A Chinese Polychrome and Gilt Lacquered Box and Cover
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $700 - $900
Estimate$700 – $900
Status
Closed
A Chinese Polychrome and Gilt Lacquered Box and Cover
20TH CENTURY
of ruyi-head form, painted a dragon and a phoenix in polychrome lacquer against a rich red lacquer ground.
Height 4 1/2 in. x diam 16 7/8 in., 11 x 42.8 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.
