A Set of Four Chinese Famille Jaune Porcelain Tea Services
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $300 - $500
Estimate$300 – $500
Status
Closed
A Set of Four Chinese Famille Jaune Porcelain Tea Services
20TH CENTURY
comprising two tea bowls with covers and stands, and two dishes with stands, each decorated with four roundels enclosing the four characters in the rebus wan shou wu jiang, which may be translated as 'longevity without end', interspersed by beribboned wan symbols.
Diameter of dish 7 in., 17.8 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.
