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 411 : Mask "agwe"
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
Wally Zollman, Indiana, USA David & Clifford Gelbard, New York, USA
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 412 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
collected in situ (1971-1975)
not available anymore
Lot 413 : Standing male figure
Cameroon
Gerd Rosen, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 414 : Lid
Cameroon
Gerd Rosen, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 40
Lot 415 : Three pipe heads
Cameroon, Bali
wohl Augustin Krämer, Stuttgart, Germany (a) Augustin Krämer, Stuttgart, Germany (b) (c) Paul Mißner, Stuttgart, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 416 : Trumpet
Cameroon, Bali
collected in situ (early 1970's)
not available anymore
Lot 417 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Cameroon, Bangwa
not available anymore
Lot 419 : Standing male figure with drinking horn
Cameroon, Bangwa
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 421 : Standing female figure
Cameroon, Mambila
Alfred Seidel, Salzburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 422 : Male guardian figure "eyema byeri"
Equatorial Guinea, Rio Muni, Fang - Ntumu region
Manuel Corachan, Spain (worked in Equatorial Guinea as a medical doctor, collected the figure in situ before 1935) David Serra, Barcelona, Spain Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 423 : Dignitary staff
Gabon, Tsogho
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 424 : Stela
Gabon / Cameroon, Bane/Bulul
Ferdinand Junghänel (1879-1909), stationed in Ebolova from 1908 to 1909
not available anymore
Lot 425 : Staff
Gabon / Cameroon, Bane/Bulul
Ferdinand Junghänel (1879-1909), stationed in Ebolova from 1908 to 1909
not available anymore
Lot 426 : Helmet-shaped crest and small ceremonial adze
Gabon, Fang
Kutzian, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 428 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
not available anymore
Lot 429 : Standing couple
Gabon, Tsogho
Dutch Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 430 : Standing female figure
Gabon, Tsogho
American Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 432 : Four sword knives
D. R. Congo
Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 433 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Azande
Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 434 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Azande
Belgian Colonial Collection
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 435 : Two hairpins
D. R. Congo, Azande
sold EUR 300
Lot 436 : Bow harp "kundi"
D. R. Congo, Azande
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 437 : Spirit protector figure "yanda"
D. R. Congo, Azande
Hermann Baumann, Bayreuth, Germany
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 438 : Head sculpture "ntadi"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Lot 439 : Stone figure "ntadi"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Belgian Colonial Collection, Liège
not available anymore
Lot 440 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Lot 441 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Basikasingo
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 442 : Half figure
D. R. Congo, Basikasingo
not available anymore
Lot 443 : Group of figures
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Belgian Colonial Collection Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 444 : Sabre knife
D. R. Congo, Binja
German Collection, Leipzig
sold EUR 700
Lot 445 : Dance crest
D. R. Congo, Budja
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Marc L. Felix, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 446 : Bow harp
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 447 : Head sculpture
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France Eduardo Uhart, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 448 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Bwende
French Private Collection, Paris
not available anymore
Lot 449 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Dominik Marx, Luxemburg
not available anymore
Lot 450 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Price EUR 400
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 451 : Maternity
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 452 : Mask "mwana pwo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Loudmer, Paris, 22 June 1984, lot 36
not available anymore
Lot 453 : Miniature mask "mwana pwo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Ullrich Fischer, Berlin, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 454 : Small couple
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
American Private Collection, New York
not available anymore
Lot 455 : Ritual implement
D. R. Congo, Chokwe/Lulua
Hans Petereit, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 456 : Bowl
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
sold EUR 150
Lot 457 : Fly whisk
D. R. Congo, Dengese
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Heinz Vowinkel, Ilvesheim, Germany
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 458 : Crouching figure "mvunzi"
D. R. Congo, Holo
American Private Collection
sold EUR 7,000
Lot 459 : Small female figure
D. R. Congo, Holo
not available anymore
Lot 460 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri
collected in situ (before 1938) French Private Collection, Paris Pace Primitive, New York, USA (#53-0631)
not available anymore
Lot 461 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri
not available anymore
Lot 462 : Helmet mask "kabongo"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 463 : Helmet mask "mukyeem"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Paul Heinz Oidtmann, Dortmund, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 464 : Kneeling bowl bearer
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
sold EUR 9,000