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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
Details
A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The collared beast is shown standing foursquare on cloven hooves. The body is decorated overall in light relief with archaistic scrolls, and with two sets of incised lines delineating the spine that terminates in a short upturned, cicada-form tail. The stone is of a pale celadon tone with russet striations.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) long
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The collared beast is shown standing foursquare on cloven hooves. The body is decorated overall in light relief with archaistic scrolls, and with two sets of incised lines delineating the spine that terminates in a short upturned, cicada-form tail. The stone is of a pale celadon tone with russet striations.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 13 June 1989, lot 50.
Literature
J. Ayers, A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and Imaginary from the Worrell Collection, London, 1993, no. 21.
Exhibited
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1994-2022.
Brought to you by
Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist