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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
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A FINELY CARVED PALE GREY AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A It is rare to find such an intricately carved jade figure of a camel shown with
RECUMBENT CAMEL both a harness and saddle-cloth. A similarly intricately carved jade camel
MING-QING DYNASTY, 16TH-18TH CENTURY from the Sheng Xiang Guan Collection, also with a saddle cloth and fine
The camel is shown with a rope threaded through the nose, connecting to a markings delineating the fur, was included in the exhibition, Exquisite Jade
harness encircling its two humps with draped with a blanket cascading down Carvings: Figures, Animals, Ornaments, The University Museum and Art
either side. The legs are tucked under the body and the hooves clearly defined. Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 6 December 1995 - 6 February 1996,
The stone is of a pale grey tone with some patches of russet mottling. p. 130, where it is dated Ming dynasty.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long For other finely carved examples of jade camels, see an example from the
Gerald Godfrey Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 October 1995,
$60,000-80,000 Lot 867, and the yellow jade camel illustrated in Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carving,
Hong Kong 1983, p.138, pl.128, where it is dated to the Tang dynasty. See,
PROVENANCE: also, a jade animal with similar strong and naturalistic details, dated to
Christie's Paris, 15 June 2005, lot 105. the Song dynasty, illustrated in Jadeware (II), The Complete Collection of
Treasures of The Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1995, p.68, pl.58.
EXHIBITED:
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 2005-2022.
T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器
明/清 十六至十八世紀 灰褐玉駱駝擺件
來源:
巴黎佳士得, 2005年6月15日, 拍品編號105
展覽:
夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 2005-2022年

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