A Black Lacquered Shrine with a Polychrome and Black Painted Wood Figure of a Guardian
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $700 - $900
Estimate$700 – $900
Status
Closed
A Black Lacquered Shrine with a Polychrome and Black Painted Wood Figure of a Guardian
19TH CENTURY
the wrathful guardian figure depicted standing with both feet apart, his right hand placed on his waist, the left hand lowered alongside his body, wearing a loose dhoti, the face carved with a fierce facial expression, back by red lacquered flames, set in a lacquered wood shrine.
Height 14 1/2 in., 36.8 cm.
Property from the Estate of WM Bogdanowicz, Madison, Wisconsin and Naples, Florida
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.
