A Nepalese Bronze and Silver Figure of Seated Kubera
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
Estimate$2,000 – $4,000
Status
Closed
A Nepalese Bronze and Silver Figure of Seated Kubera
尼泊爾銅嵌銀俱毗罗坐像 連木座 seated with legs arranged in front of a plump torso, holding a mongoose in the left hand and a fruit in the right; adorned with simple jewelry and having a raised floral motif extending from a crown; having traces of red pigment in eyes and mouth; raised upon a later Chinese hardwood stand.
Height 9 in., 23 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.
