A Claire-de-Lune Ground Pink Enameled Snuff Bottles
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Estimate$2,000 – $3,000
Status
Closed
A Claire-de-Lune Ground Pink Enameled Snuff Bottles
天藍地胭脂紅云鶴紋抱月瓶式鼻烟壺 of moonflask form, resting on a short foot, surmounted by a cylindrical neck and flanked by a pair of bamboo-form handles, the body enameled with cranes amidst clouds.
Height 4 3/8 in., 11 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.
