A Large Pair of Chinese Sancai Glazed Porcelain Fu Lions
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $600 - $800
Estimate$600 – $800
Status
Closed
A Large Pair of Chinese Sancai Glazed Porcelain Fu Lions
20TH CENTURY
each raised above a tiered pedestal with carved and molded brocade ornament; the male pawing a reticulated ball and the female playing with a cub.
Height of lion 27 in., 68.6 cm. Height of stand 14 1/4 in., 36.2 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.
