A Pair of Chinese Blue and White 'Cracked Ice and Prunus' Porcelain Covered Jars
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $300 - $400
Estimate$300 – $400
Status
Closed
A Pair of Chinese Blue and White 'Cracked Ice and Prunus' Porcelain Covered Jars
19TH CENTURY
each petite jar having a bulbous body, and is surmounted by a domed cover terminating in a beast-form finial; all raised above later hardwood stands.
Height to top of finial 6 1/2 in., 16.5 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.
