A Blanc-de Chine Porcelain Figure of a Daoist Immortal
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Estimate$1,500 – $2,500
Status
Closed
A Blanc-de Chine Porcelain Figure of a Daoist Immortal
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
民國 德化白瓷道士像 depicted standing upright above a compressed spherical whirl of cloud swirl, with long bearded locks and folds of robes weightlessly modeled to fall in a downward motion, together with a silk-lined fitted wood box.
Height 9 1/4 in., 23.5 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.
