A Chinese Carved Soapstone Figure of Pig and Piglets

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

worked from crimson streaked tawny corpulent stone to show the mature female nursing a brood of five sucklings, all raised about a hardwood stand.

Height 5 x width 6 1/4 in., 12.7 x 15.8 cm.

Acquired from The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, New York.

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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.