A Large and Rare Sino-Tibetan Gilt Lacquer Wood Figure of Vaishravana
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Estimate$3,000 – $5,000
Status
Closed
A Large and Rare Sino-Tibetan Gilt Lacquer Wood Figure of Vaishravana
19TH CENTURY
清晚期 銅鎏金財寶天王像 the regal warrior deity seated in lalitasana atop his fierce snow-lion mount, dressed in battle armor and holding a mongoose in his left hand; the heavily adorned figure resting upon a lotus base.
Height 19 3/4 in., 50.1 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.
