Two Chinese Pale Celadon Jade Figures of Recumbent Beasts
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $500 - $700
Estimate$500 – $700
Status
Closed
Two Chinese Pale Celadon Jade Figures of Recumbent Beasts
19TH/20TH CENTURY
each stone having russet streaks, carved to depict the four legs tucked under.
Length of larger 3 1/8 in., 7.9 cm.
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.
