A Tibetan Gilt Bronze Repoussé Seated Figure of Tsongkhapa
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Estimate$1,000 – $1,500
Status
Closed
A Tibetan Gilt Bronze Repoussé Seated Figure of Tsongkhapa
17TH/18TH CENTURY
清中期 銅鎏金宗喀巴坐像 seated in dhyanasana with left thumb and forefinger pinched together in gyanmudra and holding a lotus stalk, wearing a pandita hat and layered robes, perched upon a flat, cloudlike base.
Height 8 1/4 in., 21 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.
