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A MINIATURE BRONZE FIGURE OF RAMA, 17TH-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 MINIATURE BRONZE FIGURE OF RAMA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

South India. Cast standing in samabhanga on a stepped square base, the arms thrust forward, holding a bow in his right hand and an arrow in his left, dressed in a long dhoti fastened at the waist and draped between the legs, and adorned with ribbons and beaded jewelry. The face with large almond-shaped eyes and full lips. The hair pulled up into a conical chignon secured by a foliate crown, the head backed by a small knop.

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 minor wear and casting irregularities. Few tiny nicks, small surface scratches, expected rubbing, remnants of pigment. The bronze with a fine, naturally grown, smooth patina and areas of malachite encrustation to the underside.

Weight: 80 g
Dimensions: Height 7.8 cm

Rama is a major deity of Hinduism and the seventh avatar of the god Vishnu, one of his most popular incarnations along with Krishna, Parshurama, and Gautama Buddha. He is the central figure of the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana, a text historically popular in the South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures. Rama is especially important to Vaishnavism, and ancient Jain Texts also mention Rama as the eighth balabhadra among the 63 salakapurusas. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Being.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related bronze figure of Rama dated 18th century, 12.7 cm high, in the British Museum, registration number 1940,0716.340. Compare a related miniature bronze figure of Rama dated 18th-19th century, 4.6 cm high, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number 533(IS).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 12 September 2018, lot 340
Estimate: USD 2,000 or approx.EUR 2,200converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare miniature bronze figure of Rama, South India, 17th-18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling and similar size (8.6 cm).

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