A Pair of Chinese Gilt and Red Lacquered Wood Figures of Wrathful Guardians
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Estimate$2,000 – $3,000
Status
Closed
A Pair of Chinese Gilt and Red Lacquered Wood Figures of Wrathful Guardians
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
明 金漆木雕天王像兩尊 each braced for action above a red lacquered craggy rock base, clocked in draping garments fastened at the waist with long sashes upswept about the muscular shoulders to reveal bare chiseled torsos. Each with a fierce grimace beneath highly arched painted eyebrows, and black hair tidily secured with a simple crown.
Height of each 23 in., 58.5 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.
