A Carved Zitan Wood Figural Group of Liu Hai and Three-Legged Toad
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Estimate$1,500 – $2,500
Status
Closed
A Carved Zitan Wood Figural Group of Liu Hai and Three-Legged Toad
QING DYNASTY (1644-1912)
清 紫檀雕劉海戯金蟾 deftly carved with soft contours to show the figure in a relaxed posture, the head incised with details to the hair, nose, eyes, and mouth, playing with a three-legged toad, all above a carved pile of neatly arranged coins as a base.
Height 3.5 in., 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.
