A Pair of Chinese Green Hardstone Mythical Beast-Form Covered Vases
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $300 - $500
Estimate$300 – $500
Status
Closed
A Pair of Chinese Green Hardstone Mythical Beast-Form Covered Vases
20TH CENTURY
the deeply colored stone carved and reticulated to show each winged beast standing above a rocky base, and supporting an archaistic vase on its back.
Height 13 1/4 in., 33.6 cm.
This lot is located in Chicago.
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.
