Two Japanese Pagoda-Form Bronze Lanterns and A Bronze Incense Burner

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

each lantern of globular form with reticulated walls, the cover in the form of the roof, suspending various bells, all raised on a tall, recessed stand, cast with multiple dragons; the incense burner with a compressed body, decorated with birds amongst floral blossoms, set with a pair of beast masks and upright handles, raised on three curved feet issuing from lion heads, the recticulated cover topped with a kirin-form finial.

Height 18 in., 46 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.