A Chinese Painted Pottery Figure of an Equestrienne with a Leopard
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
Estimate$2,000 – $4,000
Status
Closed
A Chinese Painted Pottery Figure of an Equestrienne with a Leopard
Tang Dynasty (618-709)
of the horse standing foresquare on a rectangular orange-red base, the head with red bulging eyes, pricked ears and open mouth revealing teeth, the tail is docked.
Height 13 2/3 in., 34.7 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.
