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"
1/7
Lot 395: Staff crowning with four mask faces
1/4
Lot 405: Rare prestige dagger with scabbard "omuele guosipika"

Auction 103

Lot 357 : Helmet mask "ndoli jowei" ("sowei")
Sierra Leone, Mende
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 2,400
Lot 358 : Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask "ntomo"
Mali, Bamana
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 1,900
Lot 359 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
Julius Carlebach, New York, USA (~1950) Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 360 : Staff with female figure "solima bere"
Mali, Bamana
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 361 : Male ancestor figure "kpin sebla"
Burkina Faso, Dagaaba (Dagaare / Dagari)
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 362 : Ritual staff with standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié / Agni
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 363 : Heddle pulley "kono"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Noble and Jean Endicott, New York, USA Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 1,600
Lot 364 : Heddle pulley "konantre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 365 : Heddle pulley "kono"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro / Baule
Gerhard Vesely, Bad Vöslau, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 366 : Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge")
Ghana, Akan / Ashanti
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 5,500
Lot 367 : Fertility doll "akua 'ba"
Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 500
Lot 368 : Two recades, dedicated to the thunder god Hebiosso
Benin, Fon
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 369 : Set of bracelets
Benin, Fon
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 370 : Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask "azigho" (antelope)
Nigeria, Edo-Bini
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 371 : Anklet "ogba"
Nigeria, Igbo
Herta 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 372 : Shrine figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo, Umumbo
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 900
Lot 373 : "Mangam" headdress
Nigeria, Northern Benue, Kantana (Mama), Kulere
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 374 : Headdress "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Harald Leo Diamond, Vienna, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 375 : Seated male "shango" shrine figure
Nigeria, Yoruba
Dorotheum, Vienna, 24 March 2014, Lot 50 Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 376 : Oracle bowl "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 500
Lot 377 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 378 : Pair of "eshu" dance staffs
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ede
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 379 : Arm cuff of the "ogboni" society, 19th century
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 3,100
Lot 380 : Face bell
Nigeria, Lower Niger
Sotheby'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, Austria
sold EUR 2,100
Lot 381 : Seated female figure
Nigeria / Cameroon, Donga Valley, Mambila
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 382 : Two horesmen "putchu guinadji"
Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, Kotoko
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 383 : Prestige drinking horn "ndu" for palm wine
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 450
Lot 384 : Scraper / knife with anthropomorphic handle
D. R. Congo, Lele
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 385 : Friction oracle "katatola" ("katatora") or "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 386 : Friction oracle "katatola" ("katatora") or "kashekesheke"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 1,900
Lot 387 : Friction oracle
Angola, Luena-Luvale, Lunda
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 450
Lot 388 : Twin figure or doll
D. R. Congo, Luba
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 400
Lot 389 : Janiform power figure "kabeja", around 1900
D. R. Congo, Luba-Hemba
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium Ketterer, Munich, 25. June 1987, Lot 119 Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 2,200
Lot 390 : Power figure "nkisi" / "nkishi"
D. R. Congo, Songye
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 12,000
Lot 391 : Anthropomorphic half figure
D. R. Congo, Songye
Sotheby's, New York, 21 November 1996, Lot 306 Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 950
Lot 392 : Necklace "mulua u a mpu" ("onloua")
D. R. Congo, Teke
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 800
Lot 393 : Standing power figure "biteki"
D. R. Congo, Yaka
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 394 : Miniature slit drum / gong
D. R. Congo, Yaka / Suku
Harald Leo Diamond, Vienna, Austria Philipp Konzett, Graz, Austria Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 1,550
Lot 395 : Staff crowning with four mask faces
Angola, Chokwe
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 396 : Lamellophone "tyitanzi" or "cisanji" (thumb piano)
Angola, Chokwe / Ovimbundu
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 500
Lot 397 : Dignitary staff / sceptre "ombweti" or "umbweti"
Angola, Ovimbundu
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 398 : Prestige shield "tafa gašša"
Ethiopia, Amhara
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 399 : Battle shield
Ethiopia, Arussi
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 850
Lot 400 : Leather shield
Ethiopia, Konso
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 401 : Ancestral, commemorative or grave post "wa(a)ga"
Ethiopia, Konso-Gato
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 402 : Lip plate
Ethiopia / South Sudan, Surma (Suri)
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 600
Lot 403 : Shield "olono"
Kenya, Masai
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
not available anymore
Lot 404 : Large trumpet
Tanzania, Zaramo
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 405 : Rare prestige dagger with scabbard "omuele guosipika"
Namibia, Ovambo, Ondonga
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 16,800
Lot 406 : Container "buchu" and headband
South Africa, San
Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 650