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"
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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
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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 104 : Squatting female ancestor figure "iene" with sacrificial bowl
Indonesia - Moluccas - Leti Island
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 6,700
Lot 105 : Rare miniature figure
Indonesia - West Sumatra, Mentawai Islands
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 106 : Male ancestor figure "adu zatua"
Indonesia - Nias
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 107 : Female half figure
Mali, Bamana
Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 108 : Mask "kanaga"
Mali, Dogon
Gerard Schäperkötter (1914-2006), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 600
Lot 109 : Beak mask "ge gon" ("gägon")
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, The Netherlands (Inv.no. B.216-18.) Henk Buttner, The Netherlands Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 110 : Beautiful face mask "deangle" or "tankagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 111 : Antelope mask "karikpo"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Jan van Camp, Deurne, Belgium Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 250
Lot 112 : "Eshu" dance wand
Nigeria, Yoruba
Leo Leewis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 850
Lot 113 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Gabon, Vuvi
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 400
Lot 114 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo / Tanzania, Tabwa / Ijij
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 7,500
Lot 115 : Helmet mask "hemba"
D. R. Congo, Suku
Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 800
Lot 116 : Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, Ubangi, Bwaka (Ngbaka) / Mbanza
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium (1980s) Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 September 2009, Lot 335 Piet Lepelaar, Leiden, The Netherlands
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 117 : Milk or butter jar "chkoua"
Northern Algeria, Kabylia, Amazigh (Berber) Culture or Morocco, Rif Region, Beni-Ouarain (Berber) Culture
Helga Exler, Frankfurt, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 118 : Bracelet
Sudan, Dinka
German Private Collection
sold EUR 400
Lot 119 : Bracelet
Sudan, Dinka
German Private Collection
sold EUR 400
Lot 120 : Bracelet
Sudan, Dinka
German Private Collection
sold EUR 300
Lot 121 : Bracelet
Sudan, Shilluk
German Private Collection
sold EUR 450
Lot 123 : Head sculpture "nomoli" or "pomdo"
Sierra Leone / Guinea, Kissi / Sapi
Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo, "Civilisations", 24 November 2018, Lot 251
not available anymore
Lot 124 : Standing female figure
Sierra Leone, Temne
Helga Seidl (1928-2005), Austria / Africa
sold EUR 370
Lot 125 : Female trunk figure
Sierra Leone, Temne / Southern Bullom / Limba
Private Collection, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 126 : Helmet mask with grass fibre cuff
Liberia / Sierra Leone, Vai
Günther Filla, Bochum, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 127 : Rare oracle figure "pom'kandya" or "pom'wama"
Guinea / Sierra Leone / Liberia, Kissi
Alfred L. Scheinberg (1949-1992), New York, USA (1971) New York Private Collection Bonhams, New York, 13 November 2007, Lot 2099 The Cobbs, Peterborough, USA,15 November 2015, Lot 173
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 128 : Impressive male statue "d'mba" or "nimba"
Guinea, Baga
Toby & Joey Tanenbaum, Toronto, Canada Tanenbaum and his wife Toby were among those named in ARTNews magazine's list of the top 200 art collectors in the world.
sold EUR 22,000
Lot 129 : Bust headdress "sa-sira-ren" (the maiden)
Guinea, Kalum / Koba / Kakissa, Baga
Dutch Collection
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 130 : Zoomorphic face mask with articulated lower jaw
Guinea / Liberia, Guerze (Kpelle) or Loma (Toma)
Robert V. Berg (1931-2018), San Diego-La Mesa, California, USA (coll. in the 1970s - 1980s) Thomas D. Slater, Coppell, Texas, USA
not available anymore
Lot 132 : Standing male figure
Guinea, Toma
Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey, USA
sold EUR 800
Lot 133 : Anthropomorphic face mask "ntomo"
Mali, Bamana
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 134 : Anthropo-/ zoomorphic mask with two pairs of eyes
Mali, Bamana / Malinke
John (1946-2019) & Pam Finley, New Orleans, USA
not available anymore
Lot 135 : Antelope dance crest "tijwara" ("chiwara")
Mali, Bamana
Spanish Collection, Valencia
not available anymore
Lot 136 : Antelope dance crest "tijwara" ("chiwara")
Mali, Bamana, Beledugu Region
American Collection
sold EUR 950
Lot 137 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 138 : Male-female couple
Mali, Bamana / Dogon
Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 139 : Standing figure
Mali, Bamana
German Private Collection
Price EUR 800
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 140 : Seated female figure
Mali, Bamana / Malinke
Austrian Private Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 141 : Female twin figure "flanitokele"
Mali, Bamana
sold EUR 500
Lot 142 : Round caryatid stool
Mali, Bamana
not available anymore
Lot 143 : Two figurally carved staffs
Mali, Bamana
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 144 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
Christoph Krüger, Germany (coll. in the 1970s in the area around the village of Kanicombole, Mali)
not available anymore
Lot 145 : Figural lock "bò dágá" of a granary door
Mali, Dogon
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 May 2017, lot 133 Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 146 : Anthropomorphic comb mask "konden" or "ntomo"
Mali / Guinea, Malinke / Bamana / Marka
German Collection (acquired 1970 / 71)
sold EUR 800
Lot 147 : Caryatid stool
Mali, Malinke / Bamana
French Private Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 148 : Mask "nwenka"
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 149 : Standing male figure
Burkina Faso, Guin / Karaboro or Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo outskirts
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 150 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Karaboro
French Private Collection
sold EUR 400
Lot 151 : Miniature figure
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Nagel, Stuttgart, 11 May 1999, Lot 535
sold EUR 600
Lot 152 : Standing female figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
German Collection
sold EUR 600
Lot 153 : Pair of figures "bateba" in erotic pose ("bêtise")
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth (1930-2020), Hermannsdorf, Glonn near Munich, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 154 : Antelope headdress "wan-nyaka"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 155 : Fertility doll "biiga"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
German Collection
not available anymore