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A BAITONG STEELYARD AND MATCHING WOOD CASE, DOTCHIN, 19TH CENTURY
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 BAITONG STEELYARD AND MATCHING WOOD CASE, DOTCHIN, 19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

China. The case finely carved as a stylized pipa, the body and cover hinged together near the smaller end with a bronze pin cast with a floral knob, the body with recessed sections to the interior, housing a baitong and bone steelyard in the form of a blossom. (2)

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, nicks, and scratches to the covers.

Weight: 949 g
Dimensions: Length 49.2 cm

Dotchin was the common anglicized version of the Chinese name for this type of steelyard, which had long been used in China to weigh small treasures and substantial commodities. During the late 18th century, when opium was smuggled into China by foreign ships, the scale was used amongst others to weigh opium and thus became known as ‘opium scale’ in the West.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related wood opium scale, in the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, accession number 321641.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 9 October 2020, lot 3650
Price: HKD 378,000 or approx. EUR 46,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A huanghuali steelyard case, early Qing dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the related form. Note the different wood and size (29.5 cm).

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