the first a semi-cylindrical example, the stone with a lavender hue; the second a cylindrical example, the green stone with yellow gold mounts.
Interior diameter of each 2 1/4 in., 6 cm.
Property from the Collection of David and Sarah Chen, St. Louis, Missouri. 密蘇里州聖路易斯市陳氏夫婦藏。
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.
