A Chinese Canton Enamel and Gilt Bronze Gourd-Form Wall Vase
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $500 - $700
Estimate$500 – $700
Status
Closed
A Chinese Canton Enamel and Gilt Bronze Gourd-Form Wall Vase
of flattened gourd form, the front inset with two circular canton enamel panels one showing flowering branches, the other poetic inscriptions, reserved on a gilt ground incised with floral scrolls.
Height 7 in., 17.8 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.
