Two Chinese Jade and Hardstone Inset Table Screens
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $600 - $800
Estimate$600 – $800
Status
Closed
Two Chinese Jade and Hardstone Inset Table Screens
LATE QING DYNASTY
comprising a pale celadon jade example carved in the form of open-winged butterfly nestled in a reticulated wood stand, and a rectangular hardstone plaque inset with various stones to show a squirrel playing atop fruit-bearing grape vines.
Overall height of larger 10 in., 25.4 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.
