Two Red Overlay 'Snowflake' Ground Glass 'Chilong' Snuff Bottles
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Estimate$1,000 – $2,000
Status
Closed
Two Red Overlay 'Snowflake' Ground Glass 'Chilong' Snuff Bottles
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
清中期 雪霏地套紅料螭龍紋鼻煙壺兩件 the first of pear shaped, the second of flattened circular form, both carved with sinuous chilongs, each with plastic stopper.
Larger: height 2 3/8 in., 6 cm.
Property from a Private Collection, Tubac, Arizona
Acquired from P.H. Lee, Hong Kong Jade Arts, Hong Kong
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.
