Two Chinese Blanc-de-Chine Porcelain Figures of Guanyin
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $250 - $350
Estimate$250 – $350
Status
Closed
Two Chinese Blanc-de-Chine Porcelain Figures of Guanyin
20TH CENTURY
the larger depicted standing with the left a basket of flowers, the face cast with a serene expression; the smaller an eighteen-handed example, seated upon a lofty lotus plinth.
Height of taller 21 1/2 in., 55 cm.
Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois
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.
