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AN IRON-INLAID AND COPPER-PATINATED BRASS CHARM BOX AND COVER, GAU, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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AN IRON-INLAID AND COPPER-PATINATED BRASS CHARM BOX AND COVER, GAU, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Tibet. Of domed form, applied to either side with a copper foliate fitting set with three brass loops flanked on one side by copper rims, the cover richly chased and incised, the central roundel inlaid in iron and depicting a bodhisattva standing in a dynamic pose and adorned in princely jewelry and billowing scarves, encircled by foliate and geometric borders as well as a wide band of the Eight Buddhist Emblems alternating with iron-inlaid flowerheads borne on leafy scrolling vines, partly covered in a thin layer of copper, above bands of lotus scroll at the rims.

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 ‘Reg #S426, Gau, Kupfer, Tibet 18 Jh’ and priced at EUR 650.
Condition: Good condition with old wear, small dents, fatigue cracks, scratches, nicks, and minor corrosion to the iron.

Weight: 267.3 g
Dimensions: Length 15.1 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 closely related copper and bronze box, in the British Museum, registration number As1893,0320.115, collected in the field by Max von Brandt and acquired by the museum in 1893.

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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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