A Japanese Tobacco Purse and A Cloisonné Enamel Inro

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the purse embroidered with dragons, and finished with en suite metal mounts, the single section inro showing lotus against the blue ground.

Width of purse 5.5 in., 14 cm.

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

Acquired from The Rosett Collection, Fine Oriental Antiques, Forest Hills, New York, February 1, 1989

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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.