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 ladle "wunkirmian" or "wakemia"
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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 270: Expressive helmet mask "mabuh" ("mambu" or "mabwo")
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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 363 : Standing female figure "kaponya"
Angola, Chokwe
German Private Collection, Ruhr area
Sold EUR 600
Lot 364 : Female ancestor spirit mask "mwana phwevo"
Angola / Zambia, Luena / Lwena / Lovale
Walter Bareiss, Salach, Germany · Neumeisters Moderne, Munich, 10 November 2005, Lot 150 · Bettina Rübesam, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 366 : Two dolls
Chad, Bagirmi
French Private Collection
Sold EUR 800
Lot 367 : Processional cross, 15th - 17th century
Ethiopia
Kumel Badenga, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 368 : Parade shield "tafa gašša"
Ethiopia, Amhara
French Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 369 : Lip plug
Ethiopia, Mursi
Fouad Tekalign, son of the Ethiopian collector / trader Tekalign Besepa
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 370 : Pot with nine spouts
Uganda / Rwanda / Burundi / Tutsi
Belgian Private Collection
Sold EUR 550
Lot 371 : Figure of a pregnant woman
Tanzania, Zigua / Pare / Kwere
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland · American Private Collection · Cole Harrell, New York, USA
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 372 : Dignitary staff with anthropomorphic head
Tanzania, Mwera
Maine Durieu, Paris, France (2004) · Berry de Bruijn, Breda, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 600
Lot 373 : Puppet figure
Tanzania, Sukuma
Ralf Schulte-Bahrenberg, Duisburg, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, 4 September 2014, Lot 692 · Bettina Rübesam, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 700
Lot 374 : Anthropomorphic mask
Tanzania, Zaramo
Galerie Jahn, Munich, Germany · Tom Levine (1945-2020), New York-Chelsea, USA
Sold EUR 4,500
Lot 375 : Rare female figure of the Bemba
Zambia / D. R. Congo, Bemba
Old British Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 376 : Dignitary staff
Zambia / D. R. Kongo (Katanga Province), Bemba
Ingo Evers, Bonn, Germany · Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 377 : Male helmet mask "lipiko" of excellent quality
Mozambique (Northern) / Southern Tanzania, Mueada Plateau, Makonde-Mawia
v. Dr. Rassler(s), Germany (coll. in situ, Mosambik, Lindi,10. September 1966)
Sold EUR 2,700
Lot 378 : Spoon
Madagascar, Sakalava
Austrian Collection
Sold EUR 350
Lot 379 : Traditional women's headdress "ekori"
Namibia, Herero
Old German Colonial Collection (Kiel)
Sold EUR 8,500
Lot 380 : Figurally carved dignitary staff
South Africa, Nguni
Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain
Sold EUR 1,300