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A VERY LARGE (146 CM HIGH) BRONZE ARCH, PRABHAVALI, KERALA, 18TH-19TH 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 VERY LARGE (146 CM HIGH) BRONZE ARCH, PRABHAVALI, KERALA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

South India. Separately cast in openwork, the ornamental arch edged by tongues of flames and culminating in a fierce yali-head to center, supported on two columns with a tiered base and depicting a rearing yali with its paws raised and gaping mouths revealing sharp fangs, all below recumbent yalis spewing flames.

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: Excellent condition with minor wear and casting irregularities. Small nicks and minor traces of use.

Dimensions: Height 146 cm

This magnificent prabhavali from Kerala must have been a surround for an important deity in a shrine. The prabhavali acts as an aura to an icon and is an attribute used to denote divinity or royalty. Judging from the large size and its casting as a free-standing nimbus, this may have been used in conjunction with an utsava murti that was worshiped at darshan outside the temple premises or during special festivals. The intricate decorations of the arch are symbolic of fire and would have been a powerful backdrop to the idol.

The word prabhavali literally means a 'circle of flames' or 'garland of light', derived from the Sanskrit words prabha for 'lustre', 'light', or 'shine', and vali for ‘circle'. It represents an exquisite, ornamental arch that can be seen behind deities in most Hindu temples and homes in India.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related large bronze arch with a yali head to the center in the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune. Compare a closely related bronze prabha and peedom, dated 1800-1900, in the Krishnapuram Palace, Kayamkulam, Kerala.

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