November 16, 2024

Auction 103

AFRICAN, ASIAN, OCEANIC AND PRE-COLUMBIAN ART
Artworks from the Vienna collection of Erwin Melchardt, art critic, cultural editor, and auction expert. Selected pieces from the collection of Bruno Heimberg, Munich, former restorer of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen and Director of the Doerner Institute. Objects from the collection of Helmut Bruchner, Munich. Pre-Columbian ceramics from the estate of Klaus Kalz, Berlin (Part 2).

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Highlights

1/5
Lot 2: Stone head "hacha", Late Classical Period, ca. 600 to 900 AD
1/4
Lot 7: Fragment of a female Cycladic idol
1/7
Lot 53: Ancestor figure "adu zatua"
1/7
Lot 58: Standing male ancestor figure ‘kandimbong’
1/6
Lot 61: Helmet mask 'tatanua'
1/4
Lot 62: Male 'malagan' figure with crossed arms
1/4
Lot 63: 'Malagan' figure with outstretched arms
1/5
Lot 64: Rare head sculpture
1/3
Lot 65: Zoomorphic mask 'kavat'
1/3
Lot 66: Birdhead club 'porowa ra maru'
1/3
Lot 69: Paddle club "culacula"
1/7
Lot 70: Club "u'u"
1/6
Lot 71: Treasure box "waka huia"
1/5
Lot 76: Rare shaman's mask, ca. 1900-1930
1/6
Lot 86: Large flaring bowl 'florero' with painted scene
1/7
Lot 120: Sarcophagus mask of a youth, ca. 2nd century AD
1/6
Lot 121: Antique helmet, 3rd century BC
1/5
Lot 138: Anthropomorphic face mask "deangle"
1/5
Lot 139: Figure of a seated warrior
1/6
Lot 154: Standing male figure 'bateba phuwe'
1/6
Lot 158: Artfully crafted handle or staff finial
1/6
Lot 164: Figure of a spirit wife "blolo bla"
1/5
Lot 186: Anthropomorphic face mask
1/5
Lot 203: Reliquary guardian figure "éyéma-o-byéri" (image of the ancestor)
1/7
Lot 223: Figural pendant "mikisi mihasi"
1/6
Lot 225: Standing female figure
1/6
Lot 226: Anthropomorphic vessel "sundu"
1/6
Lot 234: Power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi"
1/3
Lot 235: Male power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi"
1/3
Lot 320: Filigree dance wand "bair"
1/4
Lot 339: Rare stone "tjuringa" ("churinga") of unusual size
1/5
Lot 359: Standing female figure
1/7
Lot 390: Power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi"
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Lot 395: Staff crowning with four mask faces
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Lot 405: Rare prestige dagger with scabbard "omuele guosipika"

Auction 103

Lot 457 : Magnificent "konda" necklace with gold beads
Nepal, Limbu, Gurung, Tamang
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 458 : Three pairs of bangles
Nepal, Tibet, Afghanistan / Pakistan
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 800
Lot 459 : Ceremonial necklace "tayo"
Nepal, Newar
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 2,100
Lot 460 : Two pairs of earrings "cheptisun"
Nepal, Tamang, Magar, Gurung
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 850
Lot 461 : Four pairs of ear plugs
Golden Triangle (Laos, Thailand, Myanmar)
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 462 : Three neck rings
Golden Triangle (Laos, Thailand, Myanmar)
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 600
Lot 463 : Four pairs of ear plugs
Golden Triangle (Laos, Thailand, Myanmar)
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 464 : Mixed lot of bracelets
Golden Triangle, Wa / Lawa Hill tribe
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 465 : Mixed lot of jewellery
North Vietnam, Black Hmong
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 450
Lot 466 : Mixed lot of jewellery
Indonesia, West-Sumatra, Minangkabau
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 500
Lot 467 : One pair of anklets and one pair of bracelets
Morocco
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 950
Lot 468 : Two pairs of fibulae
Morocco, Draa Valley, Ait Atta
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 469 : A pair of anklets with floral ornaments
Morocco, Fès / Meknès
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 2,300
Lot 470 : One pair of anklets and one pair of bracelets
Morocco, Fès / Meknès
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 950
Lot 471 : Mixed lot of jewellery
Morocco
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 500
Lot 472 : Mixed lot of jewellery
Morocco, Western Anti Atlas, Akhsass / Aït Herbil and others
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 500
Lot 473 : Mixed lot of jewellery
Morocco, Western Anti Atlas
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 800
Lot 474 : Mixed lot of Kabyle bracelets "amesluh"
Algeria, Great Kabylia, Benni Yenni
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 450
Lot 475 : Mixed lot of jewellery
Algeria, Niger, Mali, Tuareg
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 476 : Belt weight and a pair of anklets "kholkhal"
Tunisia
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 750
Lot 477 : Mixed lot of jewellery
Tunisia and Egypt
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 478 : Two pairs of anklets
Egypt
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 480 : Necklace with fossilised amber beads
Ethiopia, Harrar
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 3,600
Lot 482 : Twenty Ethiopian Coptic cross pendants
Ethiopia
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 450