the first a pear-shaped vase, the elongated neck mounted with a pair of handles in the form of bamboo sections, cast in relief with flying cranes; the second a squat-form tripod censer, both handles in the shape of sinuous dragons, cast to show cranes amongst clouds, converted into a lamp.
Height of taller 9 7/8 in., 25.1 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.
