竹、木、銅、鐵、玉、石、珊瑚、琥珀等。所謂“如意”，即如人之意，是梵文“阿那律”的意譯。 來源：南加州私人收藏