A Japanese Export Carved Hardwood Displaying Cabinet

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the rectangular sectioned cabinet having two pull-out doors opening to five shelves, borders carved in relief with foliate decoration, set atop two drawers each with the front panel carved with further foliage, and the aprons decorated with relief carved floral blossoms, four curved legs decorated with beasts masks, joined by a rectangular shelf, ending in claw feet.

Height 67 3/4 x width 35 x depth 19 5/8 in, 172 x 89 x 50 cm.

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

Accessioned by the Strong in 1974.

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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.