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A GROUP OF FOUR LARGE WOOD TORMA MOLD STICKS, ZANPAR, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A GROUP OF FOUR LARGE WOOD TORMA MOLD STICKS, ZANPAR, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Tibet. Of polygonal form, each stick is carved with hollow molds of various ritual motifs, including people, deities, spirits, torma offerings, animals and symbols, which are pressed into the offerings made of dough or butter. (4)

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 minor wear and natural imperfections. Nicks, scratches, and small old smoothened chips along the edges. Remnants of pigment.

Weight: 1,927 g (together)
Dimensions: Height 39 cm (the smallest) and 47 cm (the largest)

Zanpar are carved wooden lengths of wood with images of the different sets of offerings used to create barley dough (tsampa) replicas of real figures and objects for torma offerings in Buddhist and Bon rituals in the Himalayan and Tibetan regions. Typically, the figures include a man and a woman, often with the hands placed at the waist in a passive gesture. Other groups of figures include the Nine Animals that Fly in the Sky, Nine Animals that Walk on Land, and the Nine Animals that Live in Water along with many other objects including the Eight Auspicious Symbols. There are naga creatures and strange hybrid animals all of which appear to be unique to Tibetan culture and possibly a borrowing from the early Bon ritual practices.

The dough molds can be single lengths of wood with two or more sides, with the important figures carved in groups, or they can be sets of lengths, fastened together with string or leather cord. A single side or both sides can be carved with figures and symbols. Some examples are also stained with color as the dough can be pre-colored prior to pressing, or colored after pressed and readied for use.

Literature comparison:
Compare two closely related wood torma molds in the Museum der Kulturen, Basel, illustrated on Himalayan Art Resources, item numbers 3314925 and 3314926. Compare a closely related wood torma mold, in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, item number 87193.

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拍品估价:700 - 1,400 欧元 起拍价格:350 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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