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Ɏ AN IVORY RELIQUARY IN THE FORM OF A MINIATURE STUPA, KANDY PERIOD, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
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? AN IVORY RELIQUARY IN THE FORM OF A MINIATURE STUPA, KANDY PERIOD, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Sri Lanka. Of circular form, the domed body raised on a stepped base atop a waisted plinth with wood core, decorated with floral, petal, and line bands encircling the dome and base as well as four foliate emblems at the shoulder to each corner of the square harmika surmounted by a similarly decorated spire culminating in a vase-form finial.

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 ‘Stupa Elfenbein Siam 1850', priced at EUR 7,250.
Condition:Good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities including slight gaps and remnants of adhesive between the wood core and ivory exterior of the plinth. One section of the spire chipped, few minute chips to edges and minuscule nicks, rubbing and losses to pigments, the wood core with an age crack. The ivory with a fine, naturally grown, pale honey patina.
CITES: European Union Certificate number AT 25-B-0116, dated 31 March 2025.

Weight: 318 g
Dimensions: Height 21.5 cm

Miniature stupaswere used in Sri Lankan Buddhism as relic containers. A hierarchy of relics, ranked by their closeness, both physically and in time, to the person of the Buddha himself, was acknowledged in early Buddhism. The Buddha's corporeal remains were the highest form of relic, and over time, those associated with revered teachers assumed a similar, if lesser, status. Stupa reliquaries of this type were used to house the ashes of revered monks.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related ivory reliquary in the shape of a stupa, Sri Lanka, dated to the 18th century, 16.8 cm high, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art,object number2010.475.7a–c. Compare a closely related ivory votive stupa, Sri Lanka, dated 17th-18th century, 20.6 cm high, in the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art,object numberM.78.101.2.



This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.

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拍品估价:1,000 - 2,000 欧元 起拍价格:600 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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