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