the leather purse painted throughout with a flying phoenix, inset with a silver dragon-form clasp, together with a wood netsuke with silver dragon inset; the fan decorated with dragons and kanji.
Purse 3 1/2 in., 8.8 cm., Fan width 24 in., 61 cm., length 13 1/4 in., 34 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.
