清十九世紀 琥珀雕仿古鹿尊式鼻煙壺 carved recumbent with legs tucked beneath, head looking forwards and a vase rising from its back, the material of a semi-translucent dark honey-brown tone, with stopper.
Height 1 7/8 in., 5 cm.
Property from a Private California Collection
McGee Collection, El Passo, Texas, thence by descent
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.
