QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED GENGYIN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO YEAR 1770
清乾隆 鎏金銅無量壽佛坐像 cast seated above a reticulated rectangular base in vajraparyankasana with both hands gathered in dhyanamudra,, having a slender body dressed in lengths of draping robes and elaborate jewelry, crowned by tiara over coiffed hair bearing traces of blue pigment, and all framed by a mandorla composed of spiraling flames.
Height 8 1/4 in., 21 cm.
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.
