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A BRONZE AND IRON RITUAL CHOPPER, KARTIKA, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A BRONZE AND IRON RITUAL CHOPPER, KARTIKA, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Tibet. The crescent-shaped blade of iron, fitted with a bronze handle in the form of an eight-pronged vajra, and with beaded rims and lotus petals enclosing the mid-section. The blade bordered with stylized flames and incised with a frontal facing dragon to both sides.

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 minor wear and casting irregularities, few small nicks, and one prong with traces of soldering.

Weight: 761 g
Dimensions: Height 15.7 cm

This special ritual knife, called a chopper or flaying knife, can be recognized by its crescent shaped blade. Used in rituals and held by deities, it symbolizes the ‘cutting away’ of ignorance. Paired with a skull cup representing wisdom, the flaying knife symbolizes the skillful means necessary in Buddhist practice. This pairing of objects is designed to shock practitioners into realizing the implications of letting go of all their attachments.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Koller Auctions, Zurich, 13 June 2017, lot 136
Price: CHF 6,250 or approx. EUR 8,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A bronze and iron ritual chopper (karttrka [sic]), 16th/17th c.
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, materials, decoration, and size (15.7 cm).

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