清晚期 銀嵌寳鬢花三枚 each of elongated oval-form, worked with a dense profusion of shaped leafy tendrils, convexed flower petals, and furls of springs various inlaid with hardstone cabachons and overlapping as a soft landing for butterflies and insects.
Length of longest 6 in., 15.2 cm.
Property from a Private Collector, Florida
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.
