A Bespoke Japanese Gilt Decorated Wood Panel of The Woodbury Coat-of-Arms

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

centered with three roaring crowned lions, between a serpentine with arrows and a flowing ribbon carved with letters VERA SEQUOR (follow the truth), all above a gilt-lettered Woodbury, enclosed by clusters of auspicious clouds, floral sprigs and foliate scrolls.

Height 21 3/4 in., 54 cm.

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

John Charles Woodbury (1859-1937), purchased between 1905-13.

Accessioned by the Strong Museum of Play in 1977.

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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.