November 30, 2013

75th tribal art auction

Fine old art from Africa, Asia, Australia, Oceania and America. The Private Collections Eduard Hess (Oberwil near Basel, Switzerland), Antonio Fiacco (Zurich, Switzerland) as well as Heinz Kolerski (Fellbach, Germany).

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Highlights

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Lot 4
Ancestor figure "adu zatua"
Lot 32
Hook mask "garra"
Lot 76
Portrait mask of a notable "mblo"
Lot 83
Mask "kpelie"
Lot 88
Mask
Lot 100
Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Lot 106
Mask of a dignitary
Lot 113
Fragment of a half figure "iran otibago"
Lot 114
Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
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Lot 115
Standing figure with headdress "dege"
Lot 131
Mask "nsembu"
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Lot 133
Kneeling bowl bearer "mboko"
Lot 137
Mask "phumbu"
Lot 150
Antelope mask "ntomo"
Lot 152
Altar with four figures
Lot 154
Mask "waka kakada"
Lot 166
Mask "bagle"
Lot 173
Mask
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Lot 176
Figure of a mother and child
Lot 184
Mask "gelede"
Lot 187
Standing female figure
Lot 188
Small head
Lot 193
Female mask "La belle Madeleine"
Lot 199
Frog "kitende"
Lot 212
Standing female figure
Lot 223
Dance headdress "zigiren wonde"
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Lot 233
Sitting female figure "jo nyeleni"
Lot 240
Horizontal helmet mask "warakun" oder "kòmòkun"
1/5
Lot 246
Female figure
Lot 247
Standing figure of a hermaphrodite
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Lot 264
Standing female figure "blolo bla"
1/2
Lot 265
Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian"
1/2
Lot 273
Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Lot 292
Standing female figure
1/2
Lot 293
Standing male figure "doogélé"
Lot 337
Standing male figure
Lot 340
Statue for male aggression "iphri"
Lot 376
Standing male figure
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Lot 380
Helmet mask with four faces "ngontang"
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Lot 383
Gong "mokenge"
Lot 392
Fragment of an ancestor figure
Lot 399
Male ancestor figure "singiti"
Lot 406
Pestle
Lot 407
Power half figure "kakudij"
Lot 417
Standing figure
Lot 418
Big round mask "kifwebe"
1/2
Lot 426
Janushead crest
Lot 441
Small power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 442
Standing male power figure "nkisi"
Lot 449
Standing female figure
Lot 459
Standing female figure with mourning gesture

75th tribal art auction

Lot 255
Big fertility doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
not available anymore
Lot 256
Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Charles Wentinck, Saumane, France
not available anymore
Lot 257
Zoomorphic mask
Burkina Faso, Nuna
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 258
Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Abron
Pierre Eric Becker, Cannes, France
not available anymore
Lot 259
Bell
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié
not available anymore
Lot 260
Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 261
Pair of figures
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany
sold EUR 650
Lot 262
Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Nèreè Onésiphore Morel, Erquery (Picardie), France Jacky Morel, Noyon (Picardie), France
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 263
Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Charles Wentinck, Saumane, France Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 264
Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium German Private Collection
sold EUR 10,500
Lot 265
Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Milton Ginsburg, USA Benjamin D. Bernstein, Philadelphia, USA Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
sold EUR 7,500
Lot 266
Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Loudmer, Paris, 6 décembre 1986, lot 3 Paolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland Sotheby's, Paris, 6 juin 2005, lot 83
sold EUR 500
Lot 267
Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 268
Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 269
Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
collected in situ (1962) Paolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland Sotheby's Paris, 6 juin 2005, lot 82 Tao Kerefoff, Paris, France Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 270
Three heddle pulleys
Côte d'Ivoire
Aloys Faust, Cologne, Germany (1960s)
sold EUR 150
Lot 271
Figurally carved ceremonial staff
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
John and Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 272
Face mask of the "mblo"-group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Albert Feraud, Montpellier, France
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 273
Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
René Rasmussen, Paris, France Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 274
Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Aloys Faust, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 275
Zoomorphic figure "gbekre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 276
Horn
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Antoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (1981-83)
not available anymore
Lot 277
Figural spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 278
Miniatur mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
sold EUR 150
Lot 279
Four miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 260
Lot 280
Janus-faced guardian head
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
George W. Harley, Ganta, Liberia Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 281
Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Guy Archambault, Hotel des Ventes, Vitry-le-Francois, 7.7.1985, lot 100
sold EUR 500
Lot 282
Beak mask "gägon"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan/Diomande
Gabriel Viaud-Bruant, Poitiers, France (1865-1948)
not available anymore
Lot 283
Standing male figure "za mä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 284
Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango
Alberto Previ, Italy Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France Dalton - Somaré, Milan, Italy
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 285
Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 286
Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere
Kröner, Gerlingen, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 287
Mask "kpelié"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Old Belgian Collection, Antwerp
not available anymore
Lot 288
Fire spitter mask "wanjugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 3,600
Lot 289
Small standing figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 290
Small female figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Old French Collection
sold EUR 900
Lot 291
Pair of figures
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 292
Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Justen Barthels, Maastricht, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 293
Standing male figure "doogélé"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 294
Equestrian figure "syonfolo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Pierre Valmont, Nimes, France
not available anymore
Lot 295
Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé
Michel Gosse, Caen/Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 296
Face mask "je"
Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure
Charles Wentinck, Saumane, France
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 297
Goldweight
Ghana, Akan
Sotheby's New York
sold EUR 650
Lot 298
Goldweight in shape of a mudfish
Ghana, Akan
Sotheby's New York
sold EUR 200
Lot 299
Goldgewicht: Ornamental fish
Ghana, Akan
Sotheby's New York
sold EUR 250
Lot 300
Goldweight: Pair of mudfish
Ghana, Akan
Sotheby's New York
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 301
Goldweight: stylized fish head
Ghana, Akan
Sotheby's New York
sold EUR 360
Lot 302
Goldweight: Fish
Ghana, Akan
Sotheby's New York
sold EUR 500
Lot 303
Goldweight: Mudfish with prey
Ghana, Akan
Sotheby's New York
sold EUR 200
Lot 304
Goldweight: Ornamental fish
Ghana, Akan
Sotheby's New York
sold EUR 500