拍品专文
In Chinese, ‘crab’ is pronounced xie, a homophone for ‘harmony'. As the shell of the crab means both ‘armor’, jia, and ‘first’, the crab also connotes success in the civil examination required for advancement.
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CHINESE JADES FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. EUGENE WORRELL
A PALE GREYISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A CRAB
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
细节
5 3⁄4 in. (14.6 cm.) long
来源
Sotheby's New York, 22-23 March 1999, lot 404.
展览
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1999-2022.
荣誉呈献
Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)