A Small Tibetan Gilt Bronze Figure of Medicine Buddha
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Estimate$2,500 – $3,500
Status
Closed
A Small Tibetan Gilt Bronze Figure of Medicine Buddha
18TH CENTURY
清中期 銅鎏金藥師佛坐像 seated in vajrasana with palms upturned in dhayanamudra holding a cup; his wide face having a calm expression with heavily lidded eyes; seated atop a double lotus base.
Height 4 1/2 in., 11.3 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.
