A Small Chinese Gilt Lacquered Wood Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $500 - $700
Estimate$500 – $700
Status
Closed
A Small Chinese Gilt Lacquered Wood Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni
18TH-19TH CENTURY
carved seated in dhyanasana with legs crossed in the pose of meditation and with the hands in the vitarkamudra, wearing distinctive drapery of narrow diagonal folds that end in scalloped layers at the hem.
Height 6 1/8 in., 15.6 cm.
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.
