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A BRASS GROUP OF KHANDOBA AND MHALSA, DECCAN, 18TH 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 BRASS GROUP OF KHANDOBA AND MHALSA, DECCAN, 18TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

India. Well cast in three detachable pieces, Khandoba (Shiva) seated atop his saddled and bridled steed, next to the figure of Mhalsa (Parvati), on a stepped rectangular pedestal. They are accompanied by a dog. Khandoba is holding a sword in one hand and a bowl in the other. His head is surmounted by a conical headdress. The horse’s mane and tail are neatly incised. Framed by an elaborate mandorla incised with petal-lappets and centered by a five-headed naga hood, below the fierce kirtimukha.

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 old wear, predominantly from centuries of worship within the culture, casting irregularities including small circular patches, light warping, rubbing, few small nicks.

Weight: 1,145.9 g
Dimensions: Height 21.2 cm

Khandoba is a male Hindu deity of Southern and Western India who is still widely worshiped in Maharashtra and regarded as the guardian deity of the Deccan. He was originally depicted with the head of a dog, and vestiges of this remain in his worship to this day. His usual attributes are a sword, a trident, and a drum. His vehicle (vahana) is a horse and he may also be shown associated with a dog. The foremost center of Khandoba worship is the temple of Jejuri in Maharashtra. The legends of Khandoba, found in the text Malhari Mahatmya and also narrated in folk songs, revolve around his victory over demons Mani-malla and his marriages.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related brass figure of Khandoba and Mhalsa seated on a horse, 15 cm high, dated 18th-19th century, in the British Museum, registration number 1853,0108.3.

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