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"
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Lot 246: Female figure
Lot 247: Standing figure of a hermaphrodite
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Lot 264: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
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Lot 265: Standing male ancestor figure "blolo bian"
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Lot 273: Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Lot 292: Standing female figure
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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"
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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