A Rare Japanese Silver Portable Tool Kit and Three Writing Sets

19TH CENTURY

the small tool kit box incised with floral scrolls, comprising 15 various tools; the three writing sets including a silver example in the form of a folding fan, a copper rectangular example with its cover decorated with a relief Daruma, containing three small brushes and seal paste, a bronze two-case inro together with a miniature seal.

Average length 3 3/4 in., 9.5 cm.

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

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Annie Wu

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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.