硬木交椅一對 each has a round toprail continuing in a curve to the arms terminating in the outswept ends, each arm supported by the hooked upper extension of the front leg suspending a long spandrel, the crook with copper sheath and copper braces joining the leg extension to the upper leg, the backsplat carved with lotus and openwork ruyi-head.
Height overall 40 x width 22 x depth 25 in., 101.6 x 55.9 x 63.5 cm.
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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.
