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A LARGE NEPALESE-STYLE BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
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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 LARGE NEPALESE-STYLE BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Expert’s note:
The current figure is inspired by lacquered sculptures of Chinese craftsmanship and Nepalese style produced in the 13th century, which were themselves strongly influenced by Indian Pala models. These works emerged after the Mongol ruler Khubilai Khan (1215–1294) invited eighty Nepalese artist-monks to China to construct and embellish a monastery. Among them was the renowned artist Aniko, who remained in China and established a workshop responsible for some of the most distinguished sculptures of this style and period. Compare a related earlier dry lacquer figure of a bodhisattva which possibly served as a direct influence for the present lot, dated to the 13th century, 58.5 cm high, in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number F1945.4.

China, first half of 20th century or earlier. Seated in rajalilasana with the right hand raised in vitarka mudra, wearing a short dhoti with deeply carved folds, his body richly adorned with beaded and foliate jewelry, the face with a serene expression marked by heavy-lidded downcast eyes, elegantly arched brows, and full bow-shaped lips forming an enigmatic smile, flanked by long pendulous earlobes, the hair pulled up into a tall braided chignon behind the short tiara.

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: Good condition with expected wear, manufacturing irregularities, remnants of pigment, extensive verdigris.

Dimensions: Height 78.7 cm

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