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A GILT-LACQUER BRONZE SCULPTURE OF THE WALKING BUDDHA’S FOOTPRINTS, BUDDHAPADA, RATTANAKOSIN PERIOD
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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 GILT-LACQUER BRONZE SCULPTURE OF THE WALKING BUDDHA’S FOOTPRINTS, BUDDHAPADA, RATTANAKOSIN PERIOD
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Thailand, reign of King Rama I-III, 1782-1851. The rectangular base cast with the foot imprints of the Walking Buddha, the soles centered by stylized sun emblems surrounded by rows of squares containing Buddhas, animals, flowers, and other emblems, the top with three rows of concentric circles symbolizing the prints of the toes. The borders tiered and decorated with floral borders and a wide band of upturned lotus petals.

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 minor wear and casting irregularitites. Few minor losses. Little rubbing, light flaking, and minor losses to the gilt.

Dimensions: Length 105.3 cm

With a fitted stand on casters. (2)

These large bronze footprints are one of the aniconic representations of the Buddha, popular in the early days of Buddhism before depictions of the Buddha were known. The footprint of the Buddha represents the spreading of his teachings. This particular symbol was known in Thailand from the fifteenth century onwards.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related sculpture of Buddha’s footprint, Burma, dated 18th-19th century, in the British Museum, museum number 1826,0211.2. For an earlier example, see Jean Boisselier, La sculpture en Thailande, Fribourg, 1987, pl. 131. Carol Stratton illustrates a wood example in Buddhist Sculptures of Northern Thailand, Chiang Mai, 2004, p. 302.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s London, 11 May 2016, lot 90
Price: GBP 2,500 or approx. EUR 4,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gilt and red-lacquered bronze Buddhapada (foot imprint of the Buddha), Thailand, Rattanakosin period, 19th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, design, manner of casting, and gilding. Note the different size (180 cm) and that only one footprint is depicted.

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