黑釉海棠尊 of baluster form with rounded shoulders rising to a narrow neck with a flaring mouth rim, glazed to the exterior in a lustrous black, the white underside bearing an apocryphal six-character Kangxi mark within a double ring in underglaze blue.
Height 17 in., 43 cm.
Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, Indiana
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.
