A Chinese Canton Enamel on Copper 'Eight Horses' Plate
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $300 - $500
Estimate$300 – $500
Status
Closed
A Chinese Canton Enamel on Copper 'Eight Horses' Plate
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
民國 廣式銅胎畫琺琅松石綠地八駿圖盤 having a slightly flared rim circumnavigated with a brass band, painted within the shallow cavetto with eight prancing horses, each of a different dappled, painted, or solid color against a soft turquoise ground, all raised on a well-carved hardwood easel stand.
Total height 14 3/4 in., 37.5 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.
