comprising two agate examples and one rock crystal example.
Height of tallest bottle 2 in., 5.1 cm.
Property from the Collection of Howard and Jane Cohen, Baltimore, Maryland
Smaller agate snuff bottle:
Purchased from Wah Shing Company, Hong Kong, August 15, 1978.
Rock crystal snuff bottle:
Acquired from W.H. Yeung & Co., Chinese Antiques, Jades and Objects D'Art, Hong Kong, July 18, 1984.
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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.
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