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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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