A Bronze Figure of Seated Buddha Shakyamuni

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

明晚期銅釋迦牟尼佛坐像
cast seated above a multi-petalloid blossoming lotus base, with legs crossed in vajraparyankasana, with the right hand raised in vitakamudra, and the left in dhyanamudra, draped in outer robes with decorative borders falling to reveal a bare chest and bound inner garments.

Height 7 1/4 in., 18.3 cm.

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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.