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A BUFF SANDSTONE RELIEF PANEL OF VAIKUNTHA KAMALAJA ATOP GARUDA, CENTRAL INDIA, 10TH-12TH CENTURY
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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 BUFF SANDSTONE RELIEF PANEL OF VAIKUNTHA KAMALAJA ATOP GARUDA, CENTRAL INDIA, 10TH-12TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Finely carved in relief within a recessed niche, the four-armed deity sits in lalitasana atop his vahana, Garuda. His primary hands, lowered in varada mudra, while his secondary arms are raised, clutching a disc and conch, all framed beneath a tiered shikhara.

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, commensurate with age. Old wear, obvious losses, nicks and scratches, small chips, encrustations, signs of weathering and erosion. Two small sections in the background with old repairs.

Weight: 4,977 g
Dimensions: Height 37.5 cm

Vaikuntha-Kamalaja (or Lakshmi-Narayana) is a composite androgynous form of the Hindu god Vishnu and his consort Lakshmi. Vaikuntha-Kamalaja is a rare form, mostly restricted to Nepal and the Kashmir region of India. Like Ardhanarishvara, Vaikuntha-Kamalaja is depicted as half male and half female, split down the middle. The iconography symbolizes the oneness or non-duality of male and female principles of the universe. Vaikuntha-Kamalaja is mentioned in few Tantric and iconographical texts.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related buff sandstone relief depicting Vishnu atop Garuda, Central India, 50.2 cm high, at Sotheby’s New York, 24 March 2004, lot 34. Compare a related buff sandstone relief in the City Palace Museum, Udaipur. For an Indian bronze figure depicting the same subject, see Himalayan Art Resources, item number 24136.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Bonhams New York, 11 September 2012, lot 48
Price: USD 6,000 or approx. EUR 7,300 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A red sandstone relief panel of Shiva, central India, circa 11th century
Expert remark: Compare the related composition and manner of carving with similar pillars on either side of the main figure. Note the size (43 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2016, lot 1314
Price: USD 3,125 or approx. EUR 3,700 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A sandstone figure of a Yakshi, central India, 10th/11th century
Expert remark: Compare the related composition and manner of carving with similar pillars on either side of the main figure.

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