Lot Essay
A similar yellow jade figure of a hen from the Xu Hanqing Collection was sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2011, lot 922.
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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
A YELLOWISH-BEIGE JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT HEN
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Details
A YELLOWISH-BEIGE JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT HEN
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The hen is shown seated with the wings tucked against the body and the head facing forwards, with small rounded eyes, short curved beak, and pendent wattles. The feathers on the neck, wing and back are crisply delineated with fine incised lines, and the softly polished stone is of a mottled yellowish-beige color.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The hen is shown seated with the wings tucked against the body and the head facing forwards, with small rounded eyes, short curved beak, and pendent wattles. The feathers on the neck, wing and back are crisply delineated with fine incised lines, and the softly polished stone is of a mottled yellowish-beige color.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Julius Lowenstein Collection, London.
S. Marchant & Son, London, June 1995.
S. Marchant & Son, London, June 1995.
Literature
S. Marchant & Son, Post-Archaic Chinese Jades, London, 1995, p. 59, no. 78.
Exhibited
London, S. Marchant & Son, Post-Archaic Chinese Jades, 4-23 June 1995.
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1995-2022.
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1995-2022.
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Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist