A Chinese White Slip Decorated Blue Ground Rectangular Tea Caddy
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $300 - $500
Estimate$300 – $500
Status
Closed
A Chinese White Slip Decorated Blue Ground Rectangular Tea Caddy
18TH/19TH CENTURY
of rectangular form, with coin motifs painted to the slip, and further decorated in inky blue, surmounted by a hardwood cover and raised above a stand.
Height 5 1/2 in., 14 cm.
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.
