March 26, 2022

98th Auction

Africa, Oceania and Japan
Fine old art from European estates and private collections. Art works from Africa and Japan in the collection of Dr. Werner Zintl.

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Highlights

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Lot 1: Samurai armour "tõsei gusoku", Edo period (1603-1868)
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Lot 4: Splendid Samurai helmet "kabuto" with half mask "menpõ", Edo Period (1603-1868)
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Lot 27: Mask "Mahakala" (also "Gonpo")
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Lot 53: Anthropomorphic headdress
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Lot 63: Female bowl bearer "arugba shango
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Lot 64: Headdress "gelede"
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Lot 66: Helmet mask "epa": Male figure with animal, ca. 1920
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Lot 67: Helmet mask "epa": Equestrian figure and standing female figure
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Lot 68: Helmet mask "epa" with female figure
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Lot 69: Helmet mask "epa": Mother of children "olomoyeye"
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Lot 80: Female face mask "okuyi"
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Lot 83: Seated female ancestor figure "singiti
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Lot 105: Standing male power figure
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Lot 133: Hook mask "garra"
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Lot 134: Anthropomorphic mask with animal head
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Lot 137: War shield "pakei"
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Lot 142: Anthropomorphic sculpture "tino aitu"
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Lot 158: Hermaphrodite figure
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Lot 171: Seated male figure
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Lot 182: Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
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Lot 191: Face mask "tu bodu" (buffalo)
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Lot 201: Rare mask panel of the "ekpo" society
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Lot 202: Anthropo- / zoomorphic face mask "idiok ekpo"
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Lot 215: Male half figure, 19th century
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Lot 231: Mirror case
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Lot 238: Janus-faced head crest
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Lot 245: Rare headrest / neckrest
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Lot 254: Standing male ancestor figure "nkiteki"
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Lot 282: Anthropomorphic figure "iginga" (pl. "maginga")
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Lot 316: Power figure "iteo"
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Lot 325: Beautiful bell "dibu" ("ndibu")
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Lot 326: Male power figure "nkis nkondi"
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Lot 327: Power figure "nkisi"
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Lot 335: Throne stool with high backrest

98th Auction

Lot 101 : Power figure
D. R. Congo, Yaka / Suku
André Vanhecke, Brussels, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 February 2006, Lot 356 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 102 : Standing female power figure
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 September 2001, Lot 712 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
sold EUR 400
Lot 103 : Standing male power figure
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany (2002)
not available anymore
Lot 104 : Standing male power figure
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 15 June 2002, Lot 508 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 105 : Standing male power figure
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Maria & Paul Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Georges-Jacques Haefeli, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Binoche, Paris-Drouot, 10 October 2005, Lot 92 Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany (2007) Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 106 : Male-female pair of power figures
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Karl-Heinz Grunwald, Berlin, Germany (1970s) Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany (2001)
not available anymore
Lot 107 : Standing female power figure
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany (2003)
sold EUR 250
Lot 108 : Figure of a female chief
D. R. Congo / Angola, Chokwe
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 23 September 2006, Lot 305 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
sold EUR 3,100
Lot 109 : Figural stand / stool
Angola, Luena / Chokwe
brought to England in 1924 by a british engineer working in Africa German Collection, Berlin Karl-Heinz Grunwald, Berlin, Germany Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 110 : Female ancestor spirit mask "mwana phwevo"
Angola / Zambia, Luena (Lwena / Lovale)
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany (2007)
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 111 : Female ancestor spirit mask "mwana phwevo"
Angola / Zambia, Luena (Lwena / Lovale)
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 April 1997, Lot 541 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 112 : Male helmet mask "lipiko"
Mozambique, Makonde
Missionsmuseum Benediktinerabtei Münsterschwarzach, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 2 December 1996, Lot 560 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 113 : Elegant shaped spoon
South Africa, Zulu
Karl-Heinz Grunwald, Berlin, Germany Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany (2001)
sold EUR 150
Lot 114 : Anthropomorphic face mask
West Nepal
sold EUR 700
Lot 115 : Shrine post with guardian spirit
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
Laurence Rathsack (1920-2008), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
sold EUR 600
Lot 116 : Seated ancestor figure
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
Private Collection, Antwerp, Belgium
sold EUR 400
Lot 117 : Measuring stick "tun-tun"
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
TEH Gallery, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 118 : Measuring stick "tun-tun"
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
TEH Gallery, Berlin, Germany
sold EUR 600
Lot 119 : Two Ceremonial paddles
Indonesia - South Sumatra, Palembang
sold EUR 800
Lot 120 : Magic figure
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba-Batak
American Private Collection
sold EUR 700
Lot 121 : Standing male figure "bulul", early 20th century
Philippines - Province Ifugao, Hapao
Floy Quintos, Manila , Philippines (2012)
not available anymore
Lot 122 : Betel mortar
Papua New Guinea - Huon Gulf, Morobe Province, Tami Islands
Sofie Bezler, Vellberg, Germany
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 123 : Betel mortar
Papua New Guinea - Huon Gulf, Morobe Province, Tami Islands
Sofie Bezler, Vellberg, Germany
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 124 : Small bowl in the shape of a bird
Papua New Guinea - Huon Gulf, Morobe Province, Tami Islands
Sofie Bezler, Vellberg, Germany
sold EUR 360
Lot 125 : One carrying bag and five aprons
Papua New Guinea - Huon Gulf
Sofie Bezler, Vellberg, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 126 : Two ceremonial axes "kenduaubu" or "dikurugu"
Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands Province, Mount Hagen area
Sofie Bezler, Vellberg, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 127 : One bow and sixteen arrows
Papua New Guinea
Sofie Bezler, Vellberg, Germany
sold EUR 450
Lot 128 : Set of ethnographies
Papua New Guinea
Sofie Bezler, Vellberg, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 129 : Set of ethnographies
Papua New Guinea
Sofie Bezler, Vellberg, Germany
sold EUR 180
Lot 130 : Fifteen bangles
Papua New Guinea
Sofie Bezler, Vellberg, Germany
sold EUR 140
Lot 131 : Group of fourteen arrows
Oceania
sold EUR 300
Lot 132 : Two ornaments
Papua New Guinea, Abelam
John Friede, Rye, USA presumably ex Nelson A.Rockefeller (1908-1979) New York, USA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA Nelson Rockefeller founded the Museum of Primitive Art in 1954 and donated his own collection of Tribal Art. The museum closed in 1976, and its collections were transferred to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 133 : Hook mask "garra"
Papua New Guinea - Hunstein Mountains, Bahinemo
collected in 1971 Maureen Zarember, New York City, USA John Giltsoff, Girona, Spain Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 134 : Anthropomorphic mask with animal head
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
American Collection
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 135 : Miniature mask
Papua New Guinea - Sepik River / Lower Ramu River
not available anymore
Lot 136 : Small betel mortar
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik
Daniele Zanette, DZ Galerie, Nice, France
not available anymore
Lot 137 : War shield "pakei"
Papua New Guinea - Middle Yuat (Biwat) River, Mundugumor
Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, Germany (1950s)
not available anymore
Lot 138 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland, Tabar Island
Jean Bienaymé, France de Ricqlès, Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 25 March 2001, Lot 82 Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 139 : Memorial figure for the dead "rambaramp"
Vanuatu, Southern Malakula
Henri L. Schouten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / Los Angeles, USA (1979)
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 140 : Slit gong "tokere" with mallet
Cook Islands
sold EUR 600
Lot 142 : Anthropomorphic sculpture "tino aitu"
Micronesia - Caroline Islands, Nukuoro Atoll
American Private Collection
Price EUR 10,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 143 : Zoomorphic stool
Micronesia - Caroline Islands, Nukuoro Atoll
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 144 : Shield, 1930s/1940s (Transitional art)
Western Australia
sold EUR 450
Lot 145 : Four tent poles and one tent peg
Sahara / Sahel, Mali / Niger, Tuareg
Roger Lefèvre, Brussels, Belgium German Collection (1999)
sold EUR 900
Lot 146 : Standing female figure "lü me"
Liberia, Dan, Nuopie, Son (Zon) (ca.1910/20-1985)
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 150 : Soul container figure "iran otibago"
Guinea-Bissau, Bissagos Islands, Bidjogo
Private Collection, New York, USA (Estate 2018) Amyas Naegele, New York, USA (agent for the estate)
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 151 : Equestrian figure
Guinea-Bissau, Bissagos Islands, Bidjogo
sold EUR 350
Lot 152 : Antelope dance crest "tjiwara" with cap
Mali, Bamana
American Collection
Price EUR 2,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 153 : Antelope headdress "sogi-ni-kun" or "tjiwara"
Mali, Bamana
German Private Collection
sold EUR 450
Lot 154 : Female puppet "merekun"
Mali, Bamana / Bozo
Van Lier Collection Isaac Schenkein, Brussels, Belgium Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, 23 June 1997, Lot 14 Mr Isaac Schenkein, a medical doctor started in ca. 1992 with collecting African art (according AHDRC).
not available anymore