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A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF DURGA SLAYING THE BUFFALO DEMON, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF DURGA SLAYING THE BUFFALO DEMON, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Nepal. Finely cast standing atop a lotus base, the eight-armed goddess holding her attributes and weapons including the trident with which she stabs Mahisha at her feet beside a recumbent lion. She is clad in an ankle-length dhoti, adorned with various jewelry, and wears a five-leaf crown on her head. Backed by a flaming mandorla.

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 old wear, predominantly from centuries of worship within the culture. Rubbing, small dents, minor losses to base and mandorla, casting irregularities, remnants of pigment. The bronze with a rich, warm, naturally grown patina.

Weight: 365 g
Dimensions: Height 13.8 cm

Durga is a manifestation of Shakti, the fundamental cosmic energy and a central deity within Hindu Shaktism and the consort of Shiva. In killing the buffalo asura known as Mahisha (lit. ‘the mighty one’ and ‘buffalo’), Durga liberated the universe from darkness. The present lot exhibits all the traits of a personal sculpture that was handled and rubbed constantly over the last five hundred years, leaving the goddess with a fine glossy brown patina.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 29 September 2020, lot 20
Price: USD 3,750 or approx. EUR 4,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A bronze figure of Durga, Nepal, 17th-18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling and manner of casting with similar wear and patina. Note the size (12.7 cm).

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