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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
754
A FINELY CARVED PALE GREYISH-WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A
RECUMBENT MYTHICAL BEAST
QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
The head of the beast is carved with a broad, open mouth above the incised
beard, with laid-back ears and carefully delineated whorls of fur along its neck.
The body has rounded knobs indicating the backbone and a tufted tail with
finely incised hair markings. The stone is of an even greyish-white tone.
3æ in. (9.5 cm.) long
$12,000-18,000
PROVENANCE:
Weisbrod Chinese Art, New York, 6 June 2003.
752 (two views)
EXHIBITED:
CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 2003-2022.
752 753
A WHITE JADE `BUTTERFLY’ PLAQUE A MUGHAL CARVED GREENISH-WHITE JADE DAGGER HANDLE T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器 (another view)
18TH CENTURY THE JADE HANDLE, LATE MUGHAL, 18TH CENTURY 清十七/十八世紀 灰白玉瑞獸擺件
The plaque is carved as a stylized butterfly with spread wings and its body The handle is in the form of a pistol grip and is carved in low relief at the collar 來源:
superimposed with a sprig of lingzhi. The stone is of even tone. and the knop with floral stems. The stone is of a pale greenish-white color Weisbrod Chinese Art, 紐約, 2003年6月6日
2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) wide with a few russet inclusions. Together with a later blade decorated with an 展覽:
attractive swirling motif. 夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 2003-2022年
$4,000-6,000 The jade handle: 5 in. (12.7 cm.) long
PROVENANCE: $4,000-6,000
Ormonde Gallery, London, 7 December 1992.
PROVENANCE:
EXHIBITED: The jade handle:
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1994-2022. Collection of Hermann von Mandl (1856-1922), Vienna.
Sotheby’s London, 12 June 1990, lot 86.
LITERATURE:
J. Ayers, A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and Imaginary from the Worrell EXHIBITED:
Collection, London, 1993, no. 41. Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1994-2022.

T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器 T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器
清十八世紀 白玉蝶形佩 十八世紀 痕都斯坦青白玉匕柄
來源: 玉匕柄: 莫卧兒帝國晚期
Ormonde Gallery, 倫敦, 1992年12月7日
來源:
展覽:
玉匕柄:
夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 1994-2022年
Hermann von Mandl (1856-1922) 珍藏, 維也納
出版:
倫敦蘇富比, 1990年6月12日, 拍品編號86
J. Ayers, 《A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and Imaginary from the
Worrell Collection》, 倫敦, 1993年, 編號41 展覽:
夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 1994-2022年

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