A MOTTLED GREY, BLACK AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT CAMEL
A MOTTLED GREY, BLACK AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT CAMEL
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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
A MOTTLED GREY, BLACK AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT CAMEL

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

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A MOTTLED GREY, BLACK AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT CAMEL
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The camel is shown with head turned over the back and resting on the front hump, with incised hair markings on the humps and the mane. The stone is of a mottled grey and black tone with areas of russet and blackish-brown variegation.
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Christie's New York, 29 November 1990, lot 20.
Literature
J. Ayers, A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and Imaginary from the Worrell Collection, London, 1993, no. 28.
Exhibited
‌Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1994-2022.

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