A Chinese Kesi Woven Silk Inset Hardwood Table Screen
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $300 - $500
Estimate$300 – $500
Status
Closed
A Chinese Kesi Woven Silk Inset Hardwood Table Screen
LATE 19TH CENTURY
清晚期 緙絲人物故事圖桌屏 having a rectangular panel intricately woven in a palette of gold, mauve, and pale blue tones showing figures suspended from an easel stand carved with dragon heads meeting across a pearl.
Height 26 5/8 in., 67.7 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.
