LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SEALED MIYAMOTO KINSEI
each of tapering baluster form rising from a recessed base to a rounded shoulder and narrow short neck with everted rim, decorated with chrysanthemum to the shoulder and floral band to the foot, sealed Miyamoto kinsei, one stamped mark, jungin (pure silver).
Each: height 12 in., 30 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.
