AI WEIWEI (B. 1954)
Ruyi
porcelain
4³⁄₁₆ x 15³⁄₈ x 7¹⁄₈in. (10.6 x 39 x 18cm.)
Executed in 2012, this work is from an edition of twelve, each unique

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

West Bretton, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Ai Weiwei. In the Chapel, 2014, pp. 13, 44 and 61 (another version exhibited; installation view illustrated in colour, p. 45; illustrated in colour, p. 47).
Washington D. C., Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Ai Weiwei: According to What?, 2014 (another version exhibited). This exhibition later travelled to Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art; Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario; Miami, Perez Art Museum and New York, Brooklyn Museum.
Paris, Galerie Max Hetzler, Ai Weiwei, 2016.
Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, Ai Weiwei: Libero, 2016-2017, p. 32 (another version exhibited; installation view illustrated in colour, p. 14).
Istanbul, Sakip Sabanci Museum, Ai Weiwei on Porcelain, 2017 (another version exhibited).
Jerusalem, Israel Museum, Ai Weiwei: Maybe, Maybe Not, 2017, pp. 116-117 (another version exhibited; illustrated, pp. 118-119).
Lausanne, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Ai Weiwei. D’ailleurs c’est toujours les autres, 2017-2018, p. 205 (another version exhibited; illustrated in colour, pp. 96-97).
Lisbon, São Roque Antiguidades e Galeria de Arte, Ai Weiwei: Paradigm, 2024 (another version exhibited).