A Chinese Gilt Lacquered Wood Figure of Immortal Liu Hai
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $300 - $400
Estimate$300 – $400
Status
Closed
A Chinese Gilt Lacquered Wood Figure of Immortal Liu Hai
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
depicted standing with the three-legged toad across the shoulders, and grasping a string of coins.
Height 28 1/4 in., 71.8 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.
