A Large Sino-Tibetan Gilt and Polychrome Lacquered Carved Wood Figure of a Dharmapala
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $600 - $800
Estimate$600 – $800
Status
Closed
A Large Sino-Tibetan Gilt and Polychrome Lacquered Carved Wood Figure of a Dharmapala
the wrathful figuer Begtse Chen depicted standing and clad in armor and brandishing a sword, crushing a beast and human beneath his booted feet, all above a lotus pedal pedestal, and framed by a large flaming mandorla.
Height 24 1/2 in., 62.2 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.
