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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
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                                                                                                                                 A YELLOWISH-BEIGE JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT HEN    T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器
                                                                                                                                 MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)                            明 黃褐玉臥鷄把件
                                                                                                                                 The hen is shown seated with the wings tucked against the body and the head   來源:
                                                                                                                                 facing forwards, with small rounded eyes, short curved beak, and pendent   Julius Lowenstein珍藏, 倫敦
                                                                                                                                 wattles. The feathers on the neck, wing and back are crisply delineated with
                                                                                                                                 fine incised lines, and the softly polished stone is of a mottled yellowish-beige   S. Marchant & Son, 倫敦, 1995年6月
                                                                                                                                 color.                                              展覽:
                                                                                                                                 3 in. (7.6 cm.) long                                倫敦, S. Marchant & Son, 「Post-Archaic Chinese Jades」,
                                                                                                                                                                                     1995年6月4-23日
                                                                                                                                 $20,000-30,000                                      夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 1995-2022年
                                                                                                                                 PROVENANCE:                                         出版:
                                                                                                                                 Julius Lowenstein Collection, London.               S. Marchant & Son, 《Post-Archaic Chinese Jades》, 倫敦, 1995年, 頁59,
                                                                                                                                 S. Marchant & Son, London, June 1995.               編號78
                                                                                                                                 EXHIBITED:
                                                                                                                                 London, S. Marchant & Son, Post-Archaic Chinese Jades, 4-23 June 1995.
                                                                                                                                 Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1995-2022.
                                                                                                                                 LITERATURE:
                                                                                                                                 S. Marchant & Son, Post-Archaic Chinese Jades, London, 1995, p. 59, no. 78.
                                                                                                                                 A similar yellow jade figure of a hen from the Xu Hanqing Collection was sold
                                                                                                                                 at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2011, lot 922.










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          CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL  T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器
          713                                                 明 青褐玉鼠把件
          A RARE CELADON AND BUFF JADE FIGURE OF A RAT        來源:
          MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)                            David Bowden, 倫敦, 1988年8月
          The mouse is shown with incised whiskers, well-hollowed ears and tail flicked   展覽:
          to the left side. The stone is of celadon color with extensive buff alteration.   夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 1994-2022年
          2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) long                               出版:
                                                              J. Ayers, 《A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and Imaginary from the
          $6,000-8,000                                        Worrell Collection》, 倫敦, 1993年, 編號39
          PROVENANCE:
          David Bowden, London, August 1988.
          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. 39.
          The first animal of the Chinese zodiac, the rat symbolizes vitality and fertility.
          Despite this significance, the rat remains an exceptionally rare subject in jade
          carvings. A celadon and black jade ‘rat’ toggle dated 17 century was sold at
                                             th
          Christie’s London, 15 May 2018, lot 49.



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