March 22, 2014

76th tribal art auction

Insights in the diversity and quality of fine old art from Africa, Pre-Columbian Art from the Cologne Collection Oberle. Selected pieces from the South Seas.

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Highlights

Lot 3: Seated figure "hampatong"
Lot 16: Ritual decorated front panel
Lot 45: Ancestor skull "ndambirkus"
Lot 53: Figural suspension hook
Lot 63: Fish casket "airi"
Lot 68: Seat of a chief "no oanga"
Lot 79: Standing female figure with snake belt
Lot 80: Dog effigy
Lot 81: Seated hunchback
Lot 84: Kneeling female figure with bowl and rattle
Lot 111: Painted male shirt
Lot 134: Hyaena mask "suruku"
Lot 149: Standing female figure
Lot 161: Standing male figure
1/2
Lot 176: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Lot 177: Standing male ape figure "gbekre"
Lot 184: Face mask of the "mblo"-group
Lot 199: Mask
1/2
Lot 200: Mask "gu"
Lot 211: Mask "kpelié"
Lot 212: Standing female figure
Lot 233: Geometrical goldweight
Lot 234: Geometrical goldweight
Lot 235: Geometrical goldweight
Lot 338: Figural group
Lot 339: Goldweight: seated figure
Lot 340: Figural goldweight
Lot 342: Goldweight : hunter
Lot 382: Goldweight: ornamental fish
1/2
Lot 479: Big female bowl bearer "arugba shango"
Lot 524: Palace door frame
Lot 540: Power figure "nkisi"
1/2
Lot 541: Power figure "nkisi"
Lot 561: Standing male ancestor figure
Lot 564: Standing male figure
1/2
Lot 565: Mask "lukwakongo"
1/2
Lot 578: Anthropomorphic bark container "bukuru iga he"
1/2
Lot 579: Big drum
Lot 596: Standing male ancestor figure "nkisi"
Lot 606: Ceremonial adze "khaandu"

76th tribal art auction

Lot 553 : Framed figure "nzambi"
D. R. Congo, Holo
Not available anymore
Lot 554 : Standing figure "mvunzi"
D. R. Congo, Holo
Pater Josef Malfliet, Schifferstadt, Germany
Sold EUR 650
Lot 555 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Holo
Iwanovski, Nancy, France
Not available anymore
Lot 556 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri
collected in situ (1970’s)
Not available anymore
Lot 557 : Sitting male figure "ndop"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Ketterer, Munich, 12. Dezember 1987, lot 245
Sold EUR 900
Lot 558 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Old British Collection
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 559 : Cup
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1970s)
Not available anymore
Lot 560 : Bellow
D. R. Congo, Kuba
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 561 : Standing male ancestor figure
D. R. Congo, Kusu
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France · American Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 562 : Dance club "ebongo"
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
French Colonial Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 563 : Small mask
D. R. Congo, Kwese
Jean-Louis Grimaud, Mulhouse, France
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 564 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
Benoît Rousseau, Brussels, Belgium · Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium · Alain Naoum, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 6,500
Lot 565 : Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
John Giltsoff, Girona, Spain
Not available anymore
Lot 566 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
Jean-Pierre Lepage, Brussels, Belgium (early 1960’s) · Sotheby’s, New York, 18.11.2000, lot 142
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 567 : Anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Lega
Helmut Pfaffhausen, Mannheim, Germany
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 568 : Pendant
D. R. Congo, Lega
Galerie D’Eendt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Elisabeth Verhey, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 569 : Mask "mfondo"
D. R. Congo, Lwalwa
Gapereaux, Toulouse, France
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 570 : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, Luba/Tabwa
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 571 : Standing ancestor figure
D. R. Congo, Luba
Belgian Colonial Collection · Christie’s Paris, 4 December 2008, lot 193
Not available anymore
Lot 572 : Divining instrument "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Edouard d’Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium (1901-1985), territorial administrator, who served from 1925 till 1952 in the Belgian Congo. He collected mainly Luba and Lega objects. · Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 573 : Axe
D. R. Congo, Luba
Not available anymore
Lot 574 : Horn
D. R. Congo, Luba
Private Collection, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 575 : Staff of office
D. R. Congo, Luba
Benjamin Claes, Anderlecht, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 576 : Two pipe heads
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Not available anymore
Lot 577 : Trumpet "namburuse"
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Not available anymore
Lot 578 : Anthropomorphic bark container "bukuru iga he"
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
Marcel Lemaire, Brussels, Belgium (acquired in 1959) · Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 579 : Big drum
D. R. Congo, Mongo
Jacques R. van Overstraeten, Brussels, Belgium · Damian Reeners, Namur, Belgium · Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 14 Avril 2007, lot 34
Not available anymore
Lot 580 : Door post
D. R. Congo, Pende
Achille Laeremans, Liege, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 581 : Mask "panya ngombe"
D. R. Congo, Pende (East)
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 582 : Three-headed mask "gizengi"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Patric Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 583 : Deformation mask "mbangu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 584 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Pende
Jean-Louis Grimaud, Mulhouse, France
Not available anymore
Lot 585 : Mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
collected in situ (1970’s)
Sold EUR 500
Lot 586 : Mask "phumbu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Dutch Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 587 : Face mask "phumbu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Jean-Louis Grimaud, Mulhouse, France
Not available anymore
Lot 588 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Michel Beaujour, New York City, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 589 : Necklace with anthropomorphic amulet mask "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Marcel De Munter, Antwerp, Belgium · Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 590 : Pendant "ikoko"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Kühn, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 700
Lot 591 : Mask "kasangu"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 592 : Caryatid stool
D. R. Congo, Songye
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland · Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 593 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Songye
Not available anymore
Lot 594 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Songye
Belgian Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 595 : Small power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Renaud Riley, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 596 : Standing male ancestor figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 597 : Helmet mask "hemba"
D. R. Congo, Suku
Dutch Private Collection
Sold EUR 700
Lot 598 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Sundi
Old British Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 599 : Female figure with child
D. R. Congo, Teke
Benjamin Claes, Anderlecht, Belgium
Sold EUR 600
Lot 600 : Mask "kidumu"
D. R. Congo, Teke
A. Roth, Basel, Switzerland
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 601 : Big drum
D. R. Congo, Tetela
Not available anymore
Lot 602 : Small male power figure
D. R. Congo, Tetela/Songe
Sold EUR 600