A Cinnabar Lacquer Brush Pot and Stand

19TH CENTURY

清晚期剔紅開光花鳥圖委角方筆筒連座
of straight section in square form with coffered corners, each side reserving alternating phoenix and peony relief panels, deeply carved to a black ground with smooth borders against the hatchured red ground, all underneath a keyfret border about the mouth rim, raised above a conforming stand, similarly worked.

Height overall 6 in., 15.2 cm.

Property from the Estate of Patricia Ann Black Smyth, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Sold to Benefit Berea College, Berea, Kentucky

The brushpot in stable condition. Visible fissure to lower portion of one panel running horizontally, less than one inch. Some scattered losses throughout, inpainting near base. The stand in fair condition, presenting well despite crack at the foot (piece retained) and minor nicks and losses about the top.

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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.

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A Cinnabar Lacquer Brush Pot and Stand

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