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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
A BLACK AND GREENISH-GREY JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Details
A BLACK AND GREENISH-GREY JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Carved in the form of a pebble, the recumbent beast is shown with sharp claws and a pair of long backswept horns and resting on a flat base. The stone is predominately of a blackish-brown tone with a small area of greenish-grey color.
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) wide
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Carved in the form of a pebble, the recumbent beast is shown with sharp claws and a pair of long backswept horns and resting on a flat base. The stone is predominately of a blackish-brown tone with a small area of greenish-grey color.
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) wide
Provenance
Spink & Son, London, 4 December 1992.
Literature
J. Ayers, A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and Imaginary from the Worrell Collection, London, 1993, no. 10.
Exhibited
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1994-2022.
Brought to you by
Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist