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A GILT AND POLYCHROMED WOOD STUPA, TIBET, 17TH – 18TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A GILT AND POLYCHROMED WOOD STUPA, TIBET, 17TH – 18TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

The stepped base surmounted by a rounded mid-section with a niche framed by foliate vines housing a diminutive figure of Buddha Shakyamuni to the front, stacked with a multi-tiered parasol topped with a canopy. The interior houses rolls of scriptures and other relics.

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, typed ‘Reg #85897, Stupa, Holz bemalt, Tibet, 17. Jh', and priced at EUR 4,200.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, light scratches, and expected flaking to gilt and lacquer.

Weight: 250.3 g
Dimensions: Height 22.5 cm

In the context of Tibetan Buddhist practice, stupas, such as the present work, are placed on the altar to represent the Buddha's enlightened mind and to evoke the presence of the Buddha and his teachings. This charming stupa is an excellent example of the new style that was popularized in Tibet starting from the seventeenth century. The current form of the stupa is known as the ‘Enlightenment Stupa’ also referred to as the ‘Stupa of the Conquest of Mara’, which symbolizes the thirty-five-year-old Buddha's attainment of enlightenment under the bodhi tree in Bodhgaya, where he conquered worldly temptations and attacks, manifesting in the form of Mara and his armies.

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. Over time the stupa assumed many forms across many cultures. This scaled-down model, possibly for a personal shrine, serves the same function of housing holy relics, but its higher purpose is to evoke the presence of the Buddha and his teachings.

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拍品估价:300 - 600 欧元 起拍价格:150 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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