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A MAGNIFICENT GILT-COPPER REPOUSSÉ PANEL OF UMAMAHESHAVARA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A MAGNIFICENT GILT-COPPER REPOUSSé PANEL OF UMAMAHESHAVARA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Nepal. Finely worked to depict the four-armed Shiva seated in lalitasana on a lotus base with Uma on his left knee, his right hand in abhaya mudra before the chest and the left hand embracing his consort, the other two hands raised and holding a mala and trident. Both dressed in finely detailed dhotis and adorned with beaded jewelry. Their faces with almond-shaped eyes centered by third eyes and surmounted by five-leaf crowns and tall chignons. A flaming mandorla framing their bodies below a row of petals.

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: Overall good condition with minor wear, little rubbing and losses to gilt, few small dents, the lower corners with small cracks and minor losses with associated old fills and repairs.

Weight: 2.6 kg (incl. wood backing)
Dimensions: Height 32.2 cm (the panel), 37.3 cm (incl. wood backing)

Mounted to a wood backing. (2)

Umamaheshvara represents the sacred embrace, alingana, of the Lord Shiva joined with the Goddess Uma (Parvati). The Great Ascetic, Shiva, who was overcome with the beauty of Uma, Daughter of the Mountain, succumbed to their union for the benefit of his devotees (S. Kramrisch, Manifestations of Shiva, Philadelphia, 1981, page 57). It is through their sensual relationship that they are meant to become a gateway for the devotee to enter their sacred realm.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Bonhams Paris, 1 June 2021, lot 6
Price: EUR 3,825 or approx. EUR 4,300 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gilt copper alloy repoussé panel of Umamaheshavara, Nepal, 16th/17th century
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling, technique, and gilding. Note the much smaller size (17 cm).

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