Three Sino-Tibetan Carved Wood Seated Figures

18TH/19TH CENTURY

清晚期宗喀巴、無量壽佛及鎏金像
the first representing Lama Tsongkhapa seated in vajrasana upon a square plinth, right hand raised in abhayamudra and left resting in dhayanamudra, draped in monastic attire and wearing a pandita hat with a sword extending from his right shoulder; the second representing Vasudhara having one face and two hands, seated in vajrasana holding wealth-giving attributes and surrounded by a trefoil form carved with foliate pattern; the third representing a bearded guru seated on a square plinth, right hand raised in abhayamudra linked by a string to a vegetal form above the right shoulder.

Height of tallest 6 3/4 in., 17 cm.

Property from the Estate of W.M. Bogdanowicz, Naples, Florida

To request further details about this lot, please email [email protected]

Please contact the Auction Specialist for details.

Annie Wu

Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Asian Art

[email protected]312.447.3260

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.