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AN INSCRIBED IMPERIAL MARBLE WEIGHT FOR THE WENSIYUAN, GUANFA, 160 JIN (102 KG), DATED 1216
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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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AN INSCRIBED IMPERIAL MARBLE WEIGHT FOR THE WENSIYUAN, GUANFA, 160 JIN (102 KG), DATED 1216
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

China, Anhui province. Of square cross-section, slightly tapering towards the top, surmounted by an arched handle, each side inscribed. The marble is of a creamy-beige color with russet and gray inclusions.

Expert’s note: Stylistically, the calligraphy is fully consistent with a late Song date of 1216, especially for a functional government-issued weight.

Inscriptions:

1. ‘Governor Li Jian of the local administrative office [Quanfu]’
2. ‘Weight 160 jin [approximately 102.4 kg in the Southern Song dynasty)’,
3. ‘Wensiyuan of the Ningguo prefecture [Anhui province]’
4. ‘3rd month of the 9th year of the Jiading era [1216]’.


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, structural fissures, small losses, chips, nicks, and scratches.

Weight: approximately 109 kg
Dimensions: Height 48 cm

Quanfu was the title of a local administrative office in the Song dynasty. In context of measuring and weighing, it could refer to a government office responsible for maintaining standardized weights and measurement tools.

Ningguo prefecture was established during the Southern Song dynasty. It is located in present-day Anhui province. Over the years, the prefecture’s name and area of jurisdiction changed and after Emperor Xuantong abdicated and the Republic of China was established, the prefecture was abolished.

Wensiyuan, is a Chinese government office, established during the Song dynasty and was responsible for the manufacture of gold and silver crafts, ceremonial objects, utensils, weights, and other items required by the court. It was abolished during the Qing Dynasty.

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