或明 木雕佛頭 carved with a serene expression, the pair of downcast eyes below arched eyebrows and an urna, having smiling lips and a pair of elongated earlobes, the tight, curled hair topped with an ushnisha.
Height 20 in., 50.8 cm
Property from the Collection of Melissa Share, Cincinnati, Ohio
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.
