March 4, 2017

85th Tribal Art Auction

Classic, traditional and exceptional art works. Notable carving works, ex. collection Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland. The Ethiopian Collection of Sachau-Zeies. The second part of the Rielau Collection. Masks and sculptures from the peoples of Gabon. An important gold jewellery collection from the Akan peoples. Small 'mu po' sculptures from Cameroon. Oceanic and South Pacific art.

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Highlights

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Lot 5: Squatting figure "bulul", before 1914
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Lot 32: Male ancestor figure "kandimboang", collected around 1890
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Lot 34: Large drum, around 1880
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Lot 44: War charm, around 1880
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Lot 58: Stilt step "tapuva'e"
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Lot 133: Figure of hermaphrodite
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Lot 134: Very old figure, 15 th - 17th century
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Lot 152: Zoomorphic mask "karan-wemba"
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Lot 169: Maternité of the Agba area workshop, around 1920
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Lot 170: Large bowl-bearing figure, around 1910
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Lot 174: Female mask "kpan", before 1920
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Lot 183: Big ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia"
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Lot 188: Rare female figure "tale ko"
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Lot 208: Maternité "katyeleo" ("mother of the village")
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Lot 270: Rare "obu" shrine figure
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Lot 281: Figure "iphri"
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Lot 329: Rare ancestor shrine
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Lot 330: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
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Lot 341: Head sculpture
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Lot 370: Figural pendant
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Lot 386: Mask "lukungu"
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Lot 470: Icon, Triptych, 17th century
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Lot 474: Phallic stone stela, 13th-17th century
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Lot 475: Anthropomorphic stone stela
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Lot 477: Ancestor post "waga" or "waka"

85th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 167 : Pair of figures "yassoua ni bla", around 1900
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland Christie's, Paris, 11 Decembre 2012, lot 49
sold EUR 26,000
Lot 168 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Charles Wentinck, Saumane, France Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 169 : Maternité of the Agba area workshop, around 1920
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule, Agba area, Dimbokro
Kurt Lange (1898-1959), Berlin/Oberstdorf, Germany (acquired in the 1930's - family estate since that time) Lange was an art historian and published several books on Egyptian art and historical coins. Besides of only a few African art objects he mainly collected Egyptian art.
sold EUR 18,000
Lot 170 : Large bowl-bearing figure, around 1910
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Piasa, Paris, 26 March 2010, lot 250 French Private Collection, Paris
not available anymore
Lot 171 : Standing ape figure "gbekre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Franco Monti, Milan, Italy Carlo Grossetti, Milan, Italy Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 172 : Anthropo-/zoomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Lot 173 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 174 : Female mask "kpan", before 1920
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
sold EUR 11,000
Lot 175 : Rare moon mask with figural crest
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
American Collection
sold EUR 3,800
Lot 176 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Thomas McNemar, Virgina, USA (collected in situ in 1969) Amyas Naegele, New York, USA
Price EUR 2,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 177 : Slingshot
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 178 : Game board for the "mankala" or "serata"- game
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 179 : Game board for the "mankala" or "serata" game
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Galerie Walu, Zurich, Switzerland Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1991)
sold EUR 250
Lot 180 : Two rings with bells
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 181 : Big ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1994)
sold EUR 500
Lot 182 : Ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia"
Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan/Mano
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Paul Wengraf, London, Great Britain
not available anymore
Lot 183 : Big ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Michael Oliver, New York, USA (1970s) Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 184 : Face mask "tankagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
not available anymore
Lot 185 : Anthropomorphic face mask "tankagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Merton Simpson, New York, USA (1988) Allan Stone, New York, USA
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 186 : Beak mask "ge gon" ("gägon")
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 187 : Standing female figure "lü mä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 188 : Rare female figure "tale ko"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dida
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland (1971) Christie's, 11 June 2012, lot 38
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 189 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Diomande/Dan
Roy Stacy, Washington D.C., USA, collected in situ, Monrovia, Liberia (1974)
sold EUR 11,500
Lot 190 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Diomande/Dan
Gapereaux, Toulouse, France
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 191 : Face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Han Coray, Zurich, Switzerland Johan Henau, Antwerp, Belgium (1993) Ursula Nusser, Munich, 2 November 1994, lot 163 French Private Collection, Paris
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 192 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Ernst Winizki, Zurich, Switzerland Poulain le Fur, Paris, 18 October 1996 Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
sold EUR 500
Lot 193 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
sold EUR 350
Lot 194 : Heddle pulley with janus head
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 195 : Zoomorphic mask "siginkura-ayna"
Côte d'Ivoire, Jimini / Ligbi
British Collection
Price EUR 2,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 196 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Kran
Old American Collection, Michigan Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 8 September 2012, lot 260 Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 197 : Chimpanzee mask "kagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Kran
not available anymore
Lot 198 : Standing figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
sold EUR 800
Lot 199 : Zoomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1995)
sold EUR 600
Lot 200 : Heddle pulley with hornbill head
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Paul Kummert, Frankfurt, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 201 : Harp
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 300
Lot 202 : Harp element
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 700
Lot 203 : Two marriage pins
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany
sold EUR 330
Lot 204 : Upper part of a staff "tefalapica"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
French Private Collection, Paris
not available anymore
Lot 205 : Figural carved staff "tefalapica"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 206 : Staff for a champion cultivator "tefalipitya"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 800
Lot 207 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo/Baule
Georges Vidal, Cannes/Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 208 : Maternité "katyeleo" ("mother of the village")
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany Charles Ratton, Paris, France Matthias L. J. Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1956) Beatrice & Willi Riese, New York, USA Olivier Castellano, Paris, France
sold EUR 15,000
Lot 209 : Sitting female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Old Belgian Collection Olivier Larroque, Nimes, France Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 6,500
Lot 210 : Standing female figure "deble"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
French Private Collection, Paris
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 211 : Helmet mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 212 : Fire-spitter mask "wanjugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
French Private Collection, Paris
sold EUR 1,340
Lot 213 : Zoomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé
Eric Grate, Stockholm, Sweden Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
not available anymore
Lot 214 : Zoomorphic pendant
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/ Lagoon people
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 215 : Pendant in shape of an abstract rams head
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/ Lagoon people
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 216 : Crescent-shaped pendant
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/ Lagoon people
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France (1973) Jean-Pierre Laprugne, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,400