A Polychrome, Gold and Black Lacquer Four-Case Inro
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $500 - $600
Estimate$500 – $600
Status
Closed
A Polychrome, Gold and Black Lacquer Four-Case Inro
BY YAMADA TAIGYO, 19TH CENTURY
銘「泰魚作 齋（壺印）」19世紀 of wide form, lacquered with scholars at various tasks alongside a river stream, all set on a mura-nashiji ground, the interior of nashiji, signed Taigyo saku with red pot seal sai to the underside; with a silver inlaid hardwood netsuke decorated two incised shishi lions.
Length 3 3/8 in., 8.5 cm.
Property from the Collection of Kevin Evensen, Chicago, Illinois
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.
