Three Chinese Carved Hardstone Vessels

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

民國纏絲瑪瑙筆洗、灰玉荷葉式洗、石雕松鼠葡萄賞瓶一組
the first a grey hardstone brushwasher carved in the form of an open lotus blossom, the second a large vase carved within a profusion of grape vines with coursing squirrels, and the third a brushwasher worked from banded agate, carved to the white band with a ring of boys over a translucent pool with russet crab, fish, and lotus stems at the underside.

Height of largest 8 3/4 in., 22.2 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.