Two Chinese Amber Carvings and An Agate Carving of Double Fish

DOUBLE FISH CARVING: 18TH CENTURY

乾隆年製款瑪瑙巧雕雙魚擺件連木座、琥珀三不猴擺件及壽星把件各一
the double fish carved of bicolor agate to show one red and one white, supported on a hardwood stand.

Height of double fish carving 6 in., 15.2 cm.

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

The double fish in structurally sound condition, with some soiling settling in natural inclusions to the white fish, and within natural fissures throughout, and one terminating in a minute nip at the the white dorsal fin. The posterior fins with losses at three extremities. Each fish well-hollowed, The immortal figure with some scant fleabites and nicks at the extremities, soft museum wax at the underside. The monkeys affixed to the stand with museum wax, and each with a museum accession number.

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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.

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Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play

Two Chinese Amber Carvings and An Agate Carving of Double Fish

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