A Chinese White Jade Belt Hook-Mounted Iron

19TH CENTURY

清晚期白玉龍鈎柄熨斗
the scuttle-form base decorated in relief with thunderous keyfrets and terminating at a dragon-head before the wooden handle, mounted with a large white jade 'chilong' belthook. The jade carved of wide proportion with a sinuous chilong clambering towards a dragon-head terminus, the underside finished with a flattened ovate knob.

Length 12 3/8 in., 31.4 cm.

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

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Annie Wu

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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.