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).
Highlights
Lot 53: Ancestor figure "adu zatua"
Lot 61: Helmet mask 'tatanua'
Lot 64: Rare head sculpture
Lot 65: Zoomorphic mask 'kavat'
Lot 69: Paddle club "culacula"
Lot 70: Club "u'u"
Lot 71: Treasure box "waka huia"
Lot 121: Antique helmet, 3rd century BC
Lot 139: Figure of a seated warrior
Lot 186: Anthropomorphic face mask
Lot 223: Figural pendant "mikisi mihasi"
Lot 225: Standing female figure
Lot 226: Anthropomorphic vessel "sundu"
Lot 234: Power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi"
Lot 320: Filigree dance wand "bair"
Lot 359: Standing female figure
Lot 390: Power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi"
Lot 153 : Standing female figure 'bateba phuwe'
Burkina Faso, LobiFred Jahn, Munich, Germany Sotheby's London, 29th June 1987, Lot 143sold EUR 2,500
Lot 154 : Standing male figure 'bateba phuwe'
Burkina Faso, LobiPeter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Daniel Blau, Munich, Germany Rolf Müller, Munich, Germany (1997)sold EUR 13,000
Lot 155 : Memorial head
Côte d'Ivoire / Ghana, Anyi (Agni) - Sanwi (Krinjabo)Marcel Lheureux, France Marcel Lheureux was a French medical doctor who traveled in the Agni-Sanwi region in the 1920s, where he developed a great interest in the terracottas found there. He collected a large group of Krinjabo heads and also full figures. In 1932, he deposited a record of his conclusions regarding the terracottas at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris. His collection was probably the largest outside of Africa (Guy van Rijn 2008).Price EUR 2,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 156 : Memorial figure 'mma'
Côte d'Ivoire / Ghana, Anyi (Agni) - Sanwi (Krinjabo)Hans Wolf (1917-1993), Zurich, Switzerland Ursula Nusser, Munich, 2 November 1994, lot 57Price EUR 2,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 157 : Seated male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié (Akye)Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germanysold EUR 3,000
Lot 158 : Artfully crafted handle or staff finial
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié (Akye)French Private Collectionsold EUR 6,000
Lot 159 : Gong beater "lawle" ("lowre", "laouré")
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleFrench CollectionPrice EUR 1,200plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 160 : Senior female mask "kpan" of the "goli" group
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleLempertz, Cologne, 26 April 2003, Lot 78sold EUR 2,000
Lot 161 : Seated female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleNeumeister, Munich, 8 June 2018, Lot 1002 (here as Ebrie)sold EUR 1,400
Lot 162 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleLempertz, Brussels, 10 May 2023, Lot 73sold EUR 1,400
Lot 163 : Standing female figure "waka sran" (person of wood)
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleJean-Paul Delcourt, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 2,500
Lot 164 : Figure of a spirit wife "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleHans Himmelheber (1908-2003), Heidelberg, Germany (1935) Carl Kjersmeier (1889-1961), Kopenhagen, Denmarknot available anymore
Lot 165 : Standing anthropomorphic figure
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleAllan Stone, New York, USAsold EUR 2,600
Lot 166 : Anthropomorphic mask with horn-like forehead appendage
Côte d'Ivoire, DanBelgian Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 167 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan-YacoubaArno Henseler, Munich, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 168 : Anthropomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan-GioMerton Simpson (1928-2013), New York, USA Allan Stone (1932-2006), New York, USAPrice EUR 1,600plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 169 : Zoomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan or Maou (Mau)Allan Stone, New York, USAsold EUR 2,600
Lot 170 : Mask "gu" with animal horns
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroAmerican Private Collection (coll. ca. 1960-1990) Family-owned since then Collected by an American diplomat and ambassador in the 1960-1990s, when he provided charitable medical aid throughout the African continent.sold EUR 4,200
Lot 171 : Anthropomorphic face mask "kpélié" ("kpeli yehe")
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Rudolf Schulz, Hannover, Germanysold EUR 1,500
Lot 172 : Anthropo-zoomorphic heddle pulley "kwora-ti-kotolo"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoDorothy Brill Robbins Collection, New York, USA American Private Collection, Connecticut Arte Primitivo, New York, 15 October 2021, lot 874 (in a group of two, as Kulango) Dorothy Brill Robbins was the sister of the well-known Africa collector William Brill (1918-2003). She bought her first Africa object from Anuschka Menist in the early 1980s.sold EUR 2,500
Lot 173 : Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask "glé"
Côte d'Ivoire, Bété / Wé-GuéréColl. Iperen, Maastricht, The Netherlands Karl-Heinz Steffen, Essen, GermanyPrice EUR 600plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 174 : Fertility doll "akua 'ba"
Ghana, Akan, AshantiRudolf Schulz, Hannover, Germanysold EUR 600
Lot 175 : Zoomorphic recade
Benin, FonAlain Dufour, Saint Maur, Francesold EUR 250
Lot 176 : Anthropo-zoomorphic mask with horns
Nigeria, AfoWerner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, GermanyPrice EUR 2,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 177 : Prestige comb "oyiya"
Nigeria, Benin City, EdoCanadian Private Collection Montreal (collected in the 1950s/60s)Price EUR 1,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 178 : Maiden spirit mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, IgboFred Tymoshenko, Toronto, CanadaPrice EUR 2,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 179 : Anthropomorphic headdress with crested coiffure
Nigeria, Igbo / IdomaJacques Kerchache, Paris, France Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium Austrian Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 180 : Shrine figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, IgboJacques Kerchache (1942-2001), Paris, France Anne Kerchache, Paris, France Christie's, Paris, 29 October 2008, Lot 142 (as part of a set of two)sold EUR 1,500
Lot 181 : Anthropomorphic ritual bowl
Nigeria, Igbo - IzziBruce Frank, New York, USA Eric Robertson, New York, USAPrice EUR 1,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 182 : Male-female couple
Nigeria, Isoko / UrhoboUK CollectionPrice EUR 3,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 183 : Expressive male figure
Nigeria, Mbembe-TigongFrench Collectionsold EUR 2,200
Lot 184 : Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, MumuyeWerner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, GermanyPrice EUR 1,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 185 : Standing female figure
Nigeria, TivJo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium André Kirbach, Düssedorf, Germanysold EUR 800
Lot 186 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Nigeria, UrhoboSerge Trullu, France German Private Collection Alfred Weissenegger, Winklarn, Austria Dorotheum, Vienna, 28 June 2023, Lot 30not available anymore
Lot 187 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igbuke Stylesold EUR 400
Lot 188 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ottasold EUR 950
Lot 189 : Dance staff for the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado / Benin, AnagoGalerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 3 November 1981, Lot 121 Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 February 2016, Lot 419sold EUR 600
Lot 190 : Ritual staff "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, Ijebu-OdeHermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, GermanyPrice EUR 600plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 191 : Royal beaded crown "ade"
Nigeria, YorubaArno Henseler, Munich, Germanysold EUR 1,300
Lot 192 : Beautiful beaded cap
Nigeria, Yorubasold EUR 500
Lot 193 : Ornamental comb "ìyàrí"
Nigeria, YorubaAustrian Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 194 : Artfully crafted handle
Nigeria, Yoruba-OwoFrench Private CollectionPrice EUR 800plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 195 : Oracle tapper "iroke ifa" with clapper
Nigeria, YorubaBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germanysold EUR 700
Lot 196 : "Ifa" divination head "olori ikin"
Nigeria, YorubaFrench Private Collectionsold EUR 1,400
Lot 197 : Standing male figure
Cameroon Grassfields, BamumGérald & Muriel Minkoff, Geneva, Switzerlandsold EUR 2,000
Lot 198 : Buffalo mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Kom (Bekom)German Private CollectionPrice EUR 1,200plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 199 : Rare anthropo-zoomorphic headdress
Cameroon, BasaAndreas Schaller, Postbauer, Germany Kellim Brown, Brussels, Belgium ("HKB2811")sold EUR 4,000
Lot 200 : Standing female figure
Cameroon, Kundu / KusuKetterer Munich, 183. Auktion, Teil I, 17 April 1993, Lot 187sold EUR 1,700
Lot 201 : Fertility doll
Cameroon, NamchiJoseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 18 October 2014, Lot 107 Belgian Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 202 : Horn / trumpet ("oliphant")
Gabon, Tsogho / Vuvi / FangFrench Private Collectionsold EUR 800