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A BRONZE TSA-TSA MOLD OF MANJUSHRI, TIBET, 17TH-19TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A BRONZE TSA-TSA MOLD OF MANJUSHRI, TIBET, 17TH-19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Finely cast in the negative with Manjushri seated in dhyanasana atop a lotus base, holding aloft a flaming sword in his raised right hand, his left holding a lotus stem coming to full bloom at his shoulder and supporting a sutra. The mold mounted onto a wooden handle with metal fittings.

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: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Dings, dents, small losses, cracks, and natural imperfections.

Weight: 383.1 g
Dimensions: Height 13.3 cm

This bronze tsa-tsa mold was created to impress small clay amulets of Manjushri. Stamped clay images are commonplace in the Himalayas and surrounding regions. They are often made from clay mixed with the ashes of revered teachers. The process of making tsa-tsa is an act of devotion and the finished images are distributed to the faithful or placed inside stupas, or sacred sites. The molds used to make the clay tsa-tsa are generally made from cast metal. Devotees often acquired such molded plaques at pilgrimage sites. They became important vehicles for the transmission of new styles, iconographies, and ideologies.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 19 September 2019, lot 38
Price: USD 3,500 or approx. EUR 4,100 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A bronze tsa-tsa mold, Tibet, 17th century
Expert remark: Compare the related form. Note the similar size (16.5 cm) and that the mold is for a stupa tsa-tsa.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 2 December 2021, lot 1024
Price: HKD 12,750 or approx. EUR 1,600 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A copper alloy tsa tsa mold of the long-life trinity, Tibet, 19th century
Expert remark: Compare the related form. Note the much smaller size (6 cm).

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