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 207 : Ornamental comb with anthropomorphic head
Ghana, Akan / Agni / Baule
Austrian Private Collection
Price EUR 200
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 208 : Hair ornament
Ghana, Akan / Ashanti
Ed Smit, The Hague, The Netherlands Piet van Boxel, The Hague, The Netherlands
sold EUR 350
Lot 209 : Goldweight: pair of figures with calabash
Ghana, Akan / Ashanti
Belgian Collection Christie's, Paris, 10 December 2003, Lot 260 (set of six goldweights) Maurice Bonnefoy (1920-1999), Paris, France
sold EUR 500
Lot 210 : Goldweight: hunter with slain animal
Ghana, Akan
Belgian Collection Christie's, Paris, 10 December 2003, Lot 260 (set of six goldweights) Maurice Bonnefoy (1920-1999), Paris, France
sold EUR 800
Lot 211 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
German Private Collection, Munich
sold EUR 650
Lot 212 : Female twin figure "venavi"
Togo, Ewe, Agbagli Kossi (1934, Bé - 1994, Lomé)
German Private Collection, Hamburg
Price EUR 300
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 213 : Standing female figure
Togo, Lamba / Losso
Piet van Boxel, The Hague, The Netherlands Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 214 : Standing female figure
Republic of Benin, Anago Yoruba
Dutch Private Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 215 : Ceremonial sword / recade / sceptre "sokpo" or "aglokpo", before 1930
Republic of Benin (ex Dahomey), Fon
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 216 : Commemorative head of a chief, 19th century
Nigeria, Benin, Edo
Belgian Collection
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 217 : Powder flask, 17th / 18th century
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo
American Private Collection
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 218 : Figurally carved handle in the shape of a crocodile, 15th / 16th century
Nigeria, Edo-Bini (Bini-Portuguese) / Sierra Leone, Sapi
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 219 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, Cross River, Boki (Ekoi complex)
French Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 220 : Dance crest with three heads
Nigeria, Cross River, Boki (Ekoi complex)
Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium Marc Gallery
not available anymore
Lot 221 : Zoomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, Cross River, Boki (Ekoi complex)
German Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 222 : Janus helmet mask with skin covering
Nigeria, Cross River, Ekoi (Ejagham), Akparabong
Africa Museum, Berg en Dal, The Netherlands (Inv.nr. 1952) Berry de Bruijn, Breda, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 223 : Anthropomorphic dance crest
Nigeria, Cross River, Ogoja Province, Ekoi (Ejagham), Akparabong
Okpun Echum, Adijinkpor Village, Ogoja Province, Southeast Nigeria Knut Byström (1912-1993), Östersund, Sweden (1953) Family Estate (since 1993)
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 224 : Early face mask of the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Ibibio
Hans van Drumpt, Maastricht, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 225 : Anthropomorphic face mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Anang Ibibio
Serge Trullu, Nimes, France Alfred Weisenegger, Winklarn, Austria Austrian Private Collection
sold EUR 10,500
Lot 226 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Ibibio
Christophe Rolley, Paris, France Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 227 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands
sold EUR 900
Lot 228 : Shrine figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
sold EUR 5,500
Lot 229 : Shrine figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
Olivier Klejman, Paris, France Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany David Norden, Antwerp, Belgium Jan Kusters, Waalre, The Netherlands Jan Schneider, Buchbach, Germany
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 230 : Shrine figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
Wolfgang Klein, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 400
Lot 231 : Dance crest with three heads
Nigeria, Igbo
American Private Collection
Price EUR 1,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 232 : Female puppet figure
Nigeria, Igbo / Izzi
Robert Banks, Washington, USA
Price EUR 800
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 233 : Spirally twisted bracelet (currency)
Nigeria, Cross River, Igbo
German Private Collection
Price EUR 450
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 234 : Spirally twisted bracelet (currency)
Nigeria, Cross River, Igbo
German Private Collection
sold EUR 300
Lot 235 : Bracelet
Nigeria, Igbo / Urhobo
German Private Collection
sold EUR 450
Lot 237 : Water spirit mask of the "ekine" society
Nigeria, Ijaw
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 2,900
Lot 238 : Standing male shrine figure
Nigeria, Niger Delta, Ijaw
Wolfgang Klein, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 239 : Anthropo- / zoomorphic mask with crowning animal pair
Nigeria, Isoko / Urhobo
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
sold EUR 2,700
Lot 240 : Anthropomorphic pole figure "okuli"
Nigeria, Koro
Hans Petereit, Cologne, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 241 : Bush cow mask
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany
sold EUR 575
Lot 242 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)
Philippe Laeremans, Brussels, Belgium Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 243 : Figural carved lid
Nigeria, Mbembe
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany German Collection
not available anymore
Lot 244 : Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1970s) German Private Collection
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 245 : Standing female figure "jagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1970s) German Private Collection
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 246 : Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye, Tage von Kpwazang
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1970s) German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 247 : Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 248 : "Snuff ring" with anthropomorphic head
Nigeria, Tiv
Serge Trullu, Nimes, France
sold EUR 950
Lot 250 : Water spirit headdress "igodo" (bird)
Nigeria, Yoruba - Ijebu
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 251 : Anthropo- / zoomorphic helmet mask
Nigeria, Yoruba - Ijebu
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
sold EUR 2,100
Lot 252 : Antelope mask "agira agbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba - Ijebu
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Neumeister, Munich, 15 October 2009, Lot 1316 Bettina Rübesam, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 480
Lot 253 : Mask with "eshu" figure
Nigeria, Yoruba
Private Collection, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 254 : Figural house post
Nigeria, Yoruba
British Collection Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Price EUR 5,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 255 : Female bowl bearer "arugba shango
Nigeria, Yoruba
Mareidi & Gert Stoll, Munich, Germany (coll. in situ, 1965-67) Zemanek-Münster, 22 March 2014, Lot 479 Bettina Rübesam, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 256 : Maternité
Nigeria, Ekiti, Efon Ala(a)ye, Yoruba, Adesina workshop
German Private Collection
sold EUR 500
Lot 257 : Kneeling female figure with bowl "olumeye"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Vittorio Mangio, Monza, Italy (1970) Bettina Rübesam, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 258 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado
Dutch Collection, Rotterdam
sold EUR 500