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A COFFERED WOOD DOOR DEPICTING DANCING DEITIES, 19TH TO 20TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
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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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A COFFERED WOOD DOOR DEPICTING DANCING DEITIES, 19TH TO 20TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Western India. Boldly carved with five rows of three vertical panels depicting various deities including Shiva and Parvati to the top, classical dancers, and musicians. Each panel is housed within a lobed frame and interspersed with metal fittings and separated by pairs of large flowerheads, all below two circular medallions to the top enclosing recumbent birds with voluminous plumage. The door is set with a C-form handle to the back.

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-Hardt organized 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.
Condition: Good condition with expected wear, traces of use, and natural imperfections including age cracks and fissures, minor losses, small chips to edges, scattered light nicks and surface scratches, the fittings with minor corrosion. Remnants of varnish and pigment. The wood with a fine, naturally grown, dark patina.

Dimensions: Size 157 x 75 cm (excl. stand), 170 x 75 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted on a modern metal stand. (2)

Carved wooden doors formed an important part of traditional homes, often carrying symbolic motifs that were sometimes enhanced with natural coloring. The present example features figural panels depicting dancers, musicians, and deities, reflecting themes commonly seen in Odishan temple and folk art. Circular medallions and animal forms add to the symbolic character, often representing auspiciousness and protection. Likely once part of a noble or merchant household, the door combines craftsmanship with cultural narrative, serving both decorative and spiritual purposes.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related wood door from Odisha, dated to the 20th century, 180.3 cm high, in the Kala Bhoomi Odisha Crafts Museum, Bhubaneswar, museum number 1/45/24/1/17/01086, and illustrated in the Virtual Museum of Images & Sounds, accession number KB00828.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams London, 13 November 2005, lot 479
Price: GBP 1,200 or approx. EUR 2,900 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A coffered wood door, Western India, 18th/19th century
Expert remark: The tightly organized, modular grid of figures and rosettes is also found in doors from Rajasthan and Gujarat, as evidenced by this example. Note the size (174 x 90 cm).

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