Five Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottles

19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY

comprising a white glazed example, having broad shoulders, incised with floral decoration, the second a crackled glazed example, of cylindrical form, the third an iron red example, of cylindrical form, painted with dragons chasing the flaming pearls, the fourth a famille rose example, of flattened form, painted with lotus scrolls against a blue ground, the fifth a brown decorated yellow ground, in the form of a bottle vase, painted with dragons.

Largest: height 3 3/4 in., 9.5 cm.

Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois

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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.