A Chinese Bone Inset Blue Enameled Metal Hand Mirror
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $500 - $700
Estimate$500 – $700
Status
Closed
A Chinese Bone Inset Blue Enameled Metal Hand Mirror
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the back of the mirror inset with bone decoration showing flowering prunus trees, reserved on a blue enameled ground cast with lotus blossoms and lotus branches, set in a fitted brocade stand.
Length 13 1/2 in., 34.3 cm.
Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois
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.
