Nine Chinese Jade Carvings

comprising a pale celadon jade figure of an immortal, a white and russet figure of a squirrel on a large bunch of grapes, a cylindrical celadon and russet jade pendant worked with chilongs and pierced with a long aperature, two pale celadon and russet examples, one a reticulated 'chilong' pendant, the other a figural group, and one white jade carving of a plump saddled horse; two celadon and russet examples, the larger of flattened ovoid form, carved and reticulated to show a cat resting beneath foliage, the second a figure of a recumbent horse, and one celadon and gray figure of a recumbent ram.

Length of largest 4 in., 10.16 cm.

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Annie Wu

Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Asian Art

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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.