A Chinese Ming-Style Bronze Figure of Bodhisattva

明式銅觀音像
the eighteen-armed bodhisattva is cast seated in dhyanasana, draped in garlands to the chest, and wears a flowing dhoti, tied at the waist, with an elaborate headdress. The face bears a serene expression with downcast eyes and a third eye to the center of the forehead, traces of gilt details.

Height 7 1/2 in., 19 cm.

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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.

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A Chinese Ming-Style Bronze Figure of Bodhisattva

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