Five Carved Netsuke

19TH-20TH CENTURY

comprising four boxwood examples, the first carved in the form of a swimming cat fish, signed Hidemasa 秀正; the second also carved to show a catfish, signed; the third showing two rams in a mountain, unsigned; the fourth depicting a crouching evil with his mouth wide open, signed; a resin example in the form of a recumbent shishi lion, unsigned.

Length of largest 2 in., 5 cm.

Property from the Estate of WM Bogdanowicz, Madison, Wisconsin and Naples, Florida

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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.