Teaser 93rd Tribal Art Auction

November 16, 2019

93rd Tribal Art Auction

Fine old Tribal Art from Africa, Oceania and Asia. Works of African and European art from the 20th and 21st centuries. African weapons from the private collections of Hubert Pettenkofer and Dieter Schaffner. Contemporary Native American Art of the Hoffmann private collection (Part 2).

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Lot 3: Gold Hilt decorated with "Panhui" pattern, eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 256 B.C.)
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Lot 34: Figural Torso of "Vishnu", Angkor period, 12th century
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Lot 40: Rare megalithic ancestor figure "gowe ni’oniha", 2nd half 19th century
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Lot 66: Portrait of a woman
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Lot 81: Rare and very early type of dance mask "kepong, before 1921
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Lot 89: Kneeling figure "pomdo" or "nomoli"
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Lot 91: Bust headdress "the young bride" - "zigiren wönde"
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Lot 98: Hunter mask "dana-na"
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Lot 100: Figure of a "hermaphrodite"
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Lot 112: Face mask "karan-wemba" of the "wango" society
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Lot 117: Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan"
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Lot 122: Sitting male figure
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Lot 127: Rare mask type with forehead scar "tohourou"
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Lot 133: Mask "deangle"
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Lot 154: Anthropomorphic mask "tu bodu" from the "lo" group
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Lot 184: Headress "ogbom"
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Lot 188: Anthropomorphic headdress of the "oglinye" society
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Lot 193: Maiden spirit mask "agbogho mmwo"
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Lot 196: Four-figured shrine sculpture
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Lot 197: Early shrine figure "ikenga", 19th century
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Lot 201: Standing female figure
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Lot 212: Beautiful female shrine figure with offering bowl and child
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Lot 225: Commemorative maternity figure
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Lot 234: Reliquary head "nlo bieri"
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Lot 250: Male ancestor figure "singiti"
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Lot 255: Rare female bowl-bearing figure "kabila mboko", 2nd half 19th century
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Lot 257: Early and rare helmet mask "nnup" or "inuba", before 1910
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Lot 308: Rare female (plank-) figure
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Lot 313: Mask "kifwebe"
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Lot 316: Mask "ndeemba"
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Lot 333: Throne stool with high backrest

93rd Tribal Art Auction

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Lot 1 : Scull bowl "kapala" with lid and stand
Tibet
sold EUR 500
Lot 2 : Skull drum "chang teu" ("damaru")
Tibet
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 3 : Gold Hilt decorated with "Panhui" pattern, eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 256 B.C.)
China
Belgian Private Collection, aquired 1987-1989 in the Peking art market
not available anymore
Lot 5 : "Zhongkui on a mule"
Song Lun, China
not available anymore
Lot 6 : Scene from the Chinese folk epic "The Journey to the West"
China
not available anymore
Lot 7 : "Meng Haoran" and "Bai Juyi"
China
not available anymore
Lot 8 : Mandarin square, Quing dynasty, 19th century
China
not available anymore
Lot 10 : Daoist deity, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
China
Van Ham, Cologne, 12 June 2019, lot 2047 A
not available anymore
Lot 11 : Daoist Deity
China
Alain Bovis, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 12 : Two spoons
Taiwan, Paiwan
collected in situ, in the 1970s Private Collection, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 13 : Merchants chest "choba dansu", Meiji period, late 19th century
Japan
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 14 : Kitchen chest "mizuya dansu", Kyoto style, late Edo period, 19th century
Japan
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 15 : Composite armour "yoroi", late Edo period, 19th century
Japan
Jürgen Fricker, Dinkelsbühl, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 16 : Composite helmet "kabuto" with face protection "hoate" and neck protection "yodarekake", late Edo period, 19th century
Japan
Jürgen Fricker, Dinkelsbühl, Germany
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 17 : Helmet "kabuto" with face protection "hoate", neck protection "yodarekake" and "shikoro", late Edo period, 19th century
Japan
Jürgen Fricker, Dinkelsbühl, Germany
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 18 : Military helmet "jingasa", late Edo period, 19th century
Japan
Jürgen Fricker, Dinkelsbühl, Germany
sold EUR 850
Lot 19 : Matchlock rifle "teppo", late Edo period, 19th century
Japan
Jürgen Fricker, Dinkelsbühl, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 20 : Longbow "yumi" and quiver "utsubo" with six arrows, late Edo period, 19th century
Japan
Jürgen Fricker, Dinkelsbühl, Germany
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 21 : Two walking sticks with ivory knob
Japan
Jürgen Fricker, Dinkelsbühl, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 22 : Stone "suiseki"
Japan
sold EUR 500
Lot 23 : Convolute of eight small sculptures of Indian deities
India, Maharashtra/ Karnataka
Helga Exler, Frankfurt, Germany
sold EUR 350
Lot 24 : Convolute of eight small sculptures
India, Madhya Pradesh, District Bastar
Helga Exler, Frankfurt, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 25 : Fan and two textiles with
India
Helga Exler, Frankfurt, Germany
Price EUR 150
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 26 : Pair of figures
India, Naga
not available anymore
Lot 27 : Thangka "Vaisravana" ("Kubera" or "Nam Tho Se"), 18th/ 19th century
Nepal / Tibet
Kathmandu Crafts Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 28 : Thangka of the tutelary spirit "Vajrabhairava", 19th century
Tibet
sold EUR 800
Lot 29 : Thangka of the fourarmed "Avalokiteshvara", 18th/ 19th century
Bhutan
Van Ham, Cologne, 12 June 2019, lot 2124
not available anymore
Lot 30 : Small frog drum "pha si"
Myanmar / Laos, Karen
Manfred Sackmann, Berlin, Germany Van Ham, Cologne, 12 June 2019, lot 2548 German Collection
not available anymore
Lot 31 : Buddha head
Myanmar
Lempertz, Cologne, 08 June 2019, lot 526
sold EUR 900
Lot 32 : Standing Buddha, 19th century
Laos
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 33 : Buddha Maravijaya, Chiang Saen style, 18th/ 19th century
Laos / Thailand
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 34 : Figural Torso of "Vishnu", Angkor period, 12th century
Cambodia, Khmer
Private Collection, Boston, USA Skinner, 14 September 2018, Lot 284 Private Collection, New York, USA
sold EUR 7,400
Lot 35 : Sitting buddha on lotus throne, around 1800
Thailand
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 36 : Buddha head, Sukhotai period, 14th / 15th century
Thailand
not available anymore
Lot 37 : Squatting ape on fragmentary staff
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
Jan Kusters, Waalre, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 38 : Seated female ancestral figure
Indonesia, Lesser Sunda Islands, Flores
Mark Johnson, Marina del Rey, USA (1980s) Michael Grebanier, San Francisco, USA Thomas Murray, Mill Valley, USA Joshua Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA Lempertz, Brussels, 9 April 2019, Lot 110 Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 39 : Clove model of a ship
Indonesia - Moluccas
not available anymore
Lot 40 : Rare megalithic ancestor figure "gowe ni’oniha", 2nd half 19th century
Indonesia - South Nias
Emile Deletaille, Brussels, Belgium (1998)
sold EUR 8,000
Lot 41 : Ancestor figure "adu zatua"
Indonesia - Nias
Hein Westerop, The Netherlands (collected in Java or Sumatra between 1913 - 1928) Jan Kusters, Waalre, The Netherlands Marc Pinto, Perth, Australia
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 42 : Small figure of ritual deity "bulul"
Philippines - Ifugao
Wouter Kleiman, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 800
Lot 43 : Exceptional sword with scabbard
Indonesia - Sulawesi, Toraja
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 44 : Sword with sheath "kalasan"
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba-Batak, East Karo
not available anymore
Lot 45 : Sword with sheath "moro kris"
Indonesia / Philippines / Malaysia
not available anymore
Lot 46 : Sword with sheath
Philippines
sold EUR 900
Lot 47 : Sword with scabbard
Indonesia - Sumatra
sold EUR 400
Lot 48 : Sword with sheath
Indonesia - Borneo (Kalimantan), Mandau
not available anymore
Lot 49 : Sword with sheath "balato"
Indonesia - Nias
not available anymore
Lot 50 : Sword with sheath "sikin panjang"
Indonesia - Sumatra
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 51 : Sword with sheath "sikin panjang"
Indonesia - North Sumatra
not available anymore
Lot 54 : Sheet from the portfolio "Totentanz von Basel", 1966
HAP Grieshaber (1909 -1981), Achalm bei Reutlingen, Germany
Helga Exler, Frankfurt, Germany
sold EUR 150

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