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A GROUP OF TWO HARDWOOD PRINTING PLATES, KOREA AND BURMA, 19TH CENTURY
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09月10日 下午5点 开拍 / 09月08日 下午3点 截止委托
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A GROUP OF TWO HARDWOOD PRINTING PLATES, KOREA AND BURMA, 19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Comprising two large wood blocks, both horizontally oriented. The first is a Korean family register, with two crossbars attached to the ends and the Korean characters arranged in horizontal box segments. The second, larger plate consists of two panels joined at the center and densely carved with lines of Burmese calligraphy. (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.
Labels: Galerie Hardt, printed ‘Druckplatte Korea‘, priced at EUR 1,250 (the Korean plate).
Condition:Good condition with wear, traces of use, manufacturing irregularities, small nicks, light dents, expected age cracks, minor chips, light scratches.

Weight: 3.2 kg (Korean plate), 3.8 kg (Burmese plate)
Dimensions: Length 55.2 cm (Burmese plate), 65.2 cm (Korean plate)

Woodblock printing in Korea flourished as early as the 8th century and became a highly developed art form by the Goryeo and Joseon periods, serving as a vital tool for the transmission of Buddhist texts, Confucian teachings, and government records. Korean printers achieved remarkable technical and aesthetic refinement, particularly evident in the production of Confucian texts that emphasized clarity, discipline, and moral order. Unlike movable metal type, which Korea also pioneered, woodblocks allowed for precise control of layout and brush-like elegance in the characters. These prints were often made in official academies or state-sponsored institutions, reflecting the central role of printing in Korean intellectual and administrative life. After the 18th century, academies and family shrines began publishing their own collections of works and genealogies in a competitive manner, and woodblocks emerged as the main printing medium. These family registers (hojeok) documented genealogies and household structures in accordance with Confucian ideals of lineage and hierarchy.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related Korean printing plate, dated to the early 20th century, donated by the Noh Seung-joo family from Gyoha Noh Clan, No. 541 of Modern Cultural Property of Korea, in the collection of the Advanced Center for Korean Studies.

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拍品估价:250 - 500 欧元 起拍价格:150 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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