晚清-民國 紅地盤金綉壽字紋八仙圖 richly embroidered with a dense pattern of various immortals organized in a verdant setting with large peony and lotus blossoms, all enclosed within a reserve of couched gilt threads in the form of a shou-character against a red satin ground.
Height 28 1/4 x width 19 in., 71.7 x 48.4 cm (visible).
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.
