the taller of hexagonal form, with one inverted panel decorated with molded roses on a vine, the other sides painted with gilt leaves and vegetal forms upon a black ground; the shorter having a slightly flared cylindrical body, tapering at the neck and having a flared lip, decorated with molded tassels and depicting figural scenes of boys playing.
Height of taller 12 in., 30.5 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.
