A Japanese Simulated Leather and Lacquered Four-Case Inro
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Estimate$1,000 – $2,000
Status
Closed
A Japanese Simulated Leather and Lacquered Four-Case Inro
19TH CENTURY
of roughened brown lacquer simulating leather, decorated with flower heads in gold, silver, black and red lacquer, the interior of nashiji, unsigned; together with an ensuite netsuke and an orange lacquer bead-form ojime.
Height 3 5/8 in., 9.2 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.
