Two White Jade Carvings

LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY

晚清-民國白玉童子龍舟及龍鈎各一
the first a long carving showing a pair of cherubic boys coursing in a dragon boat, worked in delicate relief to highlight their rounded faces and scaly length of the vessel the second a 'chilong' belthook of albicant stone carved with a chilong clambering up the shaft towards a dragon head terminal.

Length 5 1/2 in., 14 cm.

Property from the Estate of Paul B. Dombrowski, Monona, Wisconsin

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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.