青銅方壺 the base of square section, rising to a from the slightly splayed foot to an angular pear-shape body, the mouth with a raised lip. Flanked by raised beast masks at the shoulder from which descend a circular ring handles. The surface with streaked patches of ochre and malachite encrustations.
Height 15 1/4 x width 8 1/4 x length 8 1/4 in., 38.7 x 21 x 21 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.
