Three Chinese Bronze 'Turtle and Crane' Candle Holders
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $600 - $800
Estimate$600 – $800
Status
Closed
Three Chinese Bronze 'Turtle and Crane' Candle Holders
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
晚清/民國 銅龜鶴延年燭臺三件 each modelled as a crane standing upon a turtle, bearing a flower-form candle stick.
Height 16 in., 40.6 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
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.
