清晚期 紫緞地綉花卉紋女褂 neatly tailored of aubergine satin lined cream, embroidered to the exterior with delicate floral sprays. The cuff, side opening, neckline, and central closure bordered in black ribbon, and finished to either side of central toggle closures in stylized floral applique.
Length from collar to hem 31 in. x width across chest 19 in., 78.8 x 48.3 cm.
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.
