清晚期 琥珀鼻烟壺兩隻 the first of rounded rectangular form, the narrow sides caved with a pair of lion masks and mock-ring handles; the second in the shape of a recumbent frog with incised details, together with a coral stopper.
Height of taller 2 3/4 in., 7 cm.
Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois
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.
