Two Chinese Molded Famille Rose Porcelain Snuff Bottles
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $300 - $500
Estimate$300 – $500
Status
Closed
Two Chinese Molded Famille Rose Porcelain Snuff Bottles
LATE 19TH CENTURY
each of compressed ovoid form raised on a short straight foot, and molded with figures in high relief, the first with eighteen luohans, the second boys; each bearing an iron-red Qianlong four character mark.
Height of taller 3 in., 7.5 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.
