Two Chinese Enameled and Molded Porcelain Snuff Bottles
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $600 - $800
Estimate$600 – $800
Status
Closed
Two Chinese Enameled and Molded Porcelain Snuff Bottles
19TH CENTURY
the first molded as cranes and pine trees, the second depicting a scene of two officials chatting and smoking pipes in the garden, each with agate stopper.
Each: height 2 3/8 in., 6 cm.
Property from a Private Collection, Tubac, Arizona
Acquired from P.H. Lee, Hong Kong Jade Arts, Hong Kong
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.
