清中期 白玉鏤雕葫蘆式香囊 the pale stone carved in the form of a vertically bisected double gourd, each lobe finely reticulated and incised with detailed flowerheads issuing from scrolling leafwork; pierced at the top of each half with a straight aperture.
Height 2 1/8 in,. 5.5 cm.
Property from the Estate of Donna Wasserstrom, Cleveland, Ohio
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.
