明晚期 銅局部鎏金觀音坐像 shown seated in a mediation posture, dyanasana and vitarka mudra, wearing ornate robes cinched at the waist and pooling in folds above a triple lotus petal base, the large head with pendulous earlobes supporting floral jewelry, and an incised crown, the face with a serene expression.
Height 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.
