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A LARGE WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN LION, NORTHWESTERN INDIA, 18TH-19TH 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 LARGE WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN LION, NORTHWESTERN INDIA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Rajasthan or Gujarat. Skillfully carved standing foursquare in a dynamic stance on a rectangular base. The head held high with finely modeled mane, small funnel-shaped ears, and distinctive facial features including almond-shaped eyes and a protruding snout with open jaws revealing sharp fangs and a rolling tongue.

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 wear, minor signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, scattered nicks, small chips and minor losses to edges. The white marble exhibiting a beautiful, naturally grown patina.

Dimensions: Height 55.2 cm

Freestanding sculptures of lionsare seen in temple complexes across India. They are also seen on the flat ledge above the frontal projection of the shikhara (temple tower) which rises above the threshold of the temple sanctum. Its prominent location would highlight the role of the lion both as guardian of the temple and as an assistant in the process of divine illumination.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related earlier Amaravati guardian lion carved in limestone (‘Palnad marble’), dated to the 2nd century, 105 cm high, in the British Museum, registration number 1880,0709.105.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 24 September 2020, lot 971
Price: USD 15,000 or approx. EUR 16,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A white marble figure of an elephant, India, 18th-19th century
Expert remark: Compare the related stone and manner of carving with similar base. Note the different size (28 cm) and subject.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 24 September 2020, lot 970
Price: USD 25,000 or approx. EUR 26,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A marble figure of a bull, India, Rajasthan or Gujarat, 16th century or later
Expert remark: Compare the related stone and manner of carving. Note the different size (30.5 cm) and subject.

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