清晚期 銀麒麟童子鎖片兩件及嵌寳項鏈一條 comprising chain-link suspended pendants depicting figures riding astride mythical beasts, one with subsidiary strands suspending filigree fruit-form beads, and a necklace of ruyi lozenges fixed to an openwork pendant decorated with precious stones.
Height of the biggest pendant 4 1/2 in., 11.4 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.
