A Tibetan Gilt Bronze Seated Figure of Maitreya

19TH CENTURY

清晚期銅鎏金彌勒菩薩坐像
seated in dhyanasana upon a double lotus base, holding dharmachakramudra with raised hands; the figure heavily adorned in jewelry, foliate-incised robes, and a crown; blossoming lotuses surrounding his body and an expression of meditation hooded by delicate incised brows and an elongated urna.

Height 9 3/4 in., 24.6 cm.

Property from the Estate of W.M. Bogdanowicz, Naples, Florida

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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.