明 黃花梨鏤雕嵌寳羅漢圖挂屏三件 comprising a pair of smaller panels and a large panel, all carved in openwork, with hardstone inlaid immortals to the front and shou characters to the back.
Height of larger 33 1/2 x width 28 1/2 in., 85 x 52 cm.
Property from the Collection of Bruce H. and Eleanor A. Knowles, Williamsburg, Virginia
Acquired from C.L. Ma Antiques, Hong Kong, October 27, 1990
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.
