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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER REPOUSSÉ KAPALA AND STAND, TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER REPOUSSé KAPALA AND STAND, TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Finely worked, the silver cup in the form of a skull surmounted by a domed cover incised with foliate patterns beneath a four-pronged vajra design centered by a lotus-bud finial. Raised on a triangular, reticulated stand decorated with foliate scrolls, the corners decorated with three human heads linked by lobed panels. (3)

Provenance: Galerie Hardt (established in 1976), Radevormwald, Germany, before 2020. Acquired by the gallery’s founder Peter Hardt (b. 1946) during his extensive travels in Asia, the first of which occurred during a formative world tour in 1973. Throughout his storied career, Peter Kienzle-Hardt organized countless exhibitions and participated in major international art fairs. He made many important contacts during this time and eventually met the Kienzle siblings, who shared his passion for Asian art and culture. A strong bond and deep friendship developed, ultimately leading to the creation of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst decades later in 2014. While the museum’s permanent exhibition predominantly comprised pieces from the Kienzle Family Collection, Peter Kienzle-Hardt supplemented it with objects from his own collection. Before his death in 2019, Horst Kienzle bequeathed his entire property to Peter and legally adopted him as his son, who has been using the name Peter Kienzle-Hardt ever since.
Labels: Galerie Hardt, inscribed ‘Sch?del-schale mit Silbereinlage Tibet, 18 Jh, mit Silber Stand’, priced at EUR 2,250.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, manufacturing flaws, small dents, minimal tarnishing, and slight warping.

Weight: 338.6 g (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 13 cm (incl. stand)

A kapala
(Sanskrit for "skull") is a skull cup used as a ritual implement in both Hindu and Buddhist Tantra. Especially in Tibet, they are often elaborately mounted with precious metals and jewels. 'Scented' skull cups are seen in the hands of many wrathful deities. During tantric meditations these skull cups are filled with an alcoholic ritual substance visualized by monks as containing five corpses and five bodily excretions. Meditation transforms this into ambrosia, parallel to the transformation of the five delusions into the five wisdoms, and the five poisons into the five Tathagathas.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related silver repoussé kapala with similar foliate designs and a foliate ground, 13 cm high, dated 18th-19th century, in the British Museum, registration number 1948,1020.3. Note the lack of gilt decoration.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Zacke, Vienna, 11 April 2024, lot 8
Price: EUR 1,300
Description: A parcel-gilt silver repoussé kapala with matching cover and stand, Tibet, 18th-19th century
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling and similar decoration, stand, and size (14 cm).

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