A Chinese Silver and Serpentine Inset Blue Enamel Metal Hand Mirror
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $300 - $400
Estimate$300 – $400
Status
Closed
A Chinese Silver and Serpentine Inset Blue Enamel Metal Hand Mirror
LATE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the circular looking glass mounted on a silver casing with a border of blue and purple enamel, all enclosing a pierce-carved serpentine medallion, the handle set with a white jade hairpin, together mounted as a large pendant.
Height 6 3/8 in., 16.2 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.
