Three Japanese Lacquered and Metal Mounted Storage Boxes

LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the first a small nagamochi (storage chest), decorated in gold lacquer with flowering prunus, bamboo and pine trees, all reserved on a dark brown ground, having gilt metal mounts; the second a gold, red and black lacquered storage box, the top painted with red foliate scrolls against a black lacquered ground, above a pair of pull-out doors, decorated in gold and colored lacquer showing a rooster and a hen underneath pine trees, opening to four small drawers each decorated with a simple landscape, all above a larger drawer with the front panel painted with floral motif against a red ground, having silvered metal mounts; the third comprised of two compartments, the cover inset with coins, decorated with auspicious objects with, the sides painted with leafy branches, all on a black lacquered ground.

Height of largest 10 1/2 in., 26.7 cm.

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

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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.