June 28, 2014

77th tribal art auction

Fine old tribal art from Africa, Oceania, Asia, and America as well as Classical Antiquities. Carvings from the collections of renowned collectors and respected experts. Benin – A Kingdoms Masterpieces.

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Highlights

Lot 3: Rice god "bulul"
Lot 41: Shield
Lot 100: Poncho
Lot 101: Shoulder cloth
Lot 104: Female head sculpture
Lot 105: Male head sculpture
Lot 132: Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Lot 133: Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Lot 140: Standing couple
Lot 142: Caryatid stool
Lot 145: Equestrian figure
Lot 146: Ceremonial container
Lot 152: Anthropomorphic mask
Lot 167: Zoomorphic mask "kobiay"
Lot 177: Couple
1/2
Lot 186: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
1/2
Lot 189: Face mask of the "mblo" group
1/2
Lot 193: Standing male ape figure "gbekre"
Lot 203: Mask "deangle"
1/2
Lot 224: Female figure "deble"
Lot 226: Face mask with bells
Lot 227: Horned mask of the "je" group
Lot 261: Fragment of a pectoral
Lot 262: Fragment of a pectoral
Lot 263: Figural group
Lot 264: Man with ceremonial sword
1/2
Lot 266: Female attendant of the Queen mother "Iyoba"
Lot 287: Large sitting female figure
1/2
Lot 309: Janiform bush spirit shrine figure
Lot 313: Zoomorphic mask "mangam"
1/5
Lot 330: Figure "iphri"
Lot 376: Caryatid vessel "arugba shango"
1/2
Lot 377: Maternity
1/2
Lot 409: Figural fragment of a throne
Lot 419: Standing male figure with drinking horn
1/2
Lot 422: Male guardian figure "eyema byeri"
Lot 437: Spirit protector figure "yanda"
1/2
Lot 447: Head sculpture
1/2
Lot 458: Crouching figure "mvunzi"
Lot 462: Helmet mask "kabongo"
1/2
Lot 464: Kneeling bowl bearer
Lot 467: Standing figure
Lot 478: Headrest
Lot 509: Standing female power figure "nkisi"
Lot 533: Standing male figure
Lot 561: Anthropomorphic face mask

77th tribal art auction

Lot 155 : Door lock
Mali, Dogon
A. Roth, Basel, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 156 : Door lock
Mali, Dogon
not available anymore
Lot 157 : Door lock
Mali, Dogon
not available anymore
Lot 158 : Two miniature ghost ladders
Mali, Dogon
Amyas Naegele, New York, USA
sold EUR 400
Lot 159 : Ritual object
Mali, Dogon
sold EUR 300
Lot 160 : Altar
Mali, Dogon
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (member of the Cobra-Group)
not available anymore
Lot 161 : Mask "ntomo"
Mali, Marka
Grieder, Basel, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 162 : Mask "kore"
Mali, Marka
Sebastian Pasquier, Dijon, France
not available anymore
Lot 163 : Mask with superstructure
Nigeria - Niger Delta, Isoko
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
sold EUR 3,300
Lot 164 : Magical figure
Burkina Faso
sold EUR 350
Lot 165 : Zoomorphic mask
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Brigitte Zehrer, Würzburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 166 : Zoomorphic mask "nwenka"
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 167 : Zoomorphic mask "kobiay"
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Moses Asch, New York, USA (Plattenproduzent u. a. von Woody Guthrie)
not available anymore
Lot 169 : Bracelet
Burkina Faso, Gurunsi
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 170 : Antelope dance crest "adone"
Burkina Faso, Kurumba
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1964) Robertson, New York, USA
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 171 : Stool
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 172 : Stool
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Ilka Oberhofer, Passau, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 173 : Protective figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
German Private Collection, Augsburg
sold EUR 380
Lot 174 : Standing figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
not available anymore
Lot 175 : Standing figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
sold EUR 750
Lot 176 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Swiss Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 177 : Couple
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 178 : Antelope dance crest "zazaigo"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 179 : Zoomorphic mask "wan nyaka"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 180 : Axe
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 160
Lot 181 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Abron/Agni
Daniel Kahn, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 182 : Couple
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Félix Pelt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 183 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA Private Collection, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 184 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 185 : Standing ancestor figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 186 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
René Rasmussen, Paris, France Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden Private Collection
sold EUR 15,000
Lot 187 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Werner Büttner, Frankfurt, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 188 : Seated female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Gapereaux, Toulouse, France
not available anymore
Lot 189 : Face mask of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Jean-Paul & Monique Barbier, Geneva, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 190 : Face mask of the "mblo"-group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Lionel Sergent Collection
not available anymore
Lot 191 : Big helmet mask of the "goli" group "goli glin"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Rudolf Amtmann, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 192 : Zoomorphic figure "gbekre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 193 : Standing male ape figure "gbekre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Christian Couturier, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 194 : Pendant mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Mathias Komor, New York City, USA (1970)
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 195 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 196 : Tapper "lowre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 197 : Dignitary staff
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Old French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 198 : Dignitary staff
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
German Private Collection, Berlin
not available anymore
Lot 199 : Ritual pendant "ke-die"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Johnson Museum, Ithaka NY, USA William Brill, New York, USA Dave de Roche, Piedmont, USA
sold EUR 700
Lot 200 : Ceremonial spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 25 April 2009, lot 41
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 201 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 202 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Merton Simpson, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 203 : Mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
sold EUR 11,000
Lot 204 : Mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 205 : Mask "kagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Robert Jacobsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
not available anymore