April 24, 2021

96th Auction

Fine old art from Africa, Australia, Oceania and Asia. Art works from the Dutch Collection of Piet Lepelaar. The African Weapons Collection from Dieter Schaffner.

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Highlights

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Lot 1: Bodhisattva Guanyin sitting on dragon
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Lot 7: Male ancestor figure "adu zatua
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Lot 32: Spirit board "gope"
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Lot 36: Mask "mwai" ("mvai" / "mwei")
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Lot 47: War shield "pakei"
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Lot 49: Helmet mask "tatanua"
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Lot 56: Male figure "moai kavakava" ("rib figure")
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Lot 58: Sacred board "tjuringa" ("churinga", "tjurunga"), 19th / 20th century
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Lot 84: War shield
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Lot 85: Ancestor figure "korwar"
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Lot 86: Ancestor figure "korwar"
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Lot 93: Mask head "temes maur"
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Lot 95: War shield "yamasj"
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Lot 112: Large wicker shield "ngubo / "ngabo"
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Lot 150: Soul container figure "iran otibago"
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Lot 172: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
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Lot 181: Anthropomorphic mask "deangle" or "tankagle"
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Lot 187: Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
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Lot 188: Standing female figure "mi iri nä"
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Lot 194: Male and female figure pair
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Lot 200: Anthropomorphic spoon
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Lot 235: Rare male ancestor figure "ekpu"
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Lot 258: Figural headpiece of an oracle tapper "iroke" for the "ifa" divination, 19th century
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Lot 274: Anthropomorphic face mask
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Lot 295: Anthropomorphic mask "idimu"
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Lot 309: Expressive male figure "ubanga nyama"
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Lot 312: Standing female ancestor figure
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Lot 313: Standing male ancestor figure
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Lot 332: Beautiful female face mask "mbuya ya mukhetu" (or "gambanda / kambanda")
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Lot 350: Kneeling female figure "nkisi / nkishi"
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Lot 351: Male power figure "nkisi" or memorial figure
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Lot 354: Anthropomorphic mask of outstanding quality

96th Auction

Lot 1 : Bodhisattva Guanyin sitting on dragon
China
Ludwig Leicher, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 2 : Dream stone
China
not available anymore
Lot 3 : Warriors waist cloth "nei shou"
India, Naga
not available anymore
Lot 4 : Tomb stela
Indonesia - Borneo
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 5 : Tomb stela
Indonesia - Borneo
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 6 : Figural crowning of a ritual pole
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
Aalderink, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 650
Lot 7 : Male ancestor figure "adu zatua
Indonesia - Nias
William Downing Webster, Bicester, England Pitt Rivers Museum, Farnam, Dorset, England (1896)
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 8 : Male ancestor figure "adu zatua
Indonesia - Nias
Old Dutch Collection
not available anymore
Lot 9 : Ancestor figure "adu zatua
Indonesia - Nias
Döring, Cologne, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 10 : Seated male ancestor figure
Indonesia - Nias
Old French Collection
sold EUR 900
Lot 11 : Shield "baluse"
Indonesia - Nias
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 12 : Ancestor figure "debata idup"
Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 13 : Female memorial post or grave marker "sunduk"
Philippines (Southern), Sulu archipelago
not available anymore
Lot 14 : Ritual box "punamhan"
Philippines - Ifugao
Tadashi Morita, Tokyo, Japan
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 15 : Ritual box with lid "punamhan"
Philippines - Ifugao
not available anymore
Lot 16 : Small zoomorphic bowl "kinahu
Philippines - Ifugao
American Private Collection
sold EUR 500
Lot 17 : Bird sculpture "pun-pule"
Philippines - Ifugao
Tadashi Morita, Tokyo, Japan
sold EUR 550
Lot 18 : Carrier for baskets
Philippines - Ifugao
Maria Closa / Rudolf Kratochwill, Manila, Philippines (ca. 1988)
not available anymore
Lot 19 : Rice god "bulul", 19th century
Philippines - Ifugao
Italian Private Collection Bruce Frank, New York, USA
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 20 : Rice god "bulul"
Philippines - Ifugao
Tadashi Morita, Tokyo, Japan
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 21 : War shield
Philippines - Luzon, Kalinga province
American Private Collection
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 22 : Figurally carved staff
Papua New Guinea, West Papua (?)
not available anymore
Lot 23 : Currency / ornament ring "pal yua"
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
not available anymore
Lot 24 : Back ornament "kara-ut"
Papua New Guinea, Abelam, Maprik Hills
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 25 : Bone dagger
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
Michael Kremerskothen, Dortmund, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 26 : Male ancestor figure "kawe"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
German Private Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 27 : Big war shield "yemes"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
Lempertz, Brussels, 15 June 2016, Lot 32 Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 28 : Ornament
Papua New Guinea - Astrolabe Bay, Rai Coast
not available anymore
Lot 29 : Large food bowl
Papua New Guinea, East Sepik, Boiken
Georg Höltker, Bonn, Germany (1930s) Steyler Missionaries, St. Johann, Blönried, Germany Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 30 : Stick amulet "korwar"
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya) - Cenderawasih-Bay
not available anymore
Lot 31 : Spirit board "gope"
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Era River Area
not available anymore
Lot 32 : Spirit board "gope"
Papua New Guinea - Gulf of Papua, Era River Delta Area
Philip Goldman, London, Great Britain Franco Ignazio Castelli (1970)
not available anymore
Lot 33 : Ceremonial hat "rimbu"
Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands, Malibu Kagua region, Kebabi
not available anymore
Lot 34 : Small ceremonial hat "rimbu"
Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands, Malibu Kagua region, Kebabi
sold EUR 400
Lot 35 : Pineapple stone war club
Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands, Morobe province, Kukukuku
coll. in situ in the 1970s
not available anymore
Lot 36 : Mask "mwai" ("mvai" / "mwei")
Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik, Iatmul
American Private Collection (1958) Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USA
sold EUR 9,100
Lot 37 : "Brag" spirit mask
Papua New Guinea, Lower Sepik, Murik
German Private Collection
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 38 : Figural flute stopper, around 1900
Papua New Guinea, Sawos
Bruce Frank, New York, USA Sam & Sharon Singer, San Francisco, USA Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USA
not available anymore
Lot 39 : Male ancestor spirit figure "wapinyan"
Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Boiken,Yangoru / Wingei
not available anymore
Lot 40 : Ancestor spirit mask
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 41 : Male ancestor figure
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Murik Lakes Region / Sawos
sold EUR 600
Lot 42 : Necklace "soulava"
Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province, D' Entrecasteaux Islands
Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, California, USA Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 43 : Three lime spatulas
Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, Massim
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 44 : Bar mask "yena"
Papua New Guinea - Upper Sepik, Washkuk area, Nukuma
Joseph Krone, Ambunti, Papua New Guinea
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 45 : Bark painting
Papua New Guinea - Washkuk Hills, Kwoma
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 46 : Ceremonial currency "talipun"
Papua New Guinea, Prince Alexander Mountains, Boiken area, Yangoru village
not available anymore
Lot 47 : War shield "pakei"
Papua New Guinea - Middle Yuat (Biwat) River, Mundugumor
Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany (1950s)
not available anymore
Lot 48 : Ladle with decorated handle, late 19th / early 20th century
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands, Manus Island
Private Collection Stuttgart, Germany (before 1960)
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 49 : Helmet mask "tatanua"
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Loudmer, Paris, 25 June 1992, Lot 104 German Private Collection
sold EUR 7,500
Lot 50 : Convolute ear jewellery
Solomon Islands
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
sold EUR 800