A Chinese Enamel on Copper 'Quail' Snuff Bottle

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

晚清-民國廣式銅胎畫琺琅花鳥圖鼻烟壺
the globular body supported by a straight ovoid foot, the exterior painted with petalloid bordered reserves showing a pair of plumb quail opposite peonies, the underside bearing an apocryphal Qianlong four-character blue enameled mark.

Height 2 1/8 in., 5.5 cm.

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

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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.