Six Japanese Fan-Shaped Portable Writing Sets, Yatate
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $500 - $700
Estimate$500 – $700
Status
Closed
Six Japanese Fan-Shaped Portable Writing Sets, Yatate
19TH CENTURY
comprising five wood examples, one carved with chrysanthemum, one decorated in gold and silver with birds and flower heads; one silver example with its ink reservoir in the shape of an open fan.
Length of largest 13 1/4 in., 33.5 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
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.
