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A SILVER REPOUSSÉ PLAQUE OF A SNOW LION, TIBET, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A SILVER REPOUSSé PLAQUE OF A SNOW LION, TIBET, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Tibet. The beast depicted rampant with elaborate fetlocks and mane, detailed with green pigments in the mane, and red lips framing a set of sharp teeth below bulging eyes and bushy eyebrows. The feet and leg with incised spirals.

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 manufacturing irregularities, few light scratches, minuscule dents, remnants of pigment and varnish.

Weight: 22.1 g
Dimensions: Height 5.6 cm (excl. stand), 13.3 cm (incl. stand)

With a fitted acrylic stand. (2)

The celestial animal and national emblem of Tibet, snow lions symbolize power and strength and are traditionally placed above temple doors or on altars inserted into the Torana, the arch of glory, which surrounds the divinity. Their function is to act as guardians and defenders and in this panel it is shown with its jaws parted as if emitting a menacing growl to ward off evil spirits.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Koller, Zurich, 27 March 2010, lot 130
Price: CHF 1,920 or approx. EUR 2,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A funny pair of gilt copper repoussé lions, Tibet, 17th/18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling and technique with similar pose. Note the material, the size (8.5 cm), and that the lot comprises a pair.

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