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A GILT AND POLYCHROME STONE STUPA, 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A GILT AND POLYCHROME STONE STUPA, 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Himalayan regions. The stupa supported on a tiered, square base, three sides with an arch framing a standing bodhisattva holding a lotus stem, and one side featuring Shakyamuni dressed in a long, red robe and holding part of his hem in his left hand. The upper section with the Five Directional Buddhas flanked by Buddhist lions, and the top with a domed bumpa, surmounted by a harmika incised with a face to each side, and terminating in a tiered chattravali with upturned lotus petals. The sides finely decorated with dense scrollwork, stylized blossoms, and vajras, all picked out in green, red, blue, white, and gilt.

Provenance: Galerie Hardt (established in 1976), Radevormwald, Germany, before 2020. Acquired by the gallery’s founder Peter Hardt (b. 1946) during his extensive travels in Asia, the first of which occurred during a formative world tour in 1973. Throughout his storied career, Peter Kienzle-Hardt organized countless exhibitions and participated in major international art fairs. He made many important contacts during this time and eventually met the Kienzle siblings, who shared his passion for Asian art and culture. A strong bond and deep friendship developed, ultimately leading to the creation of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst decades later in 2014. While the museum’s permanent exhibition predominantly comprised pieces from the Kienzle Family Collection, Peter Kienzle-Hardt supplemented it with objects from his own collection. Before his death in 2019, Horst Kienzle bequeathed his entire property to Peter and legally adopted him as his son, who has been using the name Peter Kienzle-Hardt ever since.
Condition: Very good condition with expected old wear and some weathering, few tiny chips, flaking and rubbing to the gilt and pigments, losses. Good, naturally grown patina.

Weight: 11.3 kg
Dimensions: Height 46 cm

Each of the Four Tatagathas appears in a window at the stupa: Akshobhya, who touches the earth in bhumisparsha mudra; Ratnasambhava, who makes the gift-giving gesture of varada mudra; Amitabha, who folds his hands one atop the other in meditation or dhyana mudra; and Amoghasiddhi, who holds up his right hand in the gesture of fearlessness, the abhaya mudra. The fifth buddha, Vairocana, looks out with half-closed eyes from the four sides of the cube atop the dome.

According to the Nepalese story, an ancient Buddha once planted a lotus seed in a lake in the Kathmandu Valley. The seed grew into a self-born lotus flower; its petals appear just beneath the central dome on this sculpture. Then, a five-colored beam of light spontaneously emanated from the lotus. Each color corresponded to one of the Five Directional Buddhas: blue Akshobhya in the east, yellow Ratnasambhava in the south, red Amitabha in the west, green Amoghasiddhi in the north, and white Vairocana in the center.

Literature comparison:
The present lot is inspired by the sculpture of the Pala Empire and Tibet. Compare a related Pala portable Buddhist temple carved from Kaolinite, 28 cm high, dated to the 10th century, in the Cleveland Museum of Art, accession number 1971.167. Compare a related earlier Tibetan black stone stele of Tara, 24 cm high, dated 13th-14th century, at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2007, lot 311. Note the similar use of colors and pose of the figure.

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