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Ɏ A BRONZE-MOUNTED KAPALA, TORTOISE SHELL, NEPAL, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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? A BRONZE-MOUNTED KAPALA, TORTOISE SHELL, NEPAL, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

The broad rim set to one side with the head of a bodhisattva connected by beaded swags to a pair of citipati heads, with a third skull on the opposite side. The exterior covered in a dark varnish.

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 ‘5251, Kapala, Sch?delschale, Nepal, 17. Jh’, the back ‘Schildkr?tenpanzer, B:15, H:15.5, T:19.5', and priced at EUR 3,750.
Condition: Good condition with old wear, natural imperfections, few chips, encrustations. One citipati skull with a repair. The bronze with a naturally grown, dark patina with malachite encrustations. The natural shell likewise with a good patina.

Weight: 530 g
Dimensions: Length 19.5 cm

Arrangements of this kind, depicting the head of a bodhisattva connected by beaded swags to two flanking skulls, were popularly featured in 18th-century Nepal.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related bronze skull cup, Nepal, circa 18th century, in the Rubin Museum of Art, catalog number C2004.8.1a-b. Compare a related bronze kapala, Nepal, 17th-18th century, 28.5 cm wide, in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Nagel, Stuttgart, 9 December 2024, lot 31
Price: EUR 5,300
Description: An early gilt-copper mounted kapala, Tibet or Nepal, ca. 16th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and copper mounted rim with bodhisattva flanked by citipati heads. Note the similar size (20 cm) and the different material of the kapala.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams Paris, 10 December 2022, lot 240
Price: EUR 8,287.50 or approx. EUR 8,900 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gilt copper mounted skull kapala, Nepal, circa 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the copper mounted rim with similar bodhisattva flanked by citipati heads, albeit gilt. Note the similar size (19.5 cm) as well as the different material of the kapala.



This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.

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