A Silver and Hardstone Mounted Double Gourd

LATE QING DYNASTY

清晚期葫蘆鑲銀嵌寶蓋盒
the gourd encased within a silver openwork network of leafy vines bearing fruiting gourds, inlaid with coral, malachite and other stones, each lobe decorated with roundels enclosing characters reading hu xiao shan lin, long you cang hai (tiger roaring in the mountain, dragon swimming in the sea), raised on a later hardwood stand.

Height 15 1/2 x width 4 1/2 in., 9.4 x 11.4 cm.

Property from a Private Chicago Estate

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Annie Wu

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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.