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A VERY RARE GILT-LACQUERED STUCCO FIGURE OF TSONGKHAPA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
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A VERY RARE GILT-LACQUERED STUCCO FIGURE OF TSONGKHAPA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Tibet. Finely modeled seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base with a vajra at his feet, the hands held in dharmachakra mudra and holding lotus stems coming to full bloom at the shoulders. The founder of the Gelug School is dressed in richly painted monastic robes of orange and red, neatly decorated with gilt foliate hems and square panels to the back. The face finely detailed with red, bow-shaped lips below piercing eyes, and the skin overall covered in gilt. The base sealed with a red cloth and painted with a double-vajra.

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 some wear, little flaking, a small loss to the right lotus sprig, faint fissures and rubbing to the lacquer.

Weight: 4 kg
Dimensions: Height 27.1 cm

Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) is widely regarded in Tibet as a second Buddha and the main teacher of the first Dalai Lama, Gendun Drub (1391-1474). An eminent scholar, he reformed the old Kadampa sect, creating the new Gelugpa sect (Yellow Hat), and is the founder of the monasteries Ganden, Drepung, and Sera. He is revered as an emanation of the Buddhist god of wisdom, Manjushri.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related figure of Tsongkhapa, dated 18th-19th century, in the Tibet Museum, Lhasa. For further related polychrome clay figures, see the group of almost lifesize-images preserved in the Lamdre Lhakhang chapel in Gyantse, Southern Tibet, illustrated in Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet, Hong Kong, 2001, vol. II, pl. 202A-204F. The chapel was built in 1425 by Rabten Kunzang Phak, the second prince of Gyantse.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s London, 25 October 2019, lot 42
Price: GBP 31,250 or approx. EUR 50,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gilt-lacquered stucco figure of a lama, Tibet, 18th-19th century
Expert remark: Compare the similar colors and use of gilt. Note the size (24 cm).

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