each with a gently curved crestrail over eight spindles, the arms of elegant S-form and supported by slender shaped braces,the arms of elegant S-form joined to the front posts and supported by slender shaped braces, the hardwood seat set within a molded-edge frame, all on four beaded legs joined by plain spandreled aprons and stepped stretchers.
Height 33 in., 84 cm.
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.
