民國 珊瑚雕桃枝蝙蝠鼻烟壺 the bottle in the shape of a peach, carved to the side in high relief depicting a bat, a white worm resting atop flowering branches, together with a malachite stopper.
Height 3 1/8 in., 7.9 cm.
Property from the Estate of Timothy Wehling, Seattle, Washington
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.
