Two Japanese Metal Covered Incense Burners -- Combined with 298620/56

20TH CENTURY

the first a compressed, rectangular form, supported on cylindrical legs, flanked by a pair of rectangular, upright handles, the reticulated cover surmounted by a seated kirin-form finial, all raised on a matching stand; the second of compressed globular form, decorated with landscape panels, set with a pair of elephant head-form handles and supported on three curved legs with similar motif, the openworked cover topped with an elephant-form finial.

Height: 15 in., 38 cm.

Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund

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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.