the blade in an old polish with a straight temper line, together with a shirasaya and a red lacquer scabard, the mounts are on tsunagi with solid silver mounts and shakudo turtle menuki.
Length of blade 18.4 cm.
This lot is located in Chicago.
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Annie Wu
Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Asian Art
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.
