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 206 : Mask "okoroshioma"
Nigeria, Igbo
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 207 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Nagel, Stuttgart, 26 April 1996, Lot 2856 German Private Collection
Price EUR 600
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 208 : Headdress with large female figure
Nigeria, Igbo
Jan Kusters, Waalre, The Netherlands
sold EUR 500
Lot 209 : Seated male figure "ntekpe"
Nigeria, Igbo
Belgian Collection, Antwerp
sold EUR 500
Lot 210 : Title stool of the "ozo" society
Nigeria, Igbo, Awka Region
Clive Loveless, London, England
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 211 : Dance emblem for show and prestige purposes
Nigeria, Igbo
Robert Banks, Washington, USA
Price EUR 1,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 213 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Nigeria, Ijaw
Binoche et Giquello, Paris, Lot 2519
sold EUR 1,050
Lot 214 : Rectangular container with lid
Nigeria, Ijaw
German Private Collection
sold EUR 400
Lot 215 : Male half figure, 19th century
Nigeria, Jukun
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium Jacques & Anne Kerchache, Paris, France Ana & Antonio Casanovas, Arte y Ritual Gallery, Madrid, Spain Jean-Claude Bellier, Paris, France Sotheby's, Paris, 29 November 2021, Lot 115
not available anymore
Lot 216 : Figural drinking cup "(n)gbene"
Nigeria, Koro
Collection Madame B. Saint Germain en Laye, Paris, 23 June 1997, Lot 10
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 217 : Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
El Hadj Yende Amadou, Foumban, Cameroon (1969) UK Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 219 : Face mask with articulated jaw "elu" ("spirit")
Nigeria, Ogoni
American Private Collection
Price EUR 800
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 220 : Slit drum
Nigeria, Tiv
German Private Collection
sold EUR 370
Lot 221 : Staff figure "kundul"
Nigeria, Wurkun
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 6 May 1978, Lot 353
not available anymore
Lot 222 : Zoomorphic helmet mask "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Lot 223 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
German Collection
sold EUR 400
Lot 224 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina
UK Collection
sold EUR 400
Lot 225 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ajasse
UK Collection
sold EUR 750
Lot 226 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ilorin, Oyo
Edward A. Spiegel (1931-2020), New York City, USA Spiegel was professor of astronomy at Columbia University who worked on convection theory and on the application of fluid dynamics to astrophysics and was the first to discover Chaos Theory. As a professsor, he gained a reputation among his students for his amusing stories of meeting other famous scientists such as Paul Dirac and Stephen Hawking.
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 227 : Male pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Offa
German Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 228 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbo Ora, Ibarapa
sold EUR 300
Lot 229 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 300
Lot 230 : Beaded bag "apo ileke" of an "ifa" priest
Nigeria, Yoruba
Neumeister, Munich, 10 November 2005, Lot 371
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 231 : Mirror case
Nigeria, Yoruba
Lauritz Sunde (1910-1979), Copenhagen, Denmark Christophe Rolley, Bagneux, France
not available anymore
Lot 232 : Ram helmet mask
Cameroon Grassfields
sold EUR 550
Lot 233 : Elephant mask "ntshen"
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki
probably Gottfried Künzi (1920-1979), Oberdorf / Solothurn Switzerland Martin Gross (1922-2017), Biel, Switzerland (1968)
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 234 : Figurative pipe bowl
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Helmuth & Marianne Zimmer, Zurich, Switzerland
Price EUR 400
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 235 : Two figural pipe bowls
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
American Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 236 : Royal throne stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Gisela & Hartwig Dehmel, Lüchow, Germany
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 237 : Cult knife in wooden sheath
Cameroon, Bali / Wum
German Collection, Berlin
sold EUR 800
Lot 238 : Janus-faced head crest
Cameroon, Upper Cross River, Keaka (Ekoi Komplex)
Wolfgang Müller, Erfurt, Germany
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 239 : Female figure
Cameroon, Mambila
not available anymore
Lot 240 : Pair of figures
Cameroon, Tikar
sold EUR 300
Lot 241 : Rare female figure
Gabon, Adouma
American Private Collection
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 242 : Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Punu
Price EUR 2,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 243 : Ancestor spirit mask "moghondzi"
Gabon, Vuvi / Tsogho
Colonial Collection Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 244 : Ancestor spirit mask "moghondzi"
Gabon, Vuvi
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 245 : Rare headrest / neckrest
D. R. Congo (Congo Kinshasa), Bandundu Province, Mfinu
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 246 : Artistically engraved calabash, ca. 1930
D. R. Congo, Congo central, Moanda Region, Kitombe, Vela Raphael
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium Bren Heymans, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 247 : Jug with with spout in the shape of a human half figure
D. R. Congo / Angola, Mr. Kyadi
not available anymore
Lot 248 : Colon figure
D. R. Congo / Angola, Loango
sold EUR 250
Lot 249 : Beautiful dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Azande
Robert Temple, Ghent, Belgium
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 250 : Anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Bakongo-Yombe
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 251 : Figurally carved vessel lid ("proverb lid")
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Lot 252 : Braided mat
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
not available anymore
Lot 253 : Female power figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 254 : Standing male ancestor figure "nkiteki"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Jacques Blanckaert, Brussels, Belgium (1980's) Johan Henau, Antwerp, Belgium Nadya Levi, Antwerp, Belgium Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 1994, Lot 159 Hans Petereit, Cologne, Germany Sotheby's, Paris, 15 June 2004, Lot 174 Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA (2008)
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 255 : Very old and rare wicker shield
D. R. Congo, Boa, Bati, Makere
sold EUR 470
Lot 256 : Widow's robe "ntshakakot"
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Bushoong
sold EUR 500
Lot 257 : Female trunk figure
D. R. Congo (Eastern), Kivu, Sikasingo / Bembe (eastern) / Buyu
Geert Hendrik van de Zee, Osstzaan, The Netherlands Berry de Bruijn, Breda, The Netherlands (2013) Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium German Private Collection
not available anymore