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")
1/4
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 256 : Ritual staff with anthropomorphic head
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 257 : Ritual staff "edan ogboni", 19th century
Nigeria, Yoruba
Sotheby's Paris, 25 June 2020, Lot 52 Serge Schoffel, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,100
Lot 258 : Figural headpiece of an oracle tapper "iroke" for the "ifa" divination, 19th century
Nigeria, Yoruba, Owo
Nancy & Richard Bloch, Sante Fé, USA Sotheby's London, 2 July 1990, Lot 100 Baudouin de Grunne, Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium Serge Schoffel, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 259 : Ceremonial staff "opa orisa oko"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 260 : Face bell "omo"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu
not available anymore
Lot 261 : Maskette of the "ogboni" society
Nigeria, Yoruba
Mareidi & Gert Stoll, Munich, Germany Mareidi Singer (†2017), Munich, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 9 April 2019, Lot 280
sold EUR 850
Lot 262 : Rare ritual animal sculpture (elephant)
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke - Bangwa
Pierre Harter (1928-1991), Paris, France
sold EUR 1,750
Lot 263 : Buffalo mask "nya", before 1920
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Price EUR 2,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 264 : Power figure "mu-po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke - Batie
Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany
sold EUR 3,600
Lot 265 : Power figure "mu-po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke - Batie
Josef Herman (1911-2000), Suffolk, Great Britain Benjamin Heller, New York City, USA Sotheby's New York, 1 December 1983, Lot 42 Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 8,500
Lot 266 : Power figure
Cameroon, Upper Cross River, Anyang, Ekoi Complex
Jan Kusters, Waalre, The Netherlands
sold EUR 950
Lot 267 : Prestige stool, before 1929
Cameroon, Tikar
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 268 : Ceremonial staff
Gabon, Fang
not available anymore
Lot 269 : Helmet mask with four faces "ngontang"
Gabon, Fang
sold EUR 700
Lot 270 : Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Punu
Old Thuringian Collection (noble property) Lempertz, Brussels, 5 November 1994, Lot 67
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 271 : Magnificent horn / trumpet ("Olifant")
Gabon, Punu / Lumbo
Lempertz, Brussels, 9 April 2019, Lot 205
not available anymore
Lot 272 : Reliquary bust "mbumba bwiti"
Gabon, Tsogho
Merton Simpson, New York, USA Eduardo Uhart, Paris, France
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 273 : Cult panel
Gabon, Tsogho
not available anymore
Lot 274 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Gabon, Vuvi
French Colonial Collection (~1950)
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 275 : Rare wicker shield, 19th century
D. R. Congo, Motembo, Lobo, Ndolo
American Collection
not available anymore
Lot 276 : Horn ("Oliphant")
D. R. Congo, Azande
not available anymore
Lot 277 : Small power half figure
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
sold EUR 375
Lot 278 : Spoon with key emblem at the handle
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Lot 279 : Male power trunk figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Bangubangu
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 281 : Squatting male figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
French Family Collection
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 282 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo (Eastern), Kivu, Goma
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 283 : Standing male figure "mvunzi"
D. R. Congo, Holo
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 284 : Power figure "mvunzi"
D. R. Congo, Holo / Suku
not available anymore
Lot 285 : Ritual trunk figure
D. R. Congo, Holo
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 286 : Miniature mask
D. R. Congo / Angola, Holo
sold EUR 500
Lot 287 : Prestige axe with figurally carved handle
D. R. Congo, Hungana / Mbala / Lele
not available anymore
Lot 288 : Anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri, Ndaaka
sold EUR 660
Lot 290 : Lidded box "ngondo" ("moon")
D. R. Congo, Kuba
sold EUR 350
Lot 291 : Woven raffia fabric "mbal"
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa
sold EUR 650
Lot 292 : Woven raffia fabric "mbal"
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa
not available anymore
Lot 293 : Woven raffia fabric "mbal"
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa
not available anymore
Lot 294 : Armless figure "ngeze" of the "bwami" society
D. R. Congo, Lega
Claude Vérité, Paris, France Stéphane Mangin, Galerie Kanaga, Paris Michel Boulanger, Liège, Belgium
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 295 : Anthropomorphic mask "idimu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 296 : Anthropomorphic mask "idimu"
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 297 : Anthropomorphic mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 298 : Anthropomorphic mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 800
Lot 299 : Anthropomorphic mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 600
Lot 300 : Staff with anthropomorphic head
D. R. Congo, Lega
Yannick van Ruysevelt, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 700
Lot 301 : Anthropomorphic head sculpture
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 305 : Ritual object in the form of an axe blade "isaga"
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 306 : Ritual object: knife / spearhead
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 200
Lot 307 : Animal sculpture frog "kitende"
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 308 : Rare mask
D. R. Congo, Lengola
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 309 : Expressive male figure "ubanga nyama"
D. R. Congo, Lengola
Harrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Pascal Duthoy, Overpelt, Belgium Martin Lagrain, Leuven, Belgium Louis Nierijnck, Maastricht, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 310 : Round mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Belgian Collection
sold EUR 1,500