A Parcel-Gilt Bronze Figure of Bodhisattva Vajrapani
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Estimate$3,000 – $5,000
Status
Closed
A Parcel-Gilt Bronze Figure of Bodhisattva Vajrapani
銅鎏金金剛手菩薩 cast striding in alidhasana with right arm raised wielding a vajra and left hand raised to the chest, his face cast with a fierce expression with his eyes and the mouth wide open, the naked upper body wrapped around by a snake and adorned with beaded necklaces, raised on a double lotus plinth.
Height 6 1/4 in., 15.9 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.
