Two Chinese Agate Snuff Bottles

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

晚清-民国玛瑙素面鼻烟壶两件
the first of honey stone mottled with deep russet patches, carved to rounded rectangular form; metal mounted agate stopper. The second of shield form, carved with mock ring handles suspended from the mouth of mythical beast masks, green hardstone stopper.

Height of tallest 2 3/8 in., 6 cm.

Property from the Estate of Eliot A. Landau, Woodridge, Illinois

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Annie Wu

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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.