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A LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF GREEN TARA, LATE MALLA, THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve Nepal, 1520-1768. Finely carved, the deity seated in lalitasana atop a lotus pedestal, her right hand held in varada mudra and the left raised in vitarka mudra, each holding the stem of a flower which blossoms at the shoulders. Wearing a sheer dhoti secured by a floral belt and richly adorned with beaded jewelry. Her serene face with downcast eyes and bow-shaped lips forming a benevolent smile, flanked by ears issuing pendulous earrings. The hair is arranged in a high chignon crowned by a five-leaf crown and backed by a foliate nimbus. 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 wear, signs of weathering, losses, and natural imperfections including age cracks and fissures. Minor flaking to lacquer. Old, smoothened chips to the pedestal. Remnants of pigment. Weight: 10,001 g Dimensions: Height 58.2 cm Green Tara, also known as Shyamatara, is venerated as a savior and liberator from samsara, the earthly realm of birth and rebirth. According to Buddhist mythology, Green Tara emerged from a lotus bud rising from a lake of the tears of Avalokiteshvara, shed for the suffering of all sentient beings. She embodies compassion in a dynamic form, hence the usual depiction of the goddess with right leg outstretched, ready to leap out to ease suffering. Her right hand is always held out in varada mudra, a gesture of compassion and charity. Literature comparison: Compare a closely related wood figure of Vasudhara, Nepal, 17th century, in the National Museum, Kathmandu, published in the Huntington Archive, number 9431. Compare a closely related seated goddess, Nepal, 15th-16th century, in the Museum fur Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, identity number I 10026.

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