the first a square tsuikoku (carved black lacquer) kogo (incense box), the cover carved to show a flowering branches issuing from rockworks, the interior decorated in gold showing chrysanthemums, plants and dragonflies; the second a large black lacquer netsuke in the form of scrolling lotus leaves, unsigned.
Length 4 in., 10 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
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.
