A Large Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Covered Jar and A Hardwood Stand

Late 19th-20th Century

the low rounded jar worked with a ground of lotus head scrolls and shou characters to ruddy aubergine reversing oblong foliate-bordered panels worked with antiquities, flanked with gilt animal masks suspending loop handles form pointed fangs, the tiered rounded cover worked en suite and surmounted by a large globular final; all resting atop a hardwood stand ornamented with cloisonne plaques to a plain scroll apron above curvilinear legs joined above a circular base.

Height overall 44 x diameter 23 in.

This lot is located in Chicago.

In overall good stable condition, wear showing consistent age. Some spider cracking to the exterior alongside occasional enamel loss. The interior with cracquelure and larger flaking sections of enamel loss.

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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.

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A Large Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Covered Jar and A Hardwood Stand

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