Nine Japanese Portable Bronze Writing Sets, Yatate
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $700 - $900
Estimate$700 – $900
Status
Closed
Nine Japanese Portable Bronze Writing Sets, Yatate
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
one in the form of a gun, the others of typical form with various decoration.
Length of longest 8 1/4 in., 21 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.
