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A BRONZE RITUAL LAMP WITH ROYAL DONOR FIGURES, NEPAL, 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 BRONZE RITUAL LAMP WITH ROYAL DONOR FIGURES, NEPAL, 19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Finely cast to depict a king, queen, and prince kneeling atop an oval lotus base backed by arched leafy tendrils topped with five oil receptacles, the female donor seated in royal ease flanked by two kneeling princes, each donor figure with their hands folded in adoration and the face neatly detailed with an expression of reverence. The top rim of the base neatly incised with a lengthy Nepalese inscription.

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, inscribed ‘?llampe, Nepal um 1850, #S249', and priced at EUR 2,750.
Condition: Good condition with wear and manufacturing irregularities. Some cracks, expected rubbing, few encrustations, small nicks, warping, and minor losses to the back. The tendril mounting slightly loose.

Weight: 1,851 g
Dimensions: Length 25.7 cm, Height 18.3 cm

There is a long tradition of acknowledging the role of donors as patrons of Indian and Nepalese religious art. It initially took the form of donor inscriptions that recorded their philanthropy and meritorious intentions. Later, donor portraits appeared. Such portraits have been part of Nepalese art since the Licchavi period (about 300-800 AD). There are, for example, donor portraits at the great Vaisnava temple of Changu Narayan, where the earliest sculptures span the period from 600-800 AD.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related bronze pair of devotional figures, Nepal, 19th century, in the Honolulu Academy of Arts.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 20 March 2008, lot 413
Price: USD 10,000 or approx. EUR 14,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A brass ritual lamp with figures of a King and Queen, Nepal, 17th century
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling with similar royal donor figures. Note the related size (26.6 cm) and the earlier dating.

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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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