晚清-民國 碧玉西番蓮紋觚一對 each well-proportioned circular section with with incised petal details at the foot, rising a banded waist worked with taotie masks, with wide flaring mouths, the stone of deep green with black flecks delicately thinning at the mouth rim.
Height 7 1/2 in., 19 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.
