明 銅坐佛 having a plump head bearing a serene expression, a broad chest and sloping shoulders, and seated in padmasana, the right hand resting in bhumisparsamudra; monastic robes cast in low relief give emphasis to a large ushnisha, further raised by two small spheres, all atop a double lotus plinth.
Height 10 1/4 in., 26 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.
