April 13, 2024

102nd Auction

AFRICAN, OCEANIC AND PRE-COLUMBIAN ART
Historically significant art works from Africa and the Pacific region in a Munich private collection closely connected with the Linden-Museum and Ludwig Bretschneider. Selected pieces from the collections of Werner Zintl (Part 2) and Alexander Kubetz (Part 2). First part of exquisite ceramics from the Moche and Nazca cultures coming from the estate of Klaus Kalz.

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Highlights

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Lot 20: Female figure "malagan"
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Lot 21: Magnificent "malagan" figure
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Lot 22: Kneeling female figure "malagan"
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Lot 23: Rare friction drum "livika" or "lunet"
1/6
Lot 26: Club "u'u"
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Lot 35: Rare buffalo mask "nyati" ("nyatti" / "nyadi") of the "koso-isango" society
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Lot 37: Female caryatid stool "kipona" ("kihona", "kikona", "lupona")
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Lot 50: Mask face, Classic Period, ca. 450 to 650 AD
Lot 59: Jaguar throne, ca. 500 to 1500 AD
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Lot 61: Stirrup vessel, Early Horizon, ca. 1400 to 800 BC
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Lot 67: Stirrup vessel: Fox Deity, Early Intermediate Period, ca. 200 to 500 AD
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Lot 70: Stirrup vessel with relief depiction: Warriors battling crabs, Early Intermediate Period, ca. 200 to 500 AD
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Lot 71: Stirrup vessel: Drummer, Early Intermediate Period, ca. 300 to 500 AD
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Lot 73: Anthropomorphic stirrup vessel, Early Intermediate Period, ca. 300 BC to 300 AD
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Lot 83: Bridge vessel with double spout, Early Intermediate Period, Middle Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 AD
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Lot 96: Vessel, Early Intermediate Period, Late Nazca, ca. 300 to 600 AD
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Lot 100: Samurai helmet "kabuto" , Edo period (1603-1868)
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Lot 140: Kneeling female figure
Lot 147: Maternité
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Lot 155: Anthropomorphic face mask "deangle"
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Lot 157: Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
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Lot 161: Standing female figure
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Lot 183: Anthropomorphic face mask
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Lot 214: Mask of a notable, late 19th / early 20th century
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Lot 220: Rare power figure "enok ateng"
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Lot 230: Squatting male figure
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Lot 251: Caryatid stool "kipona" ("kihona") with male-female couple
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Lot 269: Power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi"
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Lot 272: Anthropomorphic helmet mask "hemba"
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Lot 307: Rare anthropomorphic face mask
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Lot 309: Standing female ancestor figure
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Lot 310: Stilt step "tapuva'e"
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Lot 311: Stilt step "tapuva'e"
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Lot 313: Prestige axe "gi okono" or "nbouet"

102nd Auction

Lot 156 : Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
French Collection
Price EUR 2,200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 157 : Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Merton D. Simpson, New York City, USA William J. (Bill) Moore, Los Angeles, USA
not available anymore
Lot 158 : Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
UK Collection
not available anymore
Lot 161 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
acquired in the European art market in the late 1970s / early 1980s Australian Private Collection
Price EUR 6,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 162 : Head pendant "ngblo" or "sran tre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Lagoon people
Lempertz Brussels, 10 May 2023, Lot 75 (part of a convolute) German Private Collection
sold EUR 650
Lot 163 : Ornamental pendant with two small anthropomorphic faces
Ghana, Akan
Lempertz Brussels, 10 May 2023, Lot 76 (part of a convolute) German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 164 : Ornamental pendant with anthropomorphic face
Ghana, Akan
Lempertz Brussels, 10 May 2023, Lot 76 (part of a convolute) German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 165 : Ornamental pendant with anthropomorphic face
Ghana, Akan
Lempertz Brussels, 10 May 2023, Lot 75 (part of a convolute) German Private Collection
sold EUR 850
Lot 166 : Ornamental pendant
Ghana, Akan
German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 167 : Ornamental pendant with floral motif
Ghana, Akan
Lempertz Brussels, 10 May 2023, Lot 76 (part of a convolute) German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 168 : Ornamental pendant
Ghana, Akan
Lempertz Brussels, 10 May 2023, Lot 75 (part of a convolute) German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 169 : Ornamental pendant (crocodile)
Ghana, Akan
German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 170 : Ornamental pendant
Ghana, Akan
Lempertz Brussels, 10 May 2023, Lot 76 (part of a convolute) German Private Collection
sold EUR 700
Lot 171 : Ornamental pendant
Ghana, Akan
Lempertz Brussels, 10 May 2023, Lot 75 (part of a convolute) German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 172 : Ornamental pendant
Ghana, Akan
German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 173 : Ring
Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
Edith Hafter (1911-2001), Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 850
Lot 174 : Necklace / collier
Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
Edith Hafter (1911-2001), Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 175 : Rectangular ornamental element / pendant "srala"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
Edith Hafter (1911-2001), Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 176 : Three ornamental elements of a necklace
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
German Private Collection
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 177 : Necklace with heart pendant and matching earrings
Senegal, Tukulor / Wolof
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 178 : Gilded wooden replica of a diviner's iron gong
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 179 : Figure of a policeman
Ghana, Akan, Nana Osei Bonsu of Kumasi (1900-1977)
Royal Property Timothy Koock (1944-2022), Fredericksburg, Texas, USA Estate of Timothy Koock
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 180 : Divination bowl "agere ifa" with horned snake, before 1920
Republic of Benin, Fon
sold EUR 250
Lot 181 : Zoomorphic recade "makpo"
Benin, Fon
Justin Barthels, Maastricht, The Netherlands
sold EUR 200
Lot 182 : Altar ensemble, late 19th century
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo, Royal Bronze-casting Guild ("Igun Eronmwon")
Charles Ratton (1895-1986), Paris, France Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 9 March 2019, Lot 205 Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 183 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Nigeria, Eket
Roger F. Azar, Paris, France (1979) Serge Le Guennan, Paris, France (2016)
sold EUR 5,000
Lot 184 : Anthropo-zoomorphic helmet mask "mgbedike"
Nigeria, Igbo
Marie-Eliane d'Udekem d'Acoz, New York, USA / Belgium Private Collection, New York City, USA
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 185 : Seated anthropomorphic figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
Jacques Kerchache (1942-2001), Paris, France Anne Kerchache, Paris, France Christie's, Paris, 29 October 2008, Lot 142 (as part of a set of two)
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 188 : Water spirit headdress
Nigeria, Niger-Delta, Eastern Ijaw (Ijo) - Kalabari
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany (acquired in Cameroon around 1980)
not available anymore
Lot 190 : Zoomorphic headdress of the "mangam" society
Nigeria, Northern Benue, Kantana (Mama)
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 10 March 2018, Lot 301
sold EUR 800
Lot 191 : Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 700
Lot 192 : Rare "kwagh hir" festival mask
Nigeria, Tiv
Allan Stone, New York, USA
Price EUR 4,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 193 : Anthropomorphic mask
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu
Franco Monti (1931-2008), Milan, Italy Alberto Galaverni (1933-2013), Parma, Italy (acquired from the above in the 1960s or 1970s) Koller, Geneva, 11 December 2013, Lot 177 Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris-Hoche, 6 March 2018, Lot 193
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 194 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ife, Gbongan
Billy (William) Pearson (1920-2002), La Jolla, USA Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 195 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ilorin
Price EUR 350
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 196 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
Christie's London, 29 June 1994, Lot 179 (pair) Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 197 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado / Ketu
Thomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 June 2015, Lot 357 Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 198 : Twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ede
Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
Price EUR 450
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 199 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibadan, Owu
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2016, Lot 303 Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
Price EUR 500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 200 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun
Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 201 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Illorin
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Neumeister, Munich, 18 May 2006, Lot 75 Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
Price EUR 600
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 202 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Omu Aran
sold EUR 700
Lot 203 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 June 2014, Lot 360 Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 204 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Iseyin
Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 18 October 2014, Lot 328 Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 205 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Christa's Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 21 March 2015, Lot 318 Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 206 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
Price EUR 450
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 207 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ogbomosho
Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 208 : Figural house post
Nigeria, Yoruba
British Collection Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Price EUR 5,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 209 : Ritual staff "edan ogboni" or "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Theo A.H.M. Dobbelmann, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Belgian Private Collection Native, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 210 : Pair of ritual staffs "edan ogboni" or "edan oshugbo
Nigeria, Yoruba
Theo A.H.M. Dobbelmann, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Belgian Private Collection Native, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore