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 293: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
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Lot 345: Standing figure with staff

99th Auction

Lot 322 : Anthropomorphic figure "iginga" (pl. "maginga")
D. R. Congo, Lega
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 800
Lot 323 : Female figure "wayinda"
D. R. Congo, Lega
American Private Collection
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 324 : Janus figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Luba
French Collection
not available anymore
Lot 325 : Head on gourd
D. R. Congo, Luba / Hemba
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 326 : Divination implement (pestle)
D. R. Congo, Luba - Kalundwe
Peter Biesmans, Bilzen, Belgium Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 327 : Friction oracle "kakishi" for divination rituals "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 328 : Friction oracle "kakishi" for divination rituals "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 329 : Staff of office "kibango"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Old Colonial Collection Dries, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 330 : Staff of office "kibango"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Lempertz Brussels, 5 April 2017, Lot 175 Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 331 : Female figure "mbulenga" or "lupingu"
D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa)
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 332 : Female figure "mbulenga" or "lupingu"
D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa)
Martien Coppens, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
not available anymore
Lot 333 : Anthropomorphic vessel "sundu"
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 334 : Horn / trumpet "oliphant"
D. R. Congo, Mangbetu, Chief Songo Assali Circle
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium Sotheby's Brussels / New York (prop. no. H 442 940) André Vanhecke, Brussels, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 15 November 2008, Lot 454 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
sold EUR 3,200
Lot 335 : Power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi"
D. R. Congo, Congo - Manyanga
not available anymore
Lot 337 : Plaited shield
D. R. Congo, Ngbundu
Rossini, Paris, 1 December 2021, Lot 236
sold EUR 1,100
Lot 338 : Squatting figure
D. R. Congo, Nsapo-Nsapo / Luluwa (Lulua)
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 700
Lot 339 : Deformation mask "mbuya ya mbangu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
not available anymore
Lot 340 : Female figure "kangulungu"
D. R. Congo, Pende
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 341 : Sitting female figure
D. R. Congo, Pende
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 342 : Anthropomorphic double cup
D. R. Congo, Pende
sold EUR 320
Lot 343 : Standing figure carrying a second on his shoulders
D. R. Congo, Songye - Eki (Sapo)
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 344 : Female power figure "nkisi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
not available anymore
Lot 345 : Standing figure with staff
Eastern Congo / Western Tanzania, Lake Tanganyika, Tabwa, Ijiji
American Private Collection
Price EUR 8,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 346 : Power figure "buti"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 347 : Power figure "buti"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 348 : Power figure "buti"
D. R. Congo, Teke
Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 349 : Male-female figural couple
D. R. Congo, Ubangi
Italian Collection Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 350 : Stick / walking stick
D. R. Congo, Ubangi / Ngata
not available anymore
Lot 351 : Janus-shaped anthropomorphic cup
D. R. Congo, Wongo
not available anymore
Lot 352 : Power figure "buti"
D. R. Congo, Yaka / Suku
not available anymore
Lot 353 : Standing anthropomorphic figure "mbem"
D. R. Congo, Yanzi
not available anymore
Lot 354 : Nail fetish
D. R. Congo, Yanzi
not available anymore
Lot 355 : Standing figure
Angola, Chokwe
not available anymore
Lot 356 : Ornamental comb "cisakulo"
Angola, Chokwe or Lunda
German Collection
sold EUR 400
Lot 357 : Caryatid stool
Angola, Chokwe
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 358 : Foru head- / neckrests "ocihaylo"
Angola, Mucubal
not available anymore
Lot 359 : Two female figures
Chad, Bagirmi
not available anymore
Lot 360 : Colon figure of an "askari"
East Africa, Swahili coast
Jim Lennon, Northern Ireland Bonhams, Edinburgh, 26 January 2022, Lot 440
Price EUR 800
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 361 : Fine beaded hat "ogut tigo"
Kenya, Luo
Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain
Price EUR 1,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 362 : Lidded basket
Rwanda / Burundi, Tutsi
sold EUR 500
Lot 363 : Initiation post
Tanzania, Morogoro Region / Nguru Mountains, Kaguru / Sagara / Luguru
Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany South German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 364 : Rare janus-shaped calabash mask
Tanzania, Kerewe
René and Maud Garcia, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 365 : Rare drum and lamellophone
Malawi, Nyanja
Luise Harders, Hamburg / Sylt, Germany Harders was a well-known master weaver who devoted sixty-five years of her life to her beloved profession. She first ran a workshop in Hamburg-Wandsbek and after 1934 on Sylt. In collaboration with artists such as Herbert Pohris, Rudolf Niklau and Prof. Albert Aereboe, she created valuable wall hangings. The design for a mask carpet comes from Pohris.
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 366 : Large drum
Malawi, Nyanja
Luise Harders, Hamburg / Sylt, Germany
sold EUR 300
Lot 367 : Oval bowl with figurally carved lid (hunting scene)
Zambia, Rotse (Barotse or Lozi)
Christie's Amsterdam, 6 December 1999, Lot 294
Price EUR 1,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 368 : Male helmet mask "lipiko" (pl. "mapiko")
Mozambique, Makonde
Merton Simpson, New York, USA
Price EUR 2,500
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 370 : Traditional women's headdress "ekori"
Namibia, Herero
German Private Collection
sold EUR 3,000