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 358 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji" in cowrie shell coat
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Egbe
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 850
Lot 359 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji" with tunic
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 650
Lot 360 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 361 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba/Egbado - Shaki
Graf Karl Wilhelm von Finckenstein, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 362 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila area
Privatsammlung Gert Stoll, Munich, Germany Deutsche Privatsammlung
not available anymore
Lot 363 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Oyo
Simon Escarre, France/Korohgo, Côte d'Ivoire (1909 -1999)
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 364 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila area
Privatsammlung Gert Stoll, Munich, Germany Deutsche Privatsammlung
not available anymore
Lot 365 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
Graf Karl Wilhelm von Finckenstein, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 366 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State, Ilorin
American Private Collection
sold EUR 650
Lot 367 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Orangun
Graf Karl Wilhelm von Finckenstein, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 368 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 369 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ogbomosho, Oyo
American Private Collection
sold EUR 600
Lot 370 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
American Private Collection
sold EUR 200
Lot 371 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in miniature form
Nigeria, Yoruba
American Private Collection
sold EUR 400
Lot 372 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Graf Karl Wilhelm von Finckenstein, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 850
Lot 373 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu Ode
Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
sold EUR 550
Lot 374 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado area
Privatsammlung Gert Stoll, Munich, Germany Deutsche Privatsammlung
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 375 : Prestige stool
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ketu
American Private Collection, Philadelphia
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 376 : Caryatid vessel "arugba shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ekiti
Joris Visser, Brussels, Belgium Serge Trully, Cannes, France Philippe Ratton, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 377 : Maternity
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba-Egbado area
Christie's London, 6 December 1995, lot 107 Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 5. Dezember 1998, lot 41 Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 378 : Maternity
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 300
Lot 379 : Altar sculpture "shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Berlin
sold EUR 100
Lot 380 : Two dance staffs "eshu"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 381 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gerd Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Rolf Miehler, München, Germany Michael Oliver, New York, USA Craig de Lora, New Jersey, USA
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 382 : Divination tray "opon ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 383 : Oracle tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 384 : Oracle tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 800
Lot 385 : "Ifa" oracle head
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 150
Lot 386 : Two oracle bowls "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 350
Lot 387 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Jan Czekanowski, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 388 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 389 : Ceremonial sword
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 390 : Ritual staff "edan oshugbo" and two ceremonial poker "iwana ogun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)
sold EUR 350
Lot 391 : Herbalists staff "opa osanyin"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 392 : Title staff "iwana ogun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Jochen Winkler, Konstanz, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 393 : Dance rattle
Nigeria, Yoruba
Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 394 : Beaded crown "ade"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gert Stoll, Munich, Germany Alfred Kren, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 395 : Fly whisk
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 396 : Mirror
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 397 : Heddle pulley
Nigeria, Yoruba
Toni Dähler, Basel, Switzerland
not available anymore
Lot 398 : Tobacco pipe
Cameroon Grassfields
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 400 : Mask of a dignitary
Cameroon Grassfields
Jack Rosenberg, New York, USA
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 401 : Caryatid stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany American Private Collection
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 402 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
American Private Collection
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 403 : Stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 405 : Fly whisk
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
not available anymore
Lot 406 : Runner mask "mabu"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
German Private Collection
sold EUR 450
Lot 407 : Helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
German Collection
Price EUR 600
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 408 : Mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 409 : Figural fragment of a throne
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Adam Koranyi, New Jersey, USA (acquired about 35 years ago)
sold EUR 4,800