each of rectangular sectioned, decorated with gilt foliate motifs, the pair of pull-out doors opening to a lacquered wood tablet, the domed cover with two protruding terminals, carved with the sun and clouds, surmounted by a lotus bud-form finial, all raised on a lotus base and a stepped throne.
Height of tallest 12 1/2 in., 31.7 cm.
Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.
