A Japanese Gilt Wood Figure of Seated Kannon

19TH CENTURY

the deity depicted seated on a large lotus plinth, dressed in drape robes with a shawl covering her shoulders, her left hand bearing a bottle, her right hand resting on her lap, her face carved with a calm expression, all hair pulled to a high chignon.

Height 11 1/2 in., 28.5 cm

Property from the Estate of WM Bogdanowicz, Madison, Wisconsin and Naples, Florida

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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.