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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL      CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
                                                                     707                                                         709
                                                                     A GREYISH-GREEN AND BLACK JADE GOAT-FORM                    A PALE GREY AND RUSSET-STREAKED JADE CARVING OF A RAM
                                                                     TOGGLE                                                      MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) OR EARLIER
                                                                     TANG-SONG DYNASTY (AD 618-1279)
                                                                                                                                 The ram is shown with head raised and facing forward, with its pair of twisted
                                                                     The goat is shown with head facing forward and its pair of short   horns resting prominently on its back and the neck incised with hair markings.
                                                                     horns resting against its head. The greyish-green stone has   The pale grey stone has russet variegation throughout.
                                                                     opaque white speckles throughout and areas of black color.    2¡ in. (6 cm.) long
                                                                     The figure is pierced through the back for suspension.
                                                                     2 in. (5 cm.) long                                          $6,000-8,000

                                                                     $5,000-7,000                                                EXHIBITED:
                                                                                                                                 Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1994-2022.
                                                                     PROVENANCE:
                                                                     David Bowden, London, June 1989.
                                                                                                                                 T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器
                                                                     EXHIBITED:                                                  明或以前 灰褐玉臥羊把件
                                                                     Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1994-2022.
                                                                                                                                 展覽:
                                                                     T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器                                     夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 1994-2022年                                            (another view)
                                                                     唐/宋 灰青玉臥羊飾
                                                                     來源:
                                                                     David Bowden, 倫敦, 1989年6月
                                                                     展覽:
                                                                     夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 1994-2022年








                                                                     CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
                                                                     708
                                                                     A PALE GREYISH-WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A DUCK
                                                                     MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
                                                                     The crested duck is shown seated on a furled lotus leaf and
                                                                     grasping a lotus flower stem in its bill. The feathers on either side of
                                                                     the body are finely incised and the stone is of a pale greyish-white
                                                                     tone with dustings of russet and a few blackish-brown striations.
                                                                     2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) long
                                                                     $5,000-7,000
                                                                     PROVENANCE:
                                                                     Sotheby's London, 12 June 1990, lot 89.
                                                                     EXHIBITED:
                                                                     Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1994-2022.
                                                                     LITERATURE:
                                                                     J. Ayers, A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and Imaginary from the
                                                                     Worrell Collection, London, 1993, no. 40.

                                                                     T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器
                                                                     明 灰白玉寳鴨啣蓮把件
                                                                     來源:
                                                                     倫敦蘇富比, 1990年6月12日, 拍品編號89
                                                                     展覽:
                                                                     夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 1994-2022年
                                                                     出版:
                                                                     J. Ayers, 《A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and Imaginary
                                                                     from the Worrell Collection》, 倫敦, 1993年, 編號40







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