近代 緞地龍鳳褂兩套 the first a set comprising a red satin ground skirt with a black ground jacket, worked with dense swirls of couched metal threads depicting confronting phoenix and dragons in high relief,, the second a red satin ground set, similarly worked.
Length of longest skirt 41 in., 100.5 cm.
Property from a Private Chicago Estate
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.
