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A LARGE BRONZE AND IRON MOUNTED HARDWOOD DOWRY CHEST, PATARA, 19TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A LARGE BRONZE AND IRON MOUNTED HARDWOOD DOWRY CHEST, PATARA, 19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Kathiawad, Gujarat, India. The front is decorated with square panels framed in bronze enclosing phoenixes, rosettes, and geometric patterns, the hinged cover suspending two locks formed as an elephant and a camel. The cover and sides with metal strips nailed to the wood panels, the narrow sides each with a handle, all supported on four wood wheels.

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, traces of use, and manufacturing irregularities, remnants of adhesive and varnish, small losses, minor warping, corrosion to iron components, few old repairs.

Dimensions: Size 132 x 98 x 73 cm

Metal-mounted storage chests of this type, known as patara, are standard components of household furniture in Kathiawad, the peninsular part of the modern state of Gujarat, India. Although commonplace throughout the region and used by all castes, pataras are particularly associated with the Kathi, the clan after whom Kathiawad was named. According to Kathi customs, a patara forms part of a bride's dowry and is used as a receptacle for textiles and other valuables that she brings with her to her new home. In Kathiawadi houses, pataras are typically placed against one wall of the family sitting room, most often with other trunks, boxes and containers used for storage.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related dowry chest, Kathiawad, Gujarat, India, dated to the 19th century, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, IS.15-1982.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s London, 7 December 2018, lot 739
Price: GBP 2,750 or approx. EUR 4,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A massive Indian iron-mounted rosewood coffered chest, late 19th/ early 20th century
Expert remark: Compare the similar decorations and the four wheels. Note the size (165 x 103 x 78.5 cm).

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