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 102 : Shrine figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 103 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 104 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 105 : Pair of ritual staffs "edan ogboni"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 650
Lot 106 : Wrist pendant for the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, Yoruba
Antonie (Ton) Loning, Zandvoort, The Netherlands Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 250
Lot 107 : Miniature figure
Cameroon, Mambila
Aart Bos, The Netherlands Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 300
Lot 108 : Standing male figure "tadep"
Nigeria / Cameroon, Mambila
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 109 : Mask "mabuh"
Cameroon Grassfields, Workshop of the Fungom Region or Wum
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 110 : Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Punu
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 111 : Anthropomorphic face mask "okukwè"
Gabon, Galoa
Bert Garrebeek, Beersel, Belgium Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Zemanek-Münster, 19 June 2010, Lot 379 Kevin Conru, London, Great Britain Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 112 : Large wicker shield "ngubo / "ngabo"
D. R. Congo, Baali
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 113 : Madonna
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Antonie (Ton) Loning, Zandvoort, The Netherlands (collected around 1965, Kinshasa) Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 700
Lot 114 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Goma
Belgian Collection Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 115 : Female half figure on pointed stake
D. R. Congo, Luba Complex, Zela
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 116 : Small power figure "nkisi / nkishi"
D. R. Congo, Songe
Tom Stappers, Den Haag, The Netherlands Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 300
Lot 117 : Small power half figure "nkisi / nkishi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987), Munich, Germany Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 500
Lot 118 : Pair of shrine figures
D. R. Congo, Zela
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 119 : Magical figure
D. R. Congo, Holo
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 950
Lot 120 : Standing female power figure "yiteke" ("biteke")
D. R. Congo, Suku
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 350
Lot 121 : Power figure "phuungu"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 450
Lot 122 : Power figure "phuungu"
D. R. Congo, Yaka / Suku
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 600
Lot 123 : Beautiful female power figure
D. R. Congo, Holo / Suku
Willem Minderman (1910 -1985), The Hague, The Netherlands Minderman was a visual artist of the New Hague School. He was known for Still life painting. Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 800
Lot 124 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 125 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Luba / Zela
Werner Cocquyt, Ghent, Belgium Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium Frédéric Lombardi, Belfort, France Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 600
Lot 126 : Standing female figure "kangulungu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 127 : Palm wine drinking cup
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 150
Lot 128 : Anthropomorphic face mask "La belle Madeleine"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 450
Lot 129 : Small power figure "lupingu" or "(m)bulenga"
D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa)
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 450
Lot 130 : Squatting human figure
D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa)
Willem Zwiep, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 131 : Finely carved miniature fetish figure "biteke"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Michel Thieme, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 132 : Beautiful old "pota" mask
D. R. Congo, Pende (East)
Gijs Donkers, Leiden, The Netherlands Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 950
Lot 133 : Anthropomorphic mask "mbuya"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Danish Collection Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 134 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Poekelien Lingbeek, Baarn, The Netherlands Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 135 : Group of miniature figures
D. R. Congo, Teke
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 350
Lot 136 : Maternité
D. R. Congo, Vili
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 137 : Standing female figure "kaponya" or "hamba"
Angola, Chokwe
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 138 : Standing figure "kaponya" or "hamba"
Angola, Chokwe / Lwena (Luena)
Hans Petereit, Cologne, Germany Zemanek-Münster, 22 September 2007, Lot 579 Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 500
Lot 139 : Standing female figure
Angola, Chokwe / Lwena (Luena)
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 140 : Standing female figure
Angola, Chokwe / Lwena (Luena)
Bren Heymans, Antwerp, Belgium Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 141 : Standing female figure
Angola, Chokwe / Lwena (Luena)
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 340
Lot 142 : Kleine weibliche Figur
Angola, Chokwe / Lwena (Luena)
Swiss Collection, um 1900 David Norden, Antwerp, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, 21 Februar 2004, Lot 496 Hans van Houwelingen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 143 : Power figure with waist cloth
Angola, Chokwe / Songo
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 450
Lot 144 : Small female figure
Tanzania, Kwere
Anuschka Menist, Brussels, Belgium Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 145 : Maternité
South Africa, Northern Nguni / Tsonga
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 146 : Hairpins
West Africa
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany
sold EUR 200
Lot 147 : Mask "geh-naw"
Liberia, Bassa
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
sold EUR 500
Lot 148 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Liberia, Dan
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
sold EUR 800
Lot 149 : Squatting male figure "pomdo" or "nomoli"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
UK Collection
sold EUR 700
Lot 150 : Soul container figure "iran otibago"
Guinea-Bissau, Bissagos Islands, Bidjogo
Private Collection
sold EUR 9,000
Lot 151 : Male Colon figure in uniform
Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo
sold EUR 1,000