A Pair of Chinese Export Silver Tripod Vases

20TH CENTURY

二十世紀中國外銷銀竹鸟纹瓶一对
each of cylindrical form, the straight walls rising to a lipped mouth, the exterior chased to show a bird perched atop bamboo branches with another in flight above it, supported on three legs in the shape of bamboo stems.

Height 7 inch., 17.5 cm. Weight of each 3 ozt 16 dwt.

Property from a Private Collection, Highland Park, Illinois

Purchased from Adele's Antiques-Gifts, Palo Alto, California, July 7, 1976

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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.