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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
A PALE GREYISH-WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A DUCK
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Details
A PALE GREYISH-WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A DUCK
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The crested duck is shown seated on a furled lotus leaf and grasping a lotus flower stem in its bill. The feathers on either side of the body are finely incised and the stone is of a pale greyish-white tone with dustings of russet and a few blackish-brown striations.
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The crested duck is shown seated on a furled lotus leaf and grasping a lotus flower stem in its bill. The feathers on either side of the body are finely incised and the stone is of a pale greyish-white tone with dustings of russet and a few blackish-brown striations.
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 12 June 1990, lot 89.
Literature
J. Ayers, A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and Imaginary from the Worrell Collection, London, 1993, no. 40.
Exhibited
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1994-2022.
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Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist