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AN INSCRIBED OFFICIAL MARBLE WEIGHT FOR THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, GUANFA, QING DYNASTY
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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 OFFICIAL MARBLE WEIGHT FOR THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, GUANFA, QING DYNASTY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

China, 1644-1912. The stone of rectangular form with one square notch to the front, both sides with an inscription above and below, and the top with a curved elevation. The marble is of a creamy-beige color with russet and gray inclusions.

Inscriptions:

1. ‘Guanyun ju [Government department for transportation]’, and ‘Number one’.
2. ‘Huizhou Hall Guild’, and ‘Qingyu tang’


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, small losses, chips, nicks, and scratches.

Weight: 160 kg
Dimensions: Height 73 cm

Huizhou merchants first emerged during the Song dynasty and reached their peak influence between the late Ming and early Qing periods. By this time, their commercial activities had spread across all of China. They traded in a wide range of goods—such as salt, grain, bamboo, timber, ceramics, and financial services—and amassed significant wealth, particularly through their monopoly over the Lianghuai salt industry. However, their dominance began to wane with the fall of the Qing dynasty, as overseas trade increasingly came under the control of merchants from Fujian and Guangdong.

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拍品估价:1,000 - 2,000 欧元 起拍价格:500 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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