carved seated in dhyanasana with the feet exposed from long robes, both hands stayed in front of her chest supporting a water-flask, now missing.
Height 36 x Width 22 x Depth 20 in., 91.4 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm.
Property from a Private Collector, Mequon, Wisconsin
Previously acquired from Accent Asia Gallery, 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.
