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"
1/5
Lot 36: Mask "mwai" ("mvai" / "mwei")
1/4
Lot 47: War shield "pakei"
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Lot 49: Helmet mask "tatanua"
1/8
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"
1/8
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"
1/5
Lot 188: Standing female figure "mi iri nä"
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Lot 194: Male and female figure pair
1/9
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"
1/9
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 206 : Die Benin-Sammlung des Reichsmuseums für Völkerkunde in Leiden
Marquart, Jos.
Sold EUR 400
Lot 207 : Fragment of a humanoid bell head
Nigeria, Lower Niger
Patrick Caput, Paris, France
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 208 : Humanoid bell head ("Birmingham bell")
Nigeria, Lower Niger
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Sold EUR 650
Lot 209 : Bell
Nigeria, Lower Niger / Cross River area
Not available anymore
Lot 210 : Divination bowl "agere ifa" with horned snake, before 1920
Nigeria / Republic of Benin, Yoruba-Anago
French Collection
Sold EUR 500
Lot 211 : Female figure with waist skirt, before 1940
Nigeria, Goemai, Azume circle
Old British Collection
Price
EUR 500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 212 : Pair of riding boots
Nigeria, Hausa
Old German Colonial Collection (before 1920)
Sold EUR 800
Lot 213 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Nigeria, Ibibio
Patrick van de Velde, Brussels, Belgium (1978)
Sold EUR 1,100
Lot 214 : Anthropomorphic dance crest "mami wata"
Nigeria (Southeastern), Ibibio - Anang
Michel Gosse, Caen / Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 215 : Seated female puppet figure
Nigeria, Ibibio
Helmut Gernsheim, London / Castagnola-Lugano, Switzerland · Arendt Oetker, Berlin, Germany · Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 216 : Headdress "oglinye"
Nigeria, Idoma, Ochai of Otobi or Ojiji Igumale
Pierre Harter, Paris, France
Sold EUR 3,200
Lot 217 : Bell "okpogo ilo" ("Igala bell")
Nigeria, Igala / Igbo
Sold EUR 850
Lot 218 : Janus shaped helmet mask
Nigeria, Cross River, Igbo / Izzi / Ejagham
Wolfgang Hahn, Cologne, Germany · Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany (before 1983) · Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 79
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 219 : White face mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
Sold EUR 600
Lot 220 : Shrine figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
Sold EUR 500
Lot 221 : Oval bracelet
Nigeria, Nupe
Sold EUR 800
Lot 222 : Pair of arm cuffs
Nigeria, Igbo
German Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 223 : Water spirit headdress
Nigeria, Ijaw
Michel Gosse, Caen / Paris, France · Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany (1978) · Ketterer, Munich, 30 April 1988, Lot 404
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 224 : Shrine figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Ishan (Esan)
Not available anymore
Lot 225 : Statue for male aggression "iphri"
Nigeria, Isoko / Urhobo
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 226 : Ceremonial paddle
Nigeria, Jekri
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany
Sold EUR 250
Lot 227 : Figural drinking cup "(n)gbene"
North-east Nigeria, Jos Plateau, Koro
Jean-Paul Agogué, Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Not available anymore
Lot 228 : Miniature form of a "suah dua" dance crest
Nigeria / Cameroon, Mambila
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 229 : Standing female figure "tadep"
Nigeria / Kamerun, Mambila Plateau, Mambila
Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 230 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Montol
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 231 : Zoomorphic helmet mask "vabon" ("va" or "vaa-bong")
Nigeria, Mumuye
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
Price
EUR 1,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 232 : Big headdress "sukuru" ("old woman")
Nigeria, Mumuye
Michel Gosse, Caen / Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 233 : Bracelet
Nigeria, Nupe
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany
Sold EUR 900
Lot 234 : Face mask with articulated jaw "elu" ("spirit")
Nigeria, Ogoni
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
Price
EUR 800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 235 : Rare male ancestor figure "ekpu"
Nigeria (South-east), Lower Cross River, Calabar Province, Oron
Jean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium · Belgian Private Collection, Brussels (ca. 1980)
Not available anymore
Lot 236 : Water spirit mask
Nigeria, Urhobo
Amadou Roufaye, Niamey, Niger · Massimo Martini, Montecatini Terme, Italy (acquired around 1995) · Jan Kusters, Waalre, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 237 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Wurkun
Not available anymore
Lot 238 : Three face helmet mask "gelede
Nigeria, Yoruba
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 239 : Helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany
Sold EUR 200
Lot 240 : Shrine figure "ogo eshu / elegba"
Nigeria, Oyo, Yoruba
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany · Private Collection, Munich, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, 17 September 2011, Lot 340
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 241 : Palace post "opo"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 242 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta, Akiode
Sold EUR 450
Lot 243 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Abogunde of Ede
Sold EUR 400
Lot 244 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 245 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta, Esubiyi
Galerie Schwarz-Weiss / Gert Stoll & Mareidi Singer, Essen, Germany (1981-1983) · Dieter Eulenburg, Dreieich, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 June 2015, Lot 182 · Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 246 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado, Ilogbo
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 247 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Illorin
Sold EUR 400
Lot 248 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo
Sold EUR 500
Lot 249 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ajasse
Not available anymore
Lot 250 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibarapa, Igbo Ora
Sold EUR 500
Lot 251 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oke Iho / Iseyin
Ketterer, Munich
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 252 : Pair of ritual staffs "edan ogboni"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Not available anymore
Lot 253 : Pair of ritual staffs "edan ogboni"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 600
Lot 254 : Pair of ritual staffs "edan ogboni"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Sold EUR 900
Lot 255 : Ritual staff "edan ogboni"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Sold EUR 600