黃花梨嵌寳松鶴圖拜盒及嵌貝母喜上眉梢蓋盒 both of rectangular from, the first inlaid with hardstone and mother-of-pearl, depicting cranes and pines, the other inlaid with mother-of-pearl, depicting bird and flowers.
Length of larger 11 in., 27.9 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.