A Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Altar Table

20TH CENTURY

the rectangular top raised on a recessed waist above shaped aprons and square legs ending in hoof feet, the top panel decorated with a central shou medallion and two shou characters, divided by ribbon-tied Buddhist emblems, all reserved on a bright yellow ground with interlocking T motif, the border decorated with lotus scrolls on a celeste blue ground, the aprons and legs having similar shou, lotus sprays and melon decoration.

Length 40 3/4 x height 32 3/8 x width 16 in., 82 x 104 x 41 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.