清晚期 黃花梨刻龍紋首飾盒 of rectangular form, the cover carved in relief with a qutrefoil form panel filled with a sinuous dragon, enclosed by four auspicious clouds; brass mounts and blue silk lining, the reverse of the cover set with a quatrefoil form mirror.
Length 11 x width 8 x height 3 3/8 in., 28 x 20.3 x 8 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.
