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A LARGE BRASS BUTTER LAMP
奥地利
03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A LARGE BRASS BUTTER LAMP
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Tibet, 20th century. Thickly cast, the bowl with flared sides rising to the wide flattened rim, accentuated by the raised central ribs around the bowl, the narrow cylindrical stem cast with a bulbous section, all above the generously proportioned bell-shaped foot.

Provenance: The Kienzle Family Collection, Stuttgart, Germany. Acquired between 1950 and 1985 by siblings Else (1912-2006), Reinhold (1917-2008), and Dr. Horst Kienzle (1924-2019), during their extensive travels in Asia. Subsequently inherited by Dr. Horst Kienzle and bequeathed to the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Radevormwald, Germany. Released through museum deaccession in 2024. The Kienzle siblings were avid travelers and passionate collectors of Asian and Islamic art. During their travels, the Kienzle’s sought out and explored temples, monasteries, and markets, always trying to find the best pieces wherever they went, investing large sums of money and forging lasting relationships to ensure they could acquire them. Their fervor and success in this pursuit is not only demonstrated by their collection but further recorded in correspondences between Horst Kienzle and several noted dignitaries, businesses and individuals in Nepal and Ladakh. Their collection had gained renown by the 1970s, but the Kienzle’s stopped acquiring new pieces around 1985. Almost thirty years later, the collection was moved to the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Radevormwald, opened by Peter Hardt in 2014. Before his death in 2019, Horst Kienzle bequeathed his entire property to Peter Hardt and legally adopted him as his son, who has been using the name Peter Kienzle-Hardt ever since.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear, casting irregularities, and slight tarnishing.

Weight: 9.6 kg
Dimensions: Height 44 cm

The butter lamp, also called 'The Dharma Light', symbolizes awakening and offering one's spirit and aspirations. It is an essential element in the offering practices of Tibetan Buddhism and represents the offering of light to enlightened beings. The lamp would have been prominently displayed beside a temple altar and kept burning as a perpetual flame, fed by offerings of yak butter or oil from the faithful and carefully tended to by the monks. The light emanating from the lamp would have illuminated the dimly lit temple, and a colossal lamp such as the present one would have contained enough butter to burn for many days.

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