carved to show a cylindrcal body flanked by a loop handle and a side curved spout both in the form of bamboo sections, the exterior carved in low relief with leafy bamboo branches, the circular cover surmounted by a finial in the shape of double mushrooms, bearing a two-character marker's mark.
Width 3 7/8 in., 9.8 cm.
Property from a Prominent Washington D.C. Collection
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.
