A Pair of Chinese Gilt Silver and Jadeite Butterfly-Form Brooches and a Chinese Gemstone Inset Gilt Metal Bee-Form Brooch
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $250 - $350
Estimate$250 – $350
Status
Closed
A Pair of Chinese Gilt Silver and Jadeite Butterfly-Form Brooches and a Chinese Gemstone Inset Gilt Metal Bee-Form Brooch
comprising a pair of butterfly-form example with gilt silver mounting; an individual bee-form example with gem stone insets.
Length of larger 1 5/8 in., 4.13 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.
