Lot Essay
A similarly rendered figure of a jade camel, but dated to the Southern and Northern Dynasties (AD 420-589) is illustrated in Jade Wares Collected by Tianjin Museum, Beijing, 2012, p. 126, no. 108.
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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
A PALE GREYISH-WHITE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT CAMEL
MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911) OR EARLIER
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A PALE GREYISH-WHITE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT CAMEL
MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911) OR EARLIER
The camel is shown reclining with its legs tucked under its body and its head facing forward. The stone is of a greyish-white tone with opaque white speckles and dustings of russet.
3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) long
MING-QING DYNASTY (1368-1911) OR EARLIER
The camel is shown reclining with its legs tucked under its body and its head facing forward. The stone is of a greyish-white tone with opaque white speckles and dustings of russet.
3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) long
Provenance
Jade House, Hong Kong, March 1988.
Literature
J. Ayers, A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and Imaginary from the Worrell Collection, London, 1993, no. 27.
Exhibited
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1994-2022.
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Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist