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A MONPA POLYCHROME WOOD RITUAL MASK, TIBET, CIRCA 1850
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A MONPA POLYCHROME WOOD RITUAL MASK, TIBET, CIRCA 1850
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Dramatically modeled and pierced with a fierce expression, the head carved with furrowed brows above large bulging eyes, a protruding snout, and an open mouth revealing sharp fangs and a curled tongue, flanked by pierced ears to the side. Finely painted in green, red, and white pigments with some gilt.

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 ‘Ritual-Maske, pappmaché, bemalt, Tibet um 1850’, and priced at EUR 625.
Condition: Wear, natural imperfections, age cracks, flaking, and losses. Remnants of varnishing and touchups. One tooth slightly loose. Displaying superbly.

Weight: 314.7 g
Dimensions: Height 24 cm

The practice of mask making by the Monpas can be traced to the influence of the Tibetan culture. As early as the Neolithic age, before the creation of masks, Tibetans painted their faces with animal blood, brownish-red color, and black ash, which had an effect similar to wearing masks. Influenced by the totem worship of primitive Bonism, Tibetans started to express themselves by wearing animal masks. After the creation of Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetans began to worship deities, and the image of deities started to be adopted into masks. The creation of operas promoted the development of masks, which had an innate decorative function.

The Monpa are a major people of northeastern India
and one of the 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in China. Most Monpas live in Arunachal Pradesh, with a population of 50,000 centered in the districts of Tawang and West Kameng. There are over 10,000 Monpa living in Tsona City in the southern Tibet Autonomous Region, where they are known as Menba.

In the 11th century, the Northern Monpas in Tawang
came under the influence of the Tibetan Buddhism of the Nyingma and Kagyu denominations. At this time the Monpa adopted the Tibetan alphabet for their language mainly for religious purposes. Drukpa missionaries came to the region in the 13th century, and missionaries of the Gelug school came in the 17th century. The Monpa are generally adherents of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, which they adopted in the 17th century as a result of the influence of the Bhutanese-educated Merag Lama.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Zacke, Vienna, 18 October 2024, lot 320
Price: EUR 1,430
Description: A monpa ‘wild boar’ ritual wood mask, Phag Gochen, 18th-19th century
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling, technique, style, and similar size (24 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams San Francisco, 18 December 2018, lot 506
Price: USD 1,125 or approx. EUR 1,300 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A polychrome papier-maché ritual mask of a wrathful deity
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling, technique, and style. Note the size (30.4 cm).

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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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