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 311 : Seated pair of figures, before 1920
D. R. Congo, Luba
Dutch Private Collection
Sold EUR 950
Lot 312 : Standing female ancestor figure
D. R. Congo, Luba, Nyunzu workshop
Chrapkowski, Gemany · Lindenmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany (Inventory no: “I C. 46229.”) · Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany · German Private Collection (1967)
Sold EUR 7,000
Lot 313 : Standing male ancestor figure
D. R. Congo, Luba
Captain Gausser · Lindenmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany (Inventory no: “I.C. 26711.”) · Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany · German Private Collection (1963)
Sold EUR 12,000
Lot 314 : Male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Luba / Hemba
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/70s) · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 4 April 2021, lot 314
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 315 : Beautiful magic figure "kakudji
D. R. Congo, Luba
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
Sold EUR 1,900
Lot 316 : Small power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Munich Private Collection
Sold EUR 500
Lot 317 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Luba / Zela
Not available anymore
Lot 318 : Divining instrument "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 319 : Divining instrument "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Sold EUR 400
Lot 320 : Divining instrument "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Sold EUR 1,100
Lot 321 : Caryatid stool "kipona" ("kihona")
D. R. Congo, Luba
Not available anymore
Lot 322 : Female protective figure "kapinga"
D. R. Congo, Lulua, Artist Kabongo Mai-Mai
Musée de Tshikapa, Kasai Province, D. R. Congo · Emmanuel Ameloot, Ghent, Belgium · Zemanek-Münster, 7 September 2013, Lot 373
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 323 : Small power figure "lupingu" or "(m)bulenga"
D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa)
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1953-56)
Sold EUR 450
Lot 324 : Small power figure "lupingu" or "(m)bulenga"
D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa)
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1953-56)
Sold EUR 300
Lot 325 : Figural carved stick
D. R. Congo, Lulua
Not available anymore
Lot 326 : Figural mortar
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Jean-Marc Desaive & Christine Laeremans, Soumagne, Belgium · Dutch Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 327 : Standing male power figure
D. R. Congo, Mbala / Pende
German Private Collection · Sotheby’s London, 30 March 1981, Lot 309
Sold EUR 2,600
Lot 328 : Standing female figure "kakungu"
D. R. Congo, Metoko
German Collection
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 329 : Narrow basketry shield "gube"
D. R. Congo, Western Mongo (Nkundu, Konda)
Not available anymore
Lot 330 : Large wicker shield
D. R. Congo, Northwestern Ubangi Region, Ngombe
Ullmann, Hamburg, Germany · Lempertz, Brussels, 5 April 2017, Lot 188 (two shields)
Sold EUR 800
Lot 331 : Anthropomorphic amulet mask "gikhoko" (pl. "ikhoko")
D. R. Congo, Pende
Not available anymore
Lot 332 : Beautiful female face mask "mbuya ya mukhetu" (or "gambanda / kambanda")
D. R. Congo, Pende
Sold EUR 7,500
Lot 333 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Pende (Est)
Not available anymore
Lot 334 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Pende
Hans Himmelheber (1908-2003), Heidelberg, Germany · Paul Kummert, Frankfurt, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, 19 September 2009, Lot 386
Not available anymore
Lot 335 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Soko / Lokele
Steyler Missionaries, St. Johann, Blönried, Germany · Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 336 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Soko
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 337 : "Kifwebe" mask "kilume" (male mask)
D. R. Congo, Songye
Belgian Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 338 : Cult house mask
D. R. Congo, Songye
Jozef Franzen, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 339 : Mask board of the "bwadi bwa kifwebe" society
D. R. Congo, Songye
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 600
Lot 340 : Male power figure "nkisi / nkishi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Belgian Colonial Collection
Sold EUR 2,600
Lot 341 : Small power figure "nkisi / nkishi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 850
Lot 342 : Ceremonial adze
D. R. Congo, Suku
Noble and Jean Endicott, New York, USA
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 343 : Small female power figure
D. R. Congo, Sundi
Sold EUR 700
Lot 344 : Small male power figure
D. R. Congo, Tabwa / Rungu
Not available anymore
Lot 345 : Two figures in colon style
D. R. Congo, Teke
Old Colonial Collection, Lille, France (a) · Rob Vervoort, Molenstede-Diest, Belgium (2009) (a) · Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium (a) Max Willborg (1933-2001), Stockholm, Sweden (b) · Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden (b) · Dirk Uythof, Delft, The Netherlands (1985-2015) (b) · Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (b) · Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium (b) Pierluigi Peroni, Gallarate, Italy (a & b)
Price
EUR 1,800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 346 : Male power figure "buti"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Belgian Collection · Zemanek-Münster, 14 March 2009, Lot 418
Not available anymore
Lot 347 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo / Central African Republic, Ubangi
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 348 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Ubangi
Not available anymore
Lot 349 : Necklace with two horn pendants
D. R. Congo, Ubangi
Not available anymore
Lot 350 : Kneeling female figure "nkisi / nkishi"
D. R. Congo, Vili
Loudmer, Paris, “Arts Primitifs”, 9 December 1989, Lot 193 · Paolo Morigi (1939-2017), Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland · Olivier Larroque, Nimes, France (ca. 2016) · Mark Eglinton, New York, USA (#4614)
Sold EUR 8,500
Lot 351 : Male power figure "nkisi" or memorial figure
D. R. Congo, Yombe / Vili
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium · Dieter Scharf, Hamburg, Germany · Private Collection, Munich, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, 17 September 2011, Lot 493
Sold EUR 6,000
Lot 352 : Power figure "phuungu"
D. R. Congo, Yaka / Suku
Not available anymore
Lot 353 : Miniature figure (amulet)
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Not available anymore
Lot 354 : Anthropomorphic mask of outstanding quality
Angola (Northern), Zombo, Uige Province
Old UK Collection
Sold EUR 12,500
Lot 355 : Figurally carved pipe
Angola, Chokwe
Not available anymore
Lot 356 : Seated female figure
Angola, Chokwe
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 357 : Three bridal badges "omakipa"
Angola / Namibia, Cuanhama / Ovambo
Not available anymore
Lot 358 : Anthropomorphic panel
Ethiopia, Gurage
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
Not available anymore
Lot 359 : Anthropomorphic panel
Ethiopia, Gurage
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
Not available anymore
Lot 360 : Shield
Kenya, Masai
German Colonial Collection (before 1914)
Price
EUR 600

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance