清 酸枝嵌玉簪紙鎮一對 each comprised of a jade scepter plainly rendered from pale celadon jade set within a reticulated hardwood stands, each carved to depict two further sets of scepters meeting at intertwining prunus decoration, their ruyi heads flanking each of their jade counterparts.
Length of each 8 1/2 in., 21.6 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.
