A Bronze Handled Vase

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

明仿古蟬紋雙耳銅瓶
the baluster body cast with cicada blades containing archaistic motifs above a leiwen ground, below a ruyi head band to the broad shoulders, decorated with beast mask-form handles and loose rings in the shape of twisted robes, surmounted by a short neck and a lipped mouth, raised on a fitted hardwood stand.

Height of vase 6 1/4 in., 2.46 cm.

Property from a Private Collection, Highland Park, Illinois

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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.