A Pair of Chinese Sapphire-Blue Overlay White Peking Glass Ginger Jars and Covers
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Estimate$1,000 – $2,000
Status
Closed
A Pair of Chinese Sapphire-Blue Overlay White Peking Glass Ginger Jars and Covers
19TH CENTURY
each in globular shape, overlaid on the opaque white ground with a layer of bright translucent blue glass, decorated with lotus and flying cranes, underside incised with a Qianlong four-character mark within a double square.
Each: height 5 3/4 in., 15 cm.
Property from the Collection of the Halim Time and Glass Museum, Evanston, Illinois
Ex. Ina and Sandford Gadient 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.
