A Small Thai Gold Mounted Terracotta Buddhist Votive
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $300 - $500
Estimate$300 – $500
Status
Closed
A Small Thai Gold Mounted Terracotta Buddhist Votive
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the figure worked in relief, seated in meditation posture, the hands in varada mudra, set within a gold mounted with incised decoration, suspended from a ring.
Height 2 3/4 in., 6.9 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.
