A Jade and Hardstone Embellished Gilt Metal Hand Mirror
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Estimate$1,000 – $1,500
Status
Closed
A Jade and Hardstone Embellished Gilt Metal Hand Mirror
18TH/19TH CENTURY
the reverse with a round pale celadon plaque carved in low relief depicting a peach, mounted by gilt ruyi heads and chain border, and surrounded by alternating eight Buddhist emblems and hardstone inlays of , with the jade mounted handled joined by three bats.
Height 9 in., 22.9 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.
