A Chinese Celadon Jadeite Beast-Form Water Dropper
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $200 - $300
Estimate$200 – $300
Status
Closed
A Chinese Celadon Jadeite Beast-Form Water Dropper
20TH CENTURY
depicting standing with the four legs square, and mouth agape exposing grinning teeth, the body carved in relief with ruyi form details.
Height 3 1/2 in., 9 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.
