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A JAIN COPPER- AND SILVER-INLAID BRASS SHRINE OF A TIRTHANKARA, DATED 1325
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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 JAIN COPPER- AND SILVER-INLAID BRASS SHRINE OF A TIRTHANKARA, DATED 1325
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Western India. Well cast in openwork and neatly inlaid with silver and copper. The central deity seated in dhyanasana on a cushioned throne supported by two addorsed lions, surrounded by seated and standing figures of jinas and attendants. The arched throne back with elephant heads flanking a canopy below the kalasha-form finial.

Inscriptions: The back with a dedicatory inscription in Devanagari script, dating the present lot to Samvat 1382 (corresponding to 1325).

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: Very good condition with expected wear and rubbing predominantly from centuries of worship within the culture. Light nicks, small surface scratches, minor dents, casting irregularities. The bronze with a fine, naturally grown, smooth patina.

Weight: 228.8 g
Dimensions: Height 11.1 cm

In Jainism, Tirthankara was a savior who succeeded in crossing over life's stream of rebirths, making a path for others to follow. Each cosmic age produces its own group of twenty-four Tirthankaras. Jain shrines are often cast in metal, exemplified by the current lot, as the cold surface of the metal serves to remind and emphasize the frozen detachment from life. These shrines are not worshiped as personal gods capable of bestowing blessings or interfering with human events, but rather as representatives of great beings with a sense of renunciation and the highest virtues. Jain believers pay homage in the hope that they in turn will be encouraged along the path towards their final self-liberation.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related bronze Jain shrine, 18.3 cm high, dated by inscription to 1236 AD, in the British Museum, registration number 1996,1002.2.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Zacke, Vienna, 25 April 2020, lot 453
Price: EUR 4,298 or approx. EUR 5,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A dated 1322 Jain silver-inlaid Buddhist altar shrine, Western India, Rajasthan
Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of casting. Note the size (17.2 cm) and that this shrine is dated to the year 1322, three years earlier than the present lot.

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