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A COLOSSAL GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE GONG, 19TH-EARLY 20TH 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 COLOSSAL GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE GONG, 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Expert’s note: The sound of this gong is as monumental as its appearance, carrying for a mile or more, indicating it was likely used in a large temple or palace compound. Antique gongs of this size are exceedingly rare with very few comparable examples found in public or private collections. Thus, this gong stands out as a unique and exceptional artifact.

Thailand or Burma. Heavily cast, of circular form with a large central boss encircled by a band of petals to evoke a flowerhead, enclosed within a band of stylized foliage centered at the top by an eight-armed cross, all framed by two line-borders. The upper edge pierced twice to allow for suspension.

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 ancient wear, casting irregularities, and traces of use, scattered nicks, small surface scratches, expected dents, remnants of pigment, rubbing and touchups to lacquer.

Dimensions: Diameter 109.5 cm, Height 204.2 (incl. stand)

With a striker with a rounded head wrapped in orange cloth, and suspended from a modern metal stand. (3)

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related smaller Burmese brass gong of similar form and decoration, dated to the early 20th century, 24.5 cm diameter, in the British Museum, registration number As1948,07.89. Compare a closely related Burmese or Thai smaller brass gong of similar form and decoration, dated to the 19th century, 41.4 cm diameter, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 09.69.1.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 5 June 2004, lot 994
Price: USD 7,767 or approx. EUR 11,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Thai or Burmese Gong, Hsàing-wàing [sic]
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration of the gong. Note the gilt-lacquered wood stand with Garuda and that the gong is of smaller size than the present lot.

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