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A TURQUOISE, CARNELIAN, CORAL, AND SILVER MOUNTED RITUAL HEADDRESS, PERAK
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A TURQUOISE, CARNELIAN, CORAL, AND SILVER MOUNTED RITUAL HEADDRESS, PERAK
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, 19th- early 20th century. The padded cloth richly applied with polished turquoise, carnelian, and agate beads, set with two inlaid silver medallions at the front, and fitted with four silver ornaments suspended from loops, one a square amulet chased and incised with a central character ‘Om’ surrounded by foliage and a wave border, another of similar form with a central coral inlay and suspending small bells, the other two crafted in openwork with a lozenge design, a flap toward the back embellished with coral beads and a rectangular fitting with floral inlays against a filigree ground.

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 wear, some of the gemstones possibly replaced and few lost, the fabric with loose threads, few small tears, and minor soiling.

In Ladakh tradition, when a daughter came of age to be married, the mother would bestow her with her own headdress and would then begin the long, costly process of beginning a new headdress for herself, adding turquoise, coral and precious metals to their new headdress over time. In general, the headdresses are dynamic objects, with turquoise being added or removed for sale depending on the needs of the family. In the early 20th century, when turquoise was still rare, the number of rows in a headdress also denoted the status of the wearer.

Weight: 1 kg
Dimensions: Length 86.3 cm

Literature comparison:
Compare a related headdress, perak, Ladakh, dated to the late 20th century, in the Bowers Museum, accession number 2019.7.1. Compare a related headdress, perak, Jammu and Kashimir state, dated 20th century, in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, object number 1991.94.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 17 September 1998, lot 94
Price: USD 5,750 or approx. EUR 10,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A ritual headdress, perak, Tibet, Ladakh, 19th century
Expert remark: Compare the related decoration. Note the form and size (30.4 cm).

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