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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.

(another view)

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.

(another view)

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