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AN INSCRIBED OFFICIAL STONE WEIGHT FOR THE MEASUREMENT AND WEIGHTS OFFICE OF THE GANZHOU ROUTE, DATED 1284
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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AN INSCRIBED OFFICIAL STONE WEIGHT FOR THE MEASUREMENT AND WEIGHTS OFFICE OF THE GANZHOU ROUTE, DATED 1284
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

China, Jiangxi province. The weight of cylindrical form, with two inscriptions to the sides, and surmounted by a beast-form handle. The beasts with bulging eyes, wide snout, the mouth forming a wide grin and bearing sharp teeth.

Inscriptions:

1. ‘Measurement and weights office of the Ganzhou lu’
2. ‘21st year of the Zhiyuan era (corresponding to 1284)’.


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, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, small losses, chips, nicks, and scratches.

Weight: 225 kg
Dimensions: Height 64 cm

Towards the end of the Song dynasty, the Mongol Empire launched a series of powerful military campaigns and soon conquered the Southern Song, establishing the Yuan dynasty. This transition brought significant changes to China's political, economic, and administrative systems—including the salt industry. During the war and subsequent Mongol occupation, many salt production sites, especially those along the coast and near salt lakes, were disrupted due to conflict, population displacement, and damaged infrastructure. However, once Mongol rule was established, the Yuan dynasty quickly moved to restore and centralize salt production. They implemented strict state monopolies, reorganized distribution networks, and relied heavily on salt taxes to fund their expansive empire. Large-scale saltworks in places like Yuncheng and Lianghuai were restored and expanded. The Yuan also enforced tight regulation using official weights (such as Guanfa) to ensure consistent taxation and prevent fraud.

The Ganzhou lu was an administrative division during the Song, Jin and Yuan dynasties in China. In 1277, Ganzhou Lu was promoted to a prefecture belonging to the Jiangxi Province. Its seat was in Gan County (now Ganzhou City, Jiangxi province) and its jurisdiction was equivalent to the area east of Ganzhou City. In 1365, Zhu Yuanzhang (Emperor Shundi) changed its name to Ganzhou fu (prefecture).

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