清十八-十九世紀 白玉雕寶鵝銜蓮把件及青玉荷葉形筆舔各一 the first a mottled stone with dark grey inclusions, carved in the form of a duck bearing a lotus spray in its mouth, raised on a fitted hardwood stand; the second an ink palette, the even color stone in the form of a large lotus leaf.
Length of larger 3 1/2 in., 8.89 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.
