Two Bronze Incense Burners and a Chinese Pewter Tray

20TH CENTURY

the larger example of globular form with reticulated walls, raised on a stand cast with a clambering dragon; the smaller example with deep, tapering walls, flanked by a pair of arched handles, raised on leaf-form stands, the circular cover surmounted by a seated shishi lion-form finial; the Chinese pewter tray with incised floral decoration.

Length of tray 11 1/4 in., 28.6 cm.

Property from a Private Chicago Estate

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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.