17 Chinese Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Hardwood Boxes and Covers
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $600 - $800
Estimate$600 – $800
Status
Closed
17 Chinese Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Hardwood Boxes and Covers
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
comprising various circular, ovoid, and octagonal examples, each worked to the cover with shell inlays depicting figures and landscapes, the sides with large flecked details.
Width of largest 2 7/8 in., 7.4 cm.
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.
