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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE    CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
                                                                               WORRELL                                           728
                                                                               726                                               A PALE GREY JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT CAMEL        The pose of this recumbent jade camel, with the head turned to the front
                                                                               A PALE BEIGE AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE                                                                   hump, is seen as early as the Tang dynasty and continued into the Qing
                                                                               OF A RECUMBENT HORSE                              MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 15TH-18TH CENTURY          dynasty. The pose allowed the carver to accentuate the graceful curve of
                                                                               MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)                          The camel is shown with the mouth open and the head turned sharply towards   the neck and the contours of the body. Those that are dated as early as the
                                                                                                                                 the front hump, with incised lines on the mane and humps to indicate fur. The   Tang dynasty include one in the Victoria and Albert Museum and another in
                                                                               The horse is shown playfully rolling on its side   softly polished pale grey stone has some areas of brown mottling and some   the collection of Dr. Paul Singer, both published by J. Rawson and J. Ayers in
                                                                               with the head turned to touch the left hind leg. The   black striations.                              Chinese Jade throughout the ages, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1975-
                                                                               softly polished stone is of a beigeish-white tone   5 in. (12.7 cm.) wide                             76, nos. 201 and 202. Another is illustrated by d'Argencé in Chinese Jades in
                                                                               with some feathery russet striations.                                                                 the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1977, pl.
                                                                               3º in. (8.2 cm.) long                             $20,000-30,000                                      XXXII. J. C. Y. Watt illustrates three camel figures in Chinese Jades from the
                                                                                                                                                                                     Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, 1989, pp. 58-9,
                                                                               $6,000-8,000                                      PROVENANCE:                                         nos. 32a-32c, the first dated Six Dynasties to Tang, the second Tang, and the
                                                                                                                                   The Property of an American Collector, Sotheby’s New York, 24 March 1998,   third Tang to Ming.
                                                                               PROVENANCE:                                       lot 340.
                                                                               Reverend Victor Farmer Collection.
                                                                               Christie's London, 8 June 2004, lot 456.          EXHIBITED:
                                                                                                                                 Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1998-2022.
                                                                               EXHIBITED:
                                                                               Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery,   T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器
                                                                               2004-2022.
                                                                                                                                 明/清初 十五至十八世紀 灰玉駱駝擺件
                                                                               LITERATURE:
                                                                               J. Ayers, A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and    來源:
                                                                               Imaginary from the Worrell Collection, London,    美國珍藏; 紐約蘇富比, 1998年3月24日, 拍品編號340
                                                                               1993, no. 29.                                     展覽:
                                                                                                                                 夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 1998-2022年
                                                                               T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器
                                                                               明 褐玉臥馬擺件
                                                                               來源:
                                                                               Victor Farmer牧師珍藏
                                          726                                  倫敦佳士得, 2004年6月8日, 拍品編號456                                                                                                   (another view)
                                                                               展覽:
                                                                               夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 2004-2022年
                                                                               出版:
                                                                               J. Ayers, 《A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real
                                                                               and Imaginary from the Worrell Collection》, 倫
                                                                               敦, 1993年, 編號29
                                                                               CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE
                                                                               WORRELL
                                                                               727
                                                                               A PALE YELLOW AND BROWN JADE
                                                                               `BUFFALO AND BOY’ GROUP
                                                                               MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911)
                                                                               The young boy is shown with his hat hung over the
                                                                               back of his short tunic and climbing onto the back
                                                                               of the recumbent buffalo. The stone is of a pale
                                                                               yellow tone with some brown and buff mottling.
                                                                               2æ in. (7 cm.) long

                                                                               $4,000-6,000
                                                                               PROVENANCE:
                                                                               The Property of a Gentleman; Christie's New York,
                                                                               2 June 1989, lot 279.
                                                                               EXHIBITED:
                                                                               Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery,
                                                                               1994-2022.

                                                                               T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器
                                                                               明/清 黃褐玉牧童戲牛
                                                                               來源:
                                                                               士紳珍藏; 紐約佳士得, 1989年6月2日, 拍品編號279
                                          727                                  展覽:
                                                                               夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 1994-2022年



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