青玉帶皮玉蘭杯 the even colored stone with russet patches, carved in the shape of a furled upright lotus leaf with a smaller lotus leaf and two lotus pods, raised above curling stems forming the integral openwork base, further set atop a fitted hardwood stand carved with openworked lingzhi fungus.
Height of cup 6 1/2 in., 16.5 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.
