明末-清初 銅喇嘛坐像 the scholarly figure seated in vadrasana with right hand in gyanmudra and left hand suspended above his lap holding book; dressed in bound robes and a drukpa kagyu hat with traces of blue pigment on head; mounted on a triangular-form double lotus base.
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.
