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
Sierra Leone, MendeErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 2,400
Mali, BamanaErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 1,900
Lot 359Standing female figure
Mali, DogonJulius Carlebach, New York, USA (~1950) Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Mali, BamanaErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Burkina Faso, Dagaaba (Dagaare / Dagari)Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié / AgniErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Lot 363Heddle pulley "kono"
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroNoble and Jean Endicott, New York, USA Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 1,600
Lot 364Heddle pulley "konantre"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Lot 365Heddle pulley "kono"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro / BauleGerhard Vesely, Bad Vöslau, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 1,200
Ghana, Akan / AshantiErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 5,500
Lot 367Fertility doll "akua 'ba"
Ghana, Akan, AshantiErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 500
Benin, FonErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Lot 369Set of bracelets
Benin, FonErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Nigeria, Edo-BiniErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Lot 371Anklet "ogba"
Nigeria, IgboHerta Haselberger (1927-1974), Vienna, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria Haselberger, who qualified to become a professor of Art History at the Vienna Technical University in 1950, made a significant contribution to the establishment of art anthropology through research, teaching, and publications. Her interest was in the West Africa region. She taught art anthropology in the Department of Ethnology at the University of Vienna. She collected many West African objects in the field between 1959-1960, several in the Museum für Völkerkunde in Vienna, and in the RMCA, Tervuren.sold EUR 500
Lot 372Shrine figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo, UmumboRudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 900
Lot 373"Mangam" headdress
Nigeria, Northern Benue, Kantana (Mama), KulereErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Lot 374Headdress "gelede"
Nigeria, YorubaHarald Leo Diamond, Vienna, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Nigeria, YorubaDorotheum, Vienna, 24 March 2014, Lot 50 Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 1,500
Lot 376Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, YorubaErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 500
Lot 377Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, YorubaErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 2,000
Lot 378Pair of "eshu" dance staffs
Nigeria, Yoruba, EdeErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 1,700
Nigeria, Yoruba, IjebuErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 3,100
Lot 380Face bell
Nigeria, Lower NigerSotheby's, London, 8 July 1974, Lot 117 K. John Hewett (1919-1994), London, Great Britain Sotheby's, London, 21 June 1979, Lot 148 Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 2,100
Lot 381Seated female figure
Nigeria / Cameroon, Donga Valley, MambilaErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 1,400
Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, KotokoErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Cameroon Grassfields, BamumErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 450
D. R. Congo, LeleErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
D. R. Congo, LubaErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 1,500
D. R. Congo, LubaErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 1,900
Lot 387Friction oracle
Angola, Luena-Luvale, LundaErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 450
Lot 388Twin figure or doll
D. R. Congo, LubaErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 400
D. R. Congo, Luba-HembaJoseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium Ketterer, Munich, 25. June 1987, Lot 119 Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 2,200
D. R. Congo, SongyeRudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 12,000
Lot 391Anthropomorphic half figure
D. R. Congo, SongyeSotheby's, New York, 21 November 1996, Lot 306 Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 950
D. R. Congo, TekeErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 800
D. R. Congo, YakaRudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Lot 394Miniature slit drum / gong
D. R. Congo, Yaka / SukuHarald Leo Diamond, Vienna, Austria Philipp Konzett, Graz, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 1,550
Angola, ChokweErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Angola, Chokwe / OvimbunduErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 500
Angola, OvimbunduErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Lot 398Prestige shield "tafa gašša"
Ethiopia, AmharaErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 1,000
Lot 399Battle shield
Ethiopia, ArussiErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 850
Lot 400Leather shield
Ethiopia, KonsoErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Ethiopia, Konso-GatoErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Lot 402Lip plate
Ethiopia / South Sudan, Surma (Suri)Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 600
Lot 403Shield "olono"
Kenya, MasaiErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austrianot available anymore
Lot 404Large trumpet
Tanzania, ZaramoErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 2,600
Namibia, Ovambo, OndongaErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 16,800
South Africa, SanErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austriasold EUR 650