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A LOT WITH FOUR CARVED WOOD SHAMAN MASKS, MIDDLE HILLS, NEPAL, 19TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A LOT WITH FOUR CARVED WOOD SHAMAN MASKS, MIDDLE HILLS, NEPAL, 19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

The first of oval form, carved with almond-shaped eyes, a prominent angular nose, a curved mouth forming a smile, and flanked by protruding ears. The second with an oval face carved with small eyes, a rectangular nose, and an open mouth revealing a full set of teeth. The third featuring an elongated rectangular face carved with small eyes, a slender nose, and an open mouth exposing a row of teeth. The fourth with a broad face carved with wide, deep-set eyes, a slender nose, marked cheekbones, and an open mouth revealing a full set of teeth.

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.
Condition: Good condition with wear, small chips, nicks, and natural imperfections including fissures. One mask with the remnants of a red wax seal to the reverse.

Dimensions: Heights 28 cm, 26.5 cm, 30 cm, and 26.5 cm

These masks originate from the Middle Hills area of the Himalaya mountains, either from the Gurung or Magar people of Nepal. Such masks are among the most primitive in use in the world, and are made by carving wood, coating it with yak butter fat, and charring it over a smoky fire.

The shaman
plays an important social role as the channeler of spirits for healing, purification, and protection of those under his supervision. Masks help the shaman embody one of the spirits that surround the living world and use it to heal the sick, drive away evil influences, and guide villagers through changes in their lives (birth, adulthood, changes in social status, death) that might be affected by the spirit world. When hung in a house, the mask serves a protective function.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related wood mask, Middle Hills, Nepal, 26 cm high, illustrated by Thomas Murray in Demons & Deities, Masks of the Himalayas, Asianart.com, 16 January 2001, fig. 18. Compare a closely related mask published by Fausto Doro, Il Primate a Stazione Eretta I, 1977, illustrated on the cover. Another closely related mask is in the Global Nepali Museum, accession No: Lot 128.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s Paris, 30 October 2018, lot 214
Price: EUR 8,125 or approx. EUR 9,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: Mask, Nepal
Expert remark: Compare the related manner of carving. Note that the lot only contains one mask.

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