Three Japanese Red, Gold and Brown Lacquer Boxes

19TH CENTURY

the first of circular form, the cover decorated in gold with a blossoming chrysanthemum on a nashiji ground, the second in the shape of a house with the roof forming the cover, the third a miniature barrel-form covered box, decorated in gold showing flower-heads and entwined vines against a nashiji ground.

Diameter of largest 5 1/2 in., 14 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.