A Painted Enamel on Bronze Covered Jar

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the jar having broad shoulders tapering to a spreading foot, the waisted neck surmounted by a galleried mouth, painted overall with lotus scrolls, floral sprigs and butterflies, the domed cover with similar floral motif and winged bats circling the gilt knob-form finial, the underside bearing a red enameled Qianlong four-character mark within a square panel.

Height 14 3/4 in., 37.5 cm.

Provenance:

Acquired from a San Francisco estate

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Annie Wu

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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.