A Blue Glazed Porcelain Fu Lion-Form Water Dropper
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $500 - $700
Estimate$500 – $700
Status
Closed
A Blue Glazed Porcelain Fu Lion-Form Water Dropper
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
明十六世紀 藍釉佛獅形水盂 molded in the form of a recumbent fu lion, facing forward and with its mouth wide open, all four tucked underneath the body.
Length 4 3/4 in., 12 cm.
Property from a Private Collection, Highland Park, 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.
