MEIJI (1868-1912) OR TAISHO (1912-1926), EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the celadon glazed paper weight molded in the form of a melon, together with the original wood box.
Height 1 3/4 in., 3.5 cm.
Property from a Private Chicago Collection
Acquired from The Jade Dragon, Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 20, 1998.
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.
