A Chinese Gilt Decorated Wood Figure of a Standing Official
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $600 - $800
Estimate$600 – $800
Status
Closed
A Chinese Gilt Decorated Wood Figure of a Standing Official
19TH CENTURY
depicted standing above a naturalistically rendered base, reading from a book in one hand and gesticulating with the other.
Height 14 3/4 in. 37.4 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.
