Three Chinese Hardstone Mounted Silver Snuff Bottles
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $150 - $250
Estimate$150 – $250
Status
Closed
Three Chinese Hardstone Mounted Silver Snuff Bottles
each chiselled foliate decoration and inset with turquoise and coral, raised above a hardwood stand.
Height of taller 4 1/2 in., 11.4 cm.
Property from a Private Chicago Estate
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.
