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
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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 356
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 357
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 358
Standing female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Area
not available anymore
Lot 359
Twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 360
Kneeling female figure
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 250
Lot 361
Container in form of a rooster
Nigeria, Yoruba
collected in situ (1975)
not available anymore
Lot 362
Fragment of a post
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 100
Lot 363
Two doorwings
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection (acquired between 1969-1971)
not available anymore
Lot 364
Fly whisk
Cameroon Grassfields
Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany (acquired in Foumban, 1975)
sold EUR 350
Lot 365
Palace door frame
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamessing
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Price EUR 1,200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 366
Quadruped
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
not available anymore
Lot 367
Multipart bracelet
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Argile, Arts Primitifs, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 368
Midsection of a pipe
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 369
Helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
German Collection
Price EUR 600
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 370
Mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Pierre Robin, Paris, France Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 371
Zoomorphic mask "mabuh"
Cameroon Grassfields, Kom
Frédéric Mégret, Paris, France Alain Bovis, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 374
Token "abia"
Cameroon
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 375
Sitting female power figure
Cameroon, Kaka
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 376
Standing male figure
Cameroon, Kaka
Stewart J. Warkow, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 377
Janus figure
Cameroon, Mambila
Charles Wentinck, Saumane, France
not available anymore
Lot 378
Standing female figure
Cameroon, Mambila
American Private Collection Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 379
Fertility doll
Cameroon, Namchi
not available anymore
Lot 380
Helmet mask with four faces "ngontang"
Gabon, Fang
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
not available anymore
Lot 381
Bird's head knife "musede"
Gabon, Kota
not available anymore
Lot 382
Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 383
Gong "mokenge"
Gabon, Tsogho
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 384
Horn
D. R. Congo
Antoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan, Ivory Coast (1981-83)
not available anymore
Lot 385
Round stool
D. R. Congo
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 386
Shield
D. R. Congo, Azande
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 387
Figurally carved handle of a fly-whisk
D. R. Congo, Bakongo/Vili
Josef Herman, Suffolk, Great Britain Christie's Amsterdam, 12 December 2000, lot 250
not available anymore
Lot 388
Initiation rattle "ntafu mahangu"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Old Private Collection Philippe and Lisa Laeremans, Liège, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 389
Horn carved with figures
D. R. Congo, Bakongo/Loango Coast
Old Belgian Colonial Collection
not available anymore
Lot 390
Stone figure "ntadi"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Alfred Kren, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 391
Ivory figurine
D. R. Congo, Bakongo, Loango region
Michel Vanderbroke, Geneva, Switzerland
sold EUR 800
Lot 392
Fragment of an ancestor figure
D. R. Congo, Basikasingo
Julien A. Quackelbeen, Ghent, Belgium Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 12,000
Lot 393
Mother-and-child figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Stocklet, Brussels, Belgium Octave Landury, Ghent, Belgium (1979-2002) Artcurial, Paris, 2 July 2003, lot 115
not available anymore
Lot 394
Male mask "cihongo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Old Portuguese Collection Alfred Kren, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 395
Figure in striped costume
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Gapereaux, Toulouse, France
not available anymore
Lot 396
Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Lore Kegel and Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 397
Fly whisk handle
D. R. Congo, Dengese
Christopher Norman Taylor, London, England Christie's, Paris, 16 juin 2009, lot 254
not available anymore
Lot 398
Ape mask "soko mutu"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Julius Carlebach, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 399
Male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 400
Male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 401
Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Holo
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 402
Standing female figure "mvunzi"
D. R. Congo, Holo
Marc Uzal, Paris, France Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 403
Half figure
D. R. Congo, Kanyok/Shankadi
Noble and Jean Endicott, New York, USA Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 404
Small female figure
D. R. Congo, Kete
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 150
Lot 405
Ceremonial adze
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Ketterer, München, 14. Dezember 1991, lot 572
not available anymore
Lot 406
Pestle
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa
Old Belgian Collection
not available anymore
Lot 407
Power half figure "kakudij"
D. R. Congo, Kusu
American Private Collection, New York
not available anymore