明末-清初 灰玉帶皮荷包式紙鎮 rounded to an oblong shape in the form of a soft cloth purse resting on its side, polished in relief to show gathered folds at the opening fastened with a weightless tied ribbon, the stone of smooth grey tone, mottled with regions of white inclusions and russet striations.
Length 4 1/2 in., 11.5 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.
