[CHINESE JADE]
Two works in English and Chinese about jade, comprising:

TANNER, P. de. Chinese Jade: Ancient and Modern. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Ernst Vohsen, 1925. 2 volumes. 232 x 323mm. Photographic plates throughout, beige cloth.

[With:] Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji (The Complete Collection of Chinese Jade). Hong Kong: Hebei Fine Arts Press, 1994. 6 volumes. Plates illustrating Chinese jades from Neolithic to the Qing. Original cloth, pictorial dust jackets, slipcovers.

Together 2 works in 8 volumes, both first editions.

中國玉器 2部
1925年《古今中國玉器》2冊
坦納 1994年《中國玉器全集》6冊

Property from a Prominent Chicago Collection

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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.