molded in the form of a bamboo section, incised with a three-character maker's mark, 美山刻.
Height 5 7/8 in., 14.9 cm.
Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bernenko, New York, New York. 紐約市Herbert Bernenko夫婦遺產。
Provenance:
Acquired from Japan, April 21, 1968.
1968年4月21日購自日本。
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.