Three Japanese Export Rosewood Armchairs

20TH CENTURY

carved through the top rails and the back splats with sinuous dragons, dragon heads and tails forming art rests, the shaped seat panels above carved aprons depicting further dragon designs, all supported on curved feet ending in claw feet.

Height of larger 34 3/8 x width 29x depth 22 1/2 in., 87.3 x 73.7 x 57 cm.

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

From the household furnishings of Margaret Woodbury Strong, accessioned by the Strong in 1974.

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Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Asian Art

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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.