the first a small rectangular tray, the front with low relief decoration showing two cranes flying towards pine trees emerging from rockwork, the reverse with nashiji ground; the second decorated with a gilt highlighted landscape against a black lacquer ground.
Length of larger 10 1/8 in., 25.7 cm
Property from the Estate of W.M. Bogdanowicz, Madison, Wisconsin and Naples, Florida
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.
