A Tibetan Silver Figure of a Bodhisattva Kurukulla
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Estimate$3,000 – $5,000
Status
Closed
A Tibetan Silver Figure of a Bodhisattva Kurukulla
藏銀菩薩像 the four-armed figure depicted balanced in a sinuous posture above a corpse laying prostrate above a lotus plinth. The deity depicted with arms brandishing various implements, echoing the shape to draw a bow.
Height overall 5 1/4 in., 13.3 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.
