Two Chinese Amber Beaded Necklaces

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

晚清-民國琥珀珠鏈兩件
the first having a large central opaque ovate bead pierced through the long sides, strung with smaller ovate beads of varying opacity, finished with a metal lobster clasp. The second a long example of translucent spherical beads carved with stylized shou characters and abstract designs.

Length of longer 35 in,. 89 cm.

Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund

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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.