Three Chinese Precious Stone Snuff Bottles

19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the first a tiger's eye stone bottle, carved with taotie masks; the second a red quartz bottle, of flattened shield form, carved on one side with flowering orchids, with a glass stopper; the third a hair quartz example, of rounded rectangular form, carved with floral decoration.

Height of tallest 2 3/4 in., 7 cm.

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

Red quartz bottle:

Acquired from Sydney L. Moss Ltd., Oriental Art, May 15, 1990

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Annie Wu

Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Asian Art

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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.