Two Large Gilt and Red Lacquered Wood Figures of Guardians
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Estimate$2,000 – $3,000
Status
Closed
Two Large Gilt and Red Lacquered Wood Figures of Guardians
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
明 木雕天王像兩件 each figure clad in ornate scaly armor fastened at the waist with an animal-head sash, depicted standing with one leg bent atop a carved rocky pedestal.
Height 26 in., 66 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.
