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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
A YELLOW AND RUSSET FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT BIRD
MING-QING DYNASTY, 16TH-18TH CENTURY
Details
A YELLOW AND RUSSET FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT BIRD
MING-QING DYNASTY, 16TH-18TH CENTURY
The bird is shown with the long neck resting elegantly across the folded wings, the short tail feathers neatly fanned and the legs tucked beneath the body. The feathers on the neck and the wings are finely incised, and the stone is of a yellowish-beige tone with russet striations.
3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) long
MING-QING DYNASTY, 16TH-18TH CENTURY
The bird is shown with the long neck resting elegantly across the folded wings, the short tail feathers neatly fanned and the legs tucked beneath the body. The feathers on the neck and the wings are finely incised, and the stone is of a yellowish-beige tone with russet striations.
3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm.) long
Provenance
Private collection, Dorset, England.
S. Marchant & Son, London, 20 October 2005.
S. Marchant & Son, London, 20 October 2005.
Literature
S. Marchant & Son, 80th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Jades from Han to Qing, London, 2005, pp. 60-61, no. 58.
Exhibited
London, S. Marchant & Son, 80th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Jades from Han to Qing, 31 October-11 November 2005.
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 2005-2022.
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 2005-2022.
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Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist