A Chinese Painted Pottery Figure of a Foreign Groom
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $700 - $900
Estimate$700 – $900
Status
Closed
A Chinese Painted Pottery Figure of a Foreign Groom
Tang Dynasty (618-709)
finely sculpted figure with an oval full bearded face and mustache, hooked nose and wide open eyes, a cloth cap lightly tied around his head with a ribbon in front, the groom is wearing a three quarter-length coat with one sleeve tucked under the dark belt falling in plaits over long trouser and boots, both arms at the chest with clenched fists.
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.
