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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE
                                                                                                                                 WORRELL
                                                                                                                                 725
                                                                                                                                 A GREYISH-BEIGE JADE RHYTON, GONG
                                                                                                                                 LATE MING-QING DYNASTY, 16TH-18TH
                                                                                                                                 CENTURY
                                                                                                                                 The deep vessel is carved with an inverted horned
                                                                                                                                 beast mask at the bottom, with its horns acting
                                                                                                                                 as feet for the vessel and the curled mane forming
                                                                                                                                 the handle. The upper body is decorated in high
                                                                                                                                 relief with three clambering chilong reserved on an
                                                                                                                                 archaistic scroll ground. The stone is of a greyish-
                                                                                                                                 beige tone with some russet and cream striations.
                                                                                                                                 7 in. (17.7 cm.) high
                                                                                                                                 $15,000-25,000
                                                                                                                                 PROVENANCE:
                                                                                                                                 Sotheby's London, 2 December 1997, lot 103.
                                                                                                                                 EXHIBITED:
                                                                                                                                 Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery,
                                                        723 (two views)                                                          1997-2022.
          CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
          723                                                                                                                    T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器
          A CELADON AND BLACK JADE FIGURE OF A DRAGON         T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器                                            明末/清 十六至十八世紀 灰青玉雕螭龍角形盃
          MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)                            明 青黑玉龍把件                                                           來源:
          The dragon with long, incised beard and knobby horns is shown in a crouched   來源:                                      倫敦蘇富比, 1997年12月2日, 拍品編號103
          position with the head reared back and the long tail tucked under the body.   士紳珍藏; 紐約佳士得, 1989年6月2日, 拍品編號291          展覽:
          The stone is of celadon and black tones with a few areas of brown mottling.  展覽:                                       夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 1997-2022年
          1√ in. (4.8 cm.) long
                                                              夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 1994-2022年
          $4,000-6,000
          PROVENANCE:
          The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's New York, 2 June 1989, lot 291.  CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
                                                              724
          EXHIBITED:
          Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1994-2022.  A BLACK AND GREENISH-GREY JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL
                                                              BEAST
                                                              MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
                                                              Carved in the form of a pebble, the recumbent beast is shown with sharp claws
                                                              and a pair of long backswept horns and resting on a flat base. The stone is
                                                              predominately of a blackish-brown tone with a small area of greenish-grey color.
                                                              2¿ in. (5.4 cm.) wide

                                                              $5,000-7,000
                                                              PROVENANCE:
                                                              Spink & Son, London, 4 December 1992.
                                                              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. 10.
                                                              T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器
                                                              明 青黑玉瑞獸把件
                                                              來源:
                                                              Spink & Son, 倫敦, 1992年12月4日
                                                              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10
                                  724





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