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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
755
A PALE GREYISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A CRAB
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The crab is naturalistically carved with pincers grasping the elongated leaves
of the two reed stalks on which it rests. The stone is of a pale greyish-white
tone with areas of light russet and white speckling throughout.
5æ in. (14.6 cm.) long

$12,000-18,000
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's New York, 22-23 March 1999, lot 404.
EXHIBITED:
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1999-2022.
In Chinese, ‘crab’ is pronounced xie, a homophone for ‘harmony'. As the shell
of the crab means both ‘armor’, jia, and ‘first’, the crab also connotes success
in the civil examination required for advancement.

T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器
清 灰白玉「歲歲和諧」擺件
來源:
紐約蘇富比, 1999年3月22-23日, 拍品編號404
展覽:
夏洛茨維爾, Worrell家族藝廊, 1999-2022年

(additional views)

CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
756
A WHITE, BLACK AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL
BEAST AND CUB
The group is boldly carved with a horned leonine beast with luxurious, well-
incised mane and curled bifurcated tail wrestling with its cub. The stone is of a
white color with patches of dark grey and russet mottling.
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) long
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
Dameron Ltd.
EXHIBITED:
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1994-2022.
LITERATURE:
J. Ayers, A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and Imaginary from the Worrell
Collection, London, 1993, cover and no. 19.

T. EUGENE WORRELL珍藏中國玉器
白褐玉太師少師擺件
來源:
Dameron Ltd.
展覽:
(another view)
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, 封面及編號19

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