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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRAYOGINI, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRAYOGINI, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Nepal. Finely cast standing in ardhaparyankasana on a separately cast prostrate figure atop a lotus pedestal. The dakini holds a kartika in her raised right hand and a kapala in her left. Her body is richly adorned with beaded jewelry and a garland of severed heads. The oval face neatly incised with almond-shaped eyes centered by the third eye above, the hair pulled up in a high chignon behind a skull tiara. All backed by an elaborate openworked flaming mandorla incised with three lines of Nepalese inscription to the back identifying the deity.

Provenance: Galerie Hardt (established in 1976), Radevormwald, Germany, before 2020. Acquired by the gallery’s founder Peter Hardt (b. 1946) during his extensive travels in Asia, the first of which occurred during a formative world tour in 1973. Throughout his storied career, Peter Kienzle-Hardt organized countless exhibitions and participated in major international art fairs. He made many important contacts during this time and eventually met the Kienzle siblings, who shared his passion for Asian art and culture. A strong bond and deep friendship developed, ultimately leading to the creation of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst decades later in 2014. While the museum’s permanent exhibition predominantly comprised pieces from the Kienzle Family Collection, Peter Kienzle-Hardt supplemented it with objects from his own collection. Before his death in 2019, Horst Kienzle bequeathed his entire property to Peter and legally adopted him as his son, who has been using the name Peter Kienzle-Hardt ever since.
Labels: Galerie Hardt, typed ‘Vajravarahi, Bronze vergoldet, Tibet, 17/18 Jh’, the back ‘Reg #5422’, and priced at EUR 2,750.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and casting irregularities, minor dents and minute nicks to the base, rubbing and losses to gilt, remnants of ritual pigment.

Weight: 290 g
Dimensions: Height 15.4 cm

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Bonhams Paris, 12 June 2023, lot 23
Price: EUR 14,080 or approx. EUR 14,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gilt copper alloy figure of Vajravarahi, Nepal, dated 1786
Expert remark: Compare the similar treatment of the jewelry and the inscriptions. Note the similar size (17.5 cm) and the obviously renewed gilding. Also note also that the iconography of Vajravarahi and Vajrayogini are often conflated.

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拍品估价:500 - 1,000 欧元 起拍价格:250 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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