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A LARGE CARVED POLYCHROME WOOD ARCHED DOORWAY, GUJARAT, LATE 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 LARGE CARVED POLYCHROME WOOD ARCHED DOORWAY, GUJARAT, LATE 19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Western India. The multifoil arch framed by a rectangular pediment divided into multiple intricately carved panels with geometric patterns, decorative bands, and floral designs, all richly polychromed in shades of red, green, yellow, and blue. The doors with molded panels below metal bars set behind the arch.

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 overall with expected wear, traces of use, manufacturing irregularities, and natural imperfections, scattered chips and losses, age cracks, extensive flaking and rubbing to lacquer.

Dimensions: Height 273 cm

Gujarat’s wood architecture is a testament to the region’s rich artisanal heritage, particularly evident in the traditional havelis of Patan and Ahmedabad, where intricately carved columns, brackets, and balconies feature detailed geometric, floral, and textile-inspired motifs. These structures, dating as far back as the 16th century, highlight the enduring craftsmanship of the Hindu Suthar community, whose legacy of wood carving continues to shape the state’s cultural identity. While modern architecture in Gujarat has shifted away from wood, its historical significance endures, most strikingly in landmarks like the Swaminarayan Temple in Kalupur, Ahmedabad, where elaborately carved wooden elements reflect both religious devotion and artistic excellence.

The arched form seen here draws from the ancient Gujarati tradition of the torana, an ornamental gateway that framed sacred and ceremonial passageways across Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist architecture. From as early as the 10th century, these cusped arches and floral spandrels appeared in temple and civic architecture throughout western India. By the 17th century, this distinctive arch form had entered the mainstream Mughal design vocabulary, visible most clearly in monumental structures like the Red Fort in Delhi. There, the cusped arch re-emerges in imperial stone, echoing the carved wooden traditions of Gujarat in a new material language. The present doorway, with its layered carving and classic arched silhouette, stands not only as an object of regional craftsmanship but also as part of a broader architectural continuum, one that stretches from the merchant homes of Gujarat to the palaces of the Mughal court.

Literature comparison:
Compare two closely related arched doorways from Gujarat, dated to the late 19th century, in the South Asia Collection Museum, Norwich, accession numbers IN5.2 and IN5.3, illustrated by Jay Thakkar, Report on Wooden Architecture Collection of Gujarat at SADACC Trust, United Kingdom, 2015, p. 25 and 27, respectively. A copy of the full report showing further examples of Gujarat architecture is available upon request.

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