Two Mongolian or Tibetan Hardstone Inset Metal Snuff Bottles
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $200 - $300
Estimate$200 – $300
Status
Closed
Two Mongolian or Tibetan Hardstone Inset Metal Snuff Bottles
the first a lozenge-shaped example, the second a pear-shaped example, both embellished with red coral beads and turquoise beads.
Height of larger 3 3/8 in., 8.5 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.
