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A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSÉ MOUNTED BRASS FOLDING LONG HORN, DUNG CHEN
奥地利
03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A GILT-COPPER REPOUSSé MOUNTED BRASS FOLDING LONG HORN, DUNG CHEN
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Himalayan regions, 19th-early 20th century. The telescopic horn composed of three collapsible sections, decorated to the body with compressed bands incised with sacred emblems interspersed with flower heads which are inlaid to the center with glass beads in imitation of turquoise and coral, all flanked by key-fret bands and lobed cartouches enclosing scrolling vines. The mouth set to one side with a loop suspending a loose ring. The brass body patinated to a coppery tone.

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: Very good condition with minor wear, traces of use, and manufacturing irregularities. Small dings and minor dents, a minute crack to the edge of one copper section, rubbing and losses to gilt.

Weight: 1,383.8 g
Dimensions: Length 104.2 cm (open)

Collapsible long trumpets are found throughout Tibetan culture areas. Made of several telescoping sections, these trumpets play only two or three notes. Tonal variety is achieved in subtle ways – by wavering the pitch, fluctuating volume and intensity, and by different ways of attacking and releasing the note. Pairs of dung chen are played in ensemble preludes and interludes, alone or in alternation with gya-lings (shawms) for morning and evening calls from monastery roofs.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related dung chen, Tibet, dated 19th century, 172.7 cm long, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 89.4.2563.

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