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A GROUP OF THREE BRONZE MINIATURE STUPAS, TIBET, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A GROUP OF THREE BRONZE MINIATURE STUPAS, TIBET, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Each of bell form with a domed base rising from a stepped spreading foot and surmounted by the harmika below a canopy and lotus bud finial. One stupa is pierced to the edge for mounting. The smallest is solid cast while the other two are hollow and unsealed. (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 ‘Stupa, Bronze, Tibet, 12. Jh', the back ‘Reg-Nr: 123612, H:3 B:2 T:2’, and priced at EUR 1,250 (the largest).
Condition: Good condition with wear, traces of use, and casting irregularities. Few dings, minuscule scratches, rubbing, remnants of gilt. A minuscule loss to the edge of one stupa. Each with a smooth, naturally grown, dark patina.

Weight: 54.2 g (together)
Dimensions: Height 2.9 cm, 3 cm, 3.1 cm

Stupas form an important category in Tibetan Buddhist art, as they are memorials to the enlightenment of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni. Approaching the end of his life, the Buddha asked that his remains be cremated and spread across the eight kingdoms of his followers in India and Nepal. The form of the stupa was derived from the domed mounds of earth that entombed the relics of the Buddha, and for centuries before the development of iconic images of the Buddha, the circumambulation or worship of the stupa was one of the ways to venerate the Buddha.

The form of the stupa is considered to be a symbol of the Buddha’s body, speech and mind. Originally built as large funerary mounds to honor and hold the relics of the Buddha after his death, the form was promulgated largely by Ashoka during the 3rd century BCE during the initial building program at Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh. Smaller models such as these later became devotional images in their own right and shifted Buddhism from a religion based on site-specific practices to one where devotional objects became portable.

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拍品估价:200 - 400 欧元 起拍价格:100 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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