清中期 茶晶蘭竹圖鼻烟壺 of rounded rectangular form with a narrow sectioned foot, carved on one side through an opaque white skin to show a plumage of leaves issuing from rockery, the reverse incised with a scholar traversing a bridge beneath pines in a landscape scene; coral stopper.
Height 3 1/2 in., 8.9 cm.
Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois
Acquired from Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, September 1990
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.
