A Japanese Embellished Gold and Black Lacquer Four-Case Inro
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Estimate$1,000 – $2,000
Status
Closed
A Japanese Embellished Gold and Black Lacquer Four-Case Inro
SIGNED OGAWA HARITSU ZO
銘「小川破笠作」 of vertical, rectangular form, decorated in gold lacquer with inlays showing a pheasant perched on fruiting peach branches, the reverse with flowering prunus trees; together with a silver lotus-form ojime.
Height 2 3/4 in., 7 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.
