An Iron Red Decorated Porcelain 'Crane' Gourd-Form Vase
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Estimate$1,500 – $2,500
Status
Closed
An Iron Red Decorated Porcelain 'Crane' Gourd-Form Vase
礬紅彩八卦仙鶴紋葫蘆瓶 molded in the form of a truncated double gourd, with upper and lower lobes of near equal size joined by a narrow waist, each decorated with cranes alternately descending and alighting, the lower lobe with the additional of a band of trigrams at the shoulder.
Height 4 5/8 in., 11.7 cm.
Upstate New York private collection.
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.
