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A SANDSTONE PESANI (GRINDING STONE) AND GRINDER, ANGKOR PERIOD
奥地利
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 SANDSTONE PESANI (GRINDING STONE) AND GRINDER, ANGKOR PERIOD
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Khmer Empire, 9th-15th century. The grinding stone with a flat top and tapered sides supported on a broad rectangular foot, incised with hatched decoration, the grinder of cylindrical form, each carved from a coarse-grained stone with slightly abrasive surface. (2)

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-Hardtorganized 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 ‘M?rser Kambodia‘, priced at EUR 4,500.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, traces of use, signs of weathering, encrustations, chips, losses, nicks, structural cracks. The grindstone and grinder are both worn down, the latter with an old repair. Fine, naturally grown patina.

Weight: 11.6 kg(total)
Dimensions: Length 40cm (the pesani) and 24 cm (the grinder)

The pesani, or grinding stone, is an infrequently discussed object of the ancient Khmer Empire but regardless it is prominent throughout, from the 6th-century pre-Angkorian times through the Angkor period. They were likely used for grinding spices to make Auyrevedic medicine, pastes for ceremonial purposes, and even curry has been proposed. Most are utilitarian and feature no or little decoration. Early French documentation designated grinding stones like these as rasun batau, using the terminology of the Cham, the ancient neighboring state to the east where these artefacts were previously found.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related sandstone pesani with similar incision work and of identical size in the National Museum of Cambodia, inventory number Ka.490. Compare a closely related sandstone pesani and grinder, 40.8 cm long, also dated to the Angkor period, in the National Museum of Cambodia, inventory number NMC.1.1-2.

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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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