November 6, 2021

97th Auction

Africa, Oceania, Pre-Columbia
Fine old art from Africa, Oceania, Asia and America. The Munich private collection of Dr. Walter Grasser. The Dutch collection of Piet Lepelaar (Part 2).

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Highlights

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Lot 33
Large slit drum "garamut"
1/5
Lot 104
Squatting female ancestor figure "iene" with sacrificial bowl
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Lot 109
Beak mask "ge gon" ("gägon")
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Lot 114
Standing female figure
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Lot 128
Impressive male statue "d'mba" or "nimba"
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Lot 135
Antelope dance crest "tijwara" ("chiwara")
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Lot 158
Exquisitely beautiful "kpan" face mask
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Lot 180
Ceremonial spoon "wa ke mia" or "wunkirmian"
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Lot 184
Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
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Lot 199
Female figure "deble", "doogele" or "poro piibele"
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Lot 200
Vey rare anthropomorphic caryatid vessel
1/5
Lot 218
Figurally carved handle in the shape of a crocodile, 15th / 16th century
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Lot 223
Anthropomorphic dance crest
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Lot 225
Anthropomorphic face mask "idiok ekpo"
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Lot 255
Female bowl bearer "arugba shango
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Lot 276
Figural carved support / post, around 1900
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Lot 302
Anthropomorphic face mask
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Lot 323
Staff of office "kibango"
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Lot 333
Standing female figure
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Lot 348
Male power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi"
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Lot 349
Male magical figure "nkisi" / "nkishi" (pl. "mankisi" / "mankishi")
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Lot 361
Seated male dignitary
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Lot 375
Rare female figure of the Bemba
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Lot 379
Traditional women's headdress "ekori"

97th Auction

Lot 54
Three combs
Suriname, Saramaka (Saamaka or Saramacca)
André J.F. Köbben (1925-2019), Leiden, The Netherlands (coll. in situ in 1961)
sold EUR 400
Lot 55
Three food stirrers and hairp pin
Suriname, Djuka
André J.F. Köbben (1925-2019), Amsterdam, The Netherlands (coll. in situ in 1961) Köbben is considered the most important "ancestor" of Dutch anthropology. What was previously called “Volkenkunde”, practiced by astute "armchair" scholars, now became field-based ethnography and anthropology. Köbben himself has done fieldwork among coffee and cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast and later in Suriname among the Djuka Maroons.
not available anymore
Lot 56
Dance crest "De’aruwa" of the "Warime" festival"
Venezuela, Piaroa
Nelly van den Abbeele, Brussels, Belgium Christie's Amsterdam, 29 May 2001, Lot 340
sold EUR 400
Lot 57
Dance crest "De’aruwa" of the "Warime" festival"
Venezuela, Piaroa
Nelly van den Abbeele, Brussels, Belgium Christie's Amsterdam, 29 May 2001, Lot 340
sold EUR 400
Lot 58
Rare shapely ritual club
Venezuela / Brazil, Orinoco-Parima culture, Ye'kuana (Yekuana / Yequana)
sold EUR 3,400
Lot 59
Squatting male figure, ~ 100 BC - 250 AD
Mexico, Ameca, Jalisco
Galerie Gerdes, Munich, Germany Anna Maria Posset (1922-2018), Miltenberg / Würzburg, Germany (1985)
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 60
Seated slab "retablo" figure, ~ 800 - 1200 AD
Colombia, Quimbaya
Francine & Hans Kobel, Bourg-en-Bresse, France (acquired 1964-1972)
sold EUR 930
Lot 61
One figure and four vessels
Peru
Francine & Hans Kobel, Bourg-en-Bresse, France (acquired 1964-1972)
sold EUR 200
Lot 62
Large figural urn, ~ 800 - 1200 AD
Peru, North Coast, Chancay
Francine & Hans Kobel, Bourg-en-Bresse, France (acquired 1964-1972)
sold EUR 400
Lot 63
Double-chambered whistling vessel, ~ 800 - 1200 AD
Peru, North Coast, Chancay
Francine & Hans Kobel, Bourg-en-Bresse, France (acquired 1964-1972)
sold EUR 200
Lot 64
Single spout vessel, ~ 800 - 1200 AD
Peru, Chimu / Lambayeque
German Collection (acquired 1970/71)
sold EUR 500
Lot 65
Drinking cup "kero", ~ 200 - 400 AD
Peru, South Coast, Nazca
Francine & Hans Kobel, Bourg-en-Bresse, France (acquired 1964-1972)
sold EUR 150
Lot 66
Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
Maria Ehrensperger, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, 25 February 2006, Lot 66 Neumeister, Munich, 10 June 2010, Lot 64 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 67
Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Guin
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 68
Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Joseph Franzen, Heerlen, The Netherlands Daniel Sobottka, Aachen, Germany Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 69
Standing male figure "blolo bian" or "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Neumeister, Munich, 15 May 2013, Lot 49 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 70
Standing female shrine figure
Ghana, Abron / Kulango
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 71
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egba, Abeokuta
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 72
Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Baba Magba village
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 14 March 2009, Lot 290 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 380
Lot 73
Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun
Neumeister, Munich, 15 November 2007, Lot 106 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 74
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State, "Master o98f the twisted figures"
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (coll. in situ, 1956) Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 75
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 76
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti, Oye
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 77
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
M. Diane, M. Berete Tribal Arts, Bamako-Caura, Mali (2005) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 September 2009, Lot 283 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 78
Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 13 March 2010, Lot 227 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,300
Lot 79
Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 4 September 2010, Lot 388 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 80
Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Esie village
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany Ernst-Olof Siré, Forchheim, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 November 2009, Lot 445 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 81
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State, Ilorin area / Yoruba, Egbe
Mallam Abba Kallah, Hausa trader, Nigeria Balint B. Denes, Arizona, USA (coll. in the 1960s) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 September 2009, Lot 286 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 82
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State, Ilorin / Oyo, Shaki
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 83
Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Erin
Neumeister, Munich, 15 November 2007, Lot 108 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 900
Lot 84
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo / Erin
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 85
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Southern Ilorin area
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 86
Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igbuke style
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 87
Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 88
Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igbuke Style
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (coll. in situ, 1956) Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 89
Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Abogunde from Ede
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 700
Lot 90
Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ede
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 91
Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ede
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 92
Male twin figure "ere ibeji" with cowrie shell cape
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igbuke style
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 13 March 2010, Lot 225 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 750
Lot 93
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Iseyin
Ernst-Olof Siré, Forchheim, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 November 2009, Lot 447 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 94
Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oke Iho
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 95
Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji", each in cowrie shell coat
Nigeria, Yoruba, Iseyin
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 750
Lot 96
Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji" in a single coat with cowrie shells
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo
Mallam Abba Kallah, Hausa trader, Nigeria Balint B. Denes, Arizona, USA (coll. in the 1960s) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 September 2009, Lot 293 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 97
Seated female figure with lidded bowl
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Shaki
Maria Ehrensperger, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany Neumeister, Munich, 10 June 2010, Lot 176 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 98
Two helmet masks "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
coll. in situ by unknown collector Lempertz, Brussels, 5 April 2017, Lot 99 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,900
Lot 99
Janus-headed dance crest
Nigeria, Igbo
Otto Jordan, Munich, Germany (received as a gift in 1969, with the note that the piece had been brought to Europe before 1914) Mechthild Habiger, Bayreuth, Germany Quittenbaum, Munich, 2 September 2008, Lot 42 Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany The renowned expert and dealer Ludwig Bretschneider was a long-time friend of Jordan and advised him on building up his collection.
sold EUR 400
Lot 100
Comb with anthropomorphic head
D. R. Congo, Rungu
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
Price EUR 200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 101
Sword "mandau" or "parang ilang
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,350
Lot 102
Standing ancestor figurine
Indonesia - Moluccas
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 103
Rare ancestor figure
Indonesia - Moluccas - Babar Island
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
not available anymore