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A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHADAKSHARI LOKESHVARA WITH CONSORT, TIBET, FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY
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A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY LARGE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHADAKSHARI LOKESHVARA WITH CONSORT, TIBET, FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Finely cast seated in dhyanasana on a separately cast double lotus throne with beaded edges, joined in union (yab yum) with his consort Shakti whose legs wrap gently behind, the deity’s principal arms held in anjali mudra with a jewel in the middle, the secondary arms positioned to the side and held in karana mudra, a vajra in the right hand, Shakti holding aloft a kartika and kapala. The two figures are clad in diaphanous dhotis and richly adorned with jewelry and a tiara inlaid with colored beads. The consort separately cast in two parts. (2)

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 with expected old wear and casting irregularities. The piece has been professionally cleaned by a museum restorer. Few minor dents, minute nicks here and there, minor losses to inlays, some inlays possibly replaced, the seal plate loose.

Dimensions: Height 74.8 cm

The four-armed (chaturbhuja) emanation of Avalokiteshvara is regarded as the patron deity of Tibet and believed to be incarnate in the succession of Dalai Lamas. The popular Tibetan mantra om mani padme hum, ‘praise to the jewel in the lotus’, invokes the compassion of the bodhisattva Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related earlier gilt copper-alloy figure of Vajradhara with consort, Tibet, 14th century, 63.5 cm high, in the Rubin Museum of Art, object number C2005.16.19.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 June 2020, lot 6071
Price: HKD 325,000 or approx. EUR 42,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large gilt-bronze figure of Vairocana, Tibet, the figure circa 1900, the stand 1400
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling and similar painted expression. Note the much smaller size (56.5 cm) and the associated earlier stand. The figure is dated around 1900.

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