November 12, 2022

99th Auction

African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
An important collection of a german art dealer. Selected works from the private collections of Robert Lewitzki, Heinrich Kolberg, Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis and Horst Hornstadt.

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Highlights

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Lot 1: Standing female figure "sika blawa"
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Lot 3: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
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Lot 7: Standing female figure
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Lot 9: Anthropomorphic face mask "zakpai"
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Lot 10: Heddle pulley "kono" with anthropomorphic head
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Lot 25: Rare shrine sculpture "ogun"
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Lot 34: Kneeling female figure
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Lot 42: Antelope mask "glo" (Bongo antelope) of the "dye" mask ensemble
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Lot 45: Anthropo-zoomorphic mask
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Lot 53: Reliquary guardian figure "éyéma-o-byéri" (Image of the ancestor)
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Lot 55: Shield-shaped panel "kalengula" with "kifwebe" mask
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Lot 64: Standing anthropomorphic figure, around 1900
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Lot 121: Dance wand "oshe shango", around 1850 / 60
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Lot 219: Anthropomorphic head sculpture "mahen yafe"
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Lot 263: Impressive anthropomorphic face mask
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Lot 292: Male reliquary guardian figure "éyéma-o-byéri" ("Image of the ancestor")
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Lot 293: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
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Lot 345: Standing figure with staff

99th Auction

Lot 217 : Figure of a male prisoner
Liberia, Dan, Ldamie of Gaple
Christopher Steiner, Lyme, USA
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 218 : Anthropo-zoomorphic mask
Liberia, Grebo / Toma
Vittorio Mangio, Monza, Italy
Price
EUR 4,500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 219 : Anthropomorphic head sculpture "mahen yafe"
Sierra Leone / Western Liberia
Jacques Kerchache, Paris, France (1966) · Merton Simpson, New York, USA (1996) · Private Collection, Lowell, USA
Sold EUR 12,000
Lot 220 : Anthropomorphic figure "pomdo"
Sierra Leone, Kissi
Sold EUR 650
Lot 221 : Helmet mask "ndoli jowei
Sierra Leone / Liberia, Mende - Vai
American Private Collection
Price
EUR 1,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 222 : Seated female figure
Sierra Leone, Mende
acquired in Freetown, Sierra Leone (1935)
Sold EUR 450
Lot 223 : Rare anthropomorphic face mask "aron arabai"
Sierra Leone, Temne
Mary Sue & Peter Paul Rosen, USA
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 224 : Hyaena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Mali, Bamana
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 750
Lot 225 : Antelope dance crest "sogoni koun" or "chiwara"
Mali, Bamana
American Collection
Sold EUR 500
Lot 226 : Zoomorphic dance crest
Mali, Bamana
American Private Collection
Price
EUR 2,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 227 : Figurally carved door leaf "dégé tan"
Mali, Dogon
Gaetan Schoonbroodt, Verviers, Belgium
Sold EUR 850
Lot 228 : Tree ladder
Mali, Dogon
South German Private Collection
Sold EUR 500
Lot 229 : Standing anthropomorphic figure
Mali, Dogon
Private Collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Sold EUR 2,600
Lot 230 : Face mask "dyodyomini"
Mali, Dogon
Ketterer, Munich, 15 December 1990, Lot 53 · Private Collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Price
EUR 1,800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 231 : Beautiful "yo domolo" staff
Mali, Dogon
Loudmer, Paris, 1 December 1984, Lot 94 · Private Collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Sold EUR 3,100
Lot 232 : Standing female figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Not available anymore
Lot 233 : Hornbill mask
Burkina Faso, Gurunsi (Winiama / Nuna)
Private Collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Sold EUR 750
Lot 234 : Female half figure
Burkina Faso, Turka
Thomas L. McNemar, Lexington, Virginia, USA
Sold EUR 1,850
Lot 235 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Belgian Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 236 : Heddle pulley "konantre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
South German Private Collection
Sold EUR 400
Lot 237 : Pendant in the shape of a miniature mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Berry de Bruijn, Breda, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 238 : Standing male figure "lü mä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan / Bété
American Private Collection
Price
EUR 2,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 239 : Pair of figures "lü mä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan / Bété
French Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 240 : Cephalopod
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Not available anymore
Lot 241 : Anthropomorphic head "gle"
Côte d'Ivoire / Liberia, Cavally Region, Dan - Kran
J. F. C. Fagalde, collected in Liberia in 1957
Sold EUR 800
Lot 242 : Anthropomorphic face mask with three horn-like projections
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Not available anymore
Lot 243 : Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask "zuhu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
French Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 244 : Male-female pair of figures
Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango, Village of Daba Kala
Franck Robichez, Paris, France · Private Collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1980)
Sold EUR 600
Lot 245 : Female figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
German Collection
Sold EUR 300
Lot 246 : Female figure "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
German Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 247 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Collection de Monsieur et Madame M-O · Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris-Hoche, 9 March 2015, Lot 116
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 248 : Helmet mask "kponyugo" ("Head of the poro")
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
French Collection, Alsace
Not available anymore
Lot 249 : Helmet "dagu" for the "niyuo" dance
Côte d'Ivoire, Gbato - Senufo
German Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 250 : Chief's chair "kafwokonkolo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Price
EUR 2,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 251 : Female face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè - Wobé
Neumeister, Munich, 14 May 2009, Lot 37 · Michael Schauer, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 500
Lot 252 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure
Sold EUR 450
Lot 253 : Family or clan pot "abusua kuruwa"
Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
Ketterer, Munich, 11 April 1992, Lot 103 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 800
Lot 254 : Metal sculpture
Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
Sold EUR 450
Lot 255 : Shrine figure or fertility doll
Ghana, Fante
“Tropen Museum”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Louis Pieter Cornelis van Rijn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Galerie Kephri) · Marcelle Sieger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Sotheby’s Amsterdam, 30 September 1987, Lot 201 · Heiner Koch, Mönchengladbach, Germany · André Kirbach, Düsseldorf, Germany · Private Collection, Potsdam, Germany
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 256 : Shrine figure "sakap tchitcherik" (pl. "tchitcheri")
Togo, Moba
Jos Quodbach, Maastricht, The Netherlands · Ron Mansveld, Maassluis, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 1,350
Lot 257 : Post figure
Togo, Tchamba
Sjaak Spoorendonk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands · Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 258 : Animal sculpture frog / toad
Benin, Fon
Sold EUR 400
Lot 259 : Iron currency
Nigeria, Angas
Peter Stoffers, Kiel, Germany
Sold EUR 250
Lot 260 : Memorial head
Nigeria, Benin, Bini / Edo
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1986) · Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany · Sieghart Ott, Munich, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 July 2008, Lot 85 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 900
Lot 261 : Anthropomorphic face mask "mfon ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 262 : Figural headdress
Nigeria, Ibibio / Ogoni
Not available anymore
Lot 263 : Impressive anthropomorphic face mask
Nigeria, Idoma / Igbo
René and Maud Garcia, Paris, France
Price
EUR 3,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 264 : Anthropo-zoomorphic mask
Nigeria, Igala
Private Collection, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 265 : Male-female couple
Nigeria, Igbo
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 267 : Horse skull
Nigeria, Igbo - Izzi
René and Maud Garcia, Paris, France
Sold EUR 1,000