A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Snuff Bottle and a Porcelain Model of Double Lychee
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $150 - $250
Estimate$150 – $250
Status
Closed
A Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Snuff Bottle and a Porcelain Model of Double Lychee
19TH CENTURY
the snuff botte of compressed ovoid form and raised above a straight foot, decorated with a lady playing a pipa opposite verse, the lychee carefully modeled and vividly enameled.
Height of bottle 3 in., 7.62 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.
