EDGAR WORCH (1880-1972)
Edgar Worch was born in Kassel, Germany. His uncle had already been a prominent dealer in Chinese art in Paris, where he resided until the outbreak of World War I, when all of his property was confiscated by the French. Edgar Worch subsequently moved to Germany, and following the end of the war, set up his own business in Chinese art in Berlin and soon became one of the world's leading dealers and connoisseurs in this field. He had already made several trips to China, Japan and the United States, where he met many of the world's leading collectors, museum directors and curators. Important works of Chinese art which he sold soon found their way into the foremost museums and private collections in both Europe and the United States, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Musée Guimet, Paris, and the collections of Charles L. Freer, Mrs. Eugene Meyer and John D. Rockefeller, III, to mention but a few.
In 1932 Edgar Worch and his wife Hedwig moved to Geneva and later, in 1938, to New York. He also brought with him his own distinguished collection of Asian, largely Chinese, art, which was displayed in his home on Fifth Avenue. There he would also frequently entertain prominent museum officials and collectors. He continued to maintain his important contacts with museums, collectors and dealers throughout the world until his death in November, 1972.
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EDGAR AND HEDWIG WORCH
FAMILLE VERTE AND FAMILLE ROSE WARES
(LOTS 363-409)
Details
A GROUP OF FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT OBJECTS
17TH AND 18TH CENTURY
Comprising four water-droppers, including one modeled as a monkey perched on craggy rockwork supported on a shaped tripod stand, covered in a green glaze; one as a leaping carp; one as a group of three fruit; and one as a deer and monkey group; together with an 'egg and spinach'-glazed model of a shoe; a yellow-glazed libation cup; and a washed greenish-brown-glazed model of a shell cut open to reveal a recumbent lady and child in the interior, minor damage--the first 4¾in. (12.2cm.) high, the rest all between 2 to 3 1/8in. (5.2 and 8cm.) long (7)
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See illustration of four