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A BRONZE AMULET BOX AND COVER, GAU, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A BRONZE AMULET BOX AND COVER, GAU, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Himalayan region, Ladakh or Tibet. Of arched form, incised to the cover with the Kalachakra mantra between two recessed bands, the cover and box set with three suspension loops to each long side.

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 ‘173414, Bronze, Tibet, 16./17. Jh’, the back ‘Gau, H:6,5 B:8 T:2,5’, and priced at EUR 725.
Condition: Good condition with old wear, manufacturing irregularities, minute dents, extensive rubbing to details predominantly from centuries of worship within the culture, a thin tear with associated losses to the lower section of the cover. The bronze with a fine, naturally grown, dark patina.

Weight: 116.1 g
Dimensions: Height 6.5 cm, Width 8 cm

Charm containers are some of the most important personal adornments in Tibet. This container for small images, printed prayers and charms, molded tablets of protective deities, and other relics has traditionally been worn by both men and women to ward off evil. While women wear their gau on a short necklace around their necks, strung with turquoise, coral, or banded agates, a man’s gau is usually larger and often shaped like a shrine. A traveler straps the gau to the arm or wears it across the chest bandolier style.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related gau, dated to the 19th century, formerly in the collection of Sir Henry Wellcome and now in the Science Museum, London, object number A639359. Compare a related gau, dated to the 19th century, in the World Museum, National Museums Liverpool, accession number 56.27.229.

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拍品估价:150 - 300 欧元 起拍价格:100 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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