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 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