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A NEWARI HUMAN BONE KAPALA WITH A POTTERY STAND, TIBET, 18th-19TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A NEWARI HUMAN BONE KAPALA WITH A POTTERY STAND, TIBET, 18th-19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Finely carved and polished, the skull cup with a deep patina which enhances the bone’s porous texture and its various grooves, ridges, and depressions, the exterior similarly preserves the bregma and sagittal sutures. Raised on a molded pottery stand with prongs fashioned in the form of human heads, the limbs extended and holding the arms of their companion, covered in a deep varnish. (2)

Provenance: The Kienzle Family Collection, Stuttgart, Germany. Acquired between 1950 and 1985 by siblings Else (1912-2006), Reinhold (1917-2008), and Dr. Horst Kienzle (1924-2019), during their extensive travels in Asia. Subsequently inherited by Dr. Horst Kienzle and bequeathed to the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Radevormwald, Germany. Released through museum deaccession in 2024. The Kienzle siblings were avid travelers and passionate collectors of Asian and Islamic art. During their travels, the Kienzle’s sought out and explored temples, monasteries, and markets, always trying to find the best pieces wherever they went, investing large sums of money and forging lasting relationships to ensure they could acquire them. Their fervor and success in this pursuit is not only demonstrated by their collection but further recorded in correspondences between Horst Kienzle and several noted dignitaries, businesses and individuals in Nepal and Ladakh. Their collection had gained renown by the 1970s, but the Kienzle’s stopped acquiring new pieces around 1985. Almost thirty years later, the collection was moved to the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Radevormwald, opened by Peter Hardt in 2014. Before his death in 2019, Horst Kienzle bequeathed his entire property to Peter Hardt and legally adopted him as his son, who has been using the name Peter Kienzle-Hardt ever since.
Condition: Good condition with ancient wear from within the culture and natural imperfections. The stand with firing irregularities, traces of use, encrustations, and a small shallow chip to one head. Both pieces with a good, naturally grown patina overall.

Weight: 333.1 g (excl. stand), 839.5 g (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Length 18.2 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a related human bone kapala, 17.3 cm long, acquired by Stephen Wootton Bushell in 1887 in Tibet, now in the British Museum, registration number 1887,0518.1.

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