A Pair of Rosewood Armchairs, Meiguiyi

LATE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

清晚期紅酸枝玫瑰椅一對
each of rectangular section, having curvilinear crestrail, one worked with a descending bat over an elaborate backsplat reticulated with various pomegranate, butterflies, coins, and a vase between vertical ruyi scepters, supported with further reticulated armrest over the seat set in a metered frame above a cloud scroll apron, supported on four straight legs of square section joined by rails.

Height of each 38 1/2 x width 24 1/2 x depth 19 in., 97.8 x 62.3 x 48.3 cm.

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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.