清早期 銅鎏金大黑天 the six-armed protector deity standing atop an elephant-headed figure on a lotus base, the three-eyed figure having flaming hair and wearing a crown and apron of skulls, and holding a skull wreath among other attributes in the secondary and tertiary arms.
Height 6 1/2 in., 16.5 cm.
Property from the Estate of W.M. Bogdanowicz, Naples, Florida
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.
