April 12, 2025

Auction 104

AFRICAN, ASIAN, OCEANIC AND PRE-COLUMBIAN ART
Pre-Columbian ceramics from the German private collections of Angela Henkel-Küsters and Klaus Kalz (part 3). Historically significant art works from Africa and the Pacific region in a Munich private collection closely connected with Ludwig Bretschneider (part 2). Exquisite South Sea clubs from the Alexander Kubetz collection plus African and Asian weapons from the Erwin Melchardt collection.

Auction: 12 April 2025 - 2 pm

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Highlights

1/5
Lot 13: Seated male figure, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BC to 250 AD
1/7
Lot 61: Small stirrup vessel with mythological creatures, Early Intermediate Period, ca. 200 BC to 400 AD
1/8
Lot 62: Stirrup vessel with killer whale and trophy heads painting, Early Intermediate Period, ca. 200 to 400 AD
Lot 63: Lentoid shaped stirrup vessel with warriors and trophy heads, Early Intermediate Period, ca. 200 to 400 AD
1/7
Lot 77: Narrow mouth vessel with mythological creatures, Early Intermediate Period, ca. 200 BC to 400 AD
1/7
Lot 84: Head vessel, Early Horizon, ca. 900 to 200 BC
1/6
Lot 85: Large anthropomorphic vessel, Early Intermediate Period / Middle Horizon, ca. 500 to 800 AD
1/6
Lot 89: Stirrup vessel with mythological mountain scene, Early Intermediate Period, ca. 400 to 600 AD
1/5
Lot 106: Osiris statuette, Ptolemaic, 3rd / 2nd century BC
1/2
Lot 115: Shield "kelebit bok" ("kliau")
1/3
Lot 121: Rare war shield "koraibi"
1/2
Lot 151: Rare painted war shield, 19th century
1/7
Lot 154: Rare "ges" mask for "malagan" ceremonies, 19th century
1/7
Lot 158: Artistic ceremonial adze
1/4
Lot 183: Rare dance shield
1/3
Lot 190: Burial mask
1/6
Lot 208: Magnificent male ancestor figure "siraha salawa"
1/7
Lot 231: Club
1/3
Lot 232: Shield
1/5
Lot 234: Male mask
1/6
Lot 241: Altar head "uhunmwun-elao" of a dignitary
1/5
Lot 245: Ancestor figure
1/5
Lot 247: Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
1/6
Lot 252: Anthropomorphic mask "mfondo"
1/5
Lot 260: Male tomb figure
1/5
Lot 263: Standing female figure
1/6
Lot 270: Standing male figure "bateba yadawora"
1/4
Lot 273: Standing female figure
1/5
Lot 278: Zoomorphic mask of the "dye" mask ensemble
1/5
Lot 281: Unusual female figure "deble", "doogele" or "poro piibele"
1/5
Lot 285: Anthropomorphic face mask
1/4
Lot 287: Face-shaped pendant
1/3
Lot 291: Decorative disc with face
1/3
Lot 293: Pectoral disc "akrafokonmu" ("soul washers badge")
1/7
Lot 318: Figural superstructure of an "ikoro" drum
1/4
Lot 335: Power figure "njom"
1/6
Lot 339: Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukuyi"
1/6
Lot 342: Seated figure "yanda"
1/4
Lot 351: Mask "mwana pwo"
1/8
Lot 363: Caryatid stool "kipona" ("kihona") with mother figure
1/5
Lot 365: Helmet mask "chikwanga"
1/7
Lot 367: Standing male figure
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Lot 379: Mask "kidumu"
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Lot 382: Standing power figure "nkisi"

Auction 104

Lot 101 : Figural gold plaque of a deity, ca. 300 to 450 AD
Peru, Moche III
Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany
Price
EUR 3,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 102 : Small lidded urn, Old Silla, 5th / 6th century
Asian antiquities, Korea
August Bödiger, Bonn, 19 March 1975, lot 1356 · Hans Peter Urban (1940-2023), Bonn, Germany / Marbella, Spain
Sold EUR 500
Lot 103 : Bowl, Naqada (also Negade) culture, 3300 BC
Africa-Antiques, Egypt
August Bödiger, Bonn, 29 March 1977, lot 1210 · Hans Peter Urban, Bonn, Germany / Marbella, Spain
Sold EUR 800
Lot 104 : Two funerary figurines "ushabti"
Africa-Antiques, Egypt
Max Gerhard Heinrich Roden, Norderstedt, Germany
Sold EUR 900
Lot 105 : Faience "udjat" Eye Amulet, Late Period, ca. 700 to 500 BC
Africa-Antiques, Egypt
Angela Henkel-Küsters, Düsseldorf, Germany
Price
EUR 300

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 106 : Osiris statuette, Ptolemaic, 3rd / 2nd century BC
Africa-Antiques, Egypt
August Bödiger, Bonn, 29 March 1977, lot 1213 · Hans Peter Urban, Bonn, Germany / Marbella, Spain
Sold EUR 11,000
Lot 107 : Three toggles
China
Patrick Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 500
Lot 108 : Textile with dragon motif and floral decoration
Mongolia
Not available anymore
Lot 109 : Shaman's spoon
Taiwan, Paiwan
Kurt Rauner, Salzburg, Austria (2021)
Sold EUR 1,100
Lot 110 : Bronze vase
Japan, Hori Joshin (1907-1993)
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 111 : Trophy ornament
India, Naga, Konyak
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 800
Lot 112 : Four earplugs
India, Naga
German Private Collection
Price
EUR 700

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 113 : Bracelet
India, Naga
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,150
Lot 114 : Shield "kelebit bok" ("kliau’), around 1920
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak Kenyah
American Private Collection
Sold EUR 2,600
Lot 115 : Shield "kelebit bok" ("kliau")
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak Kenyah
F. W. Schlitter, Marburg, Germany
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 116 : Pair of gem-set ear plugs
Indonesia - Java
German Private Collection
Price
EUR 350

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 117 : Ritual stone seat "osa' osa"
Indonesia - Nias
Jean Paul Deslypere, Belsele, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 118 : Ear ornament
Indonesia - Sumatra
Dutch Private Collection · Frank Bell, Cologne, Germany
Price
EUR 1,500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 119 : Figure of the progenitor couple "debata idup"
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak
Dave DeRoche, San Francisco, USA
Sold EUR 800
Lot 120 : Architectural ornaments: a pair of "singa" heads
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak
Jean Paul Deslypere, Belsele, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 121 : Rare war shield "koraibi"
Indonesia - West Sumatra, Mentawai Islands, Siberut
Jean-Baptiste Sevette, Geneva, Switzerland
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 122 : Zoomorphic bowl "kinahu"
Philippines - Bontoc
Ramon Villegas, Manila, Philippines · Bernhard Floedl, Manila, Philippines
Sold EUR 300
Lot 123 : Squatting male rice god "bulul"
Philippines - Ifugao / Luzon-Lagawe Area
Bernhard Floedl, Manila, Philippines
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 124 : Squatting rice god "bulul"
Philippines - Ifugao / Luzon-Lagawe Area
Bernhard Floedl, Manila, Philippines
Sold EUR 1,600
Lot 125 : Male figure "hipag" carrying a child on his back
Philippines - Ifugao
Bernhard Floedl, Manila, Philippines
Not available anymore
Lot 126 : Figure holding a bowl
Philippines - Ifugao
Bernhard Floedl, Manila, Philippines
Not available anymore
Lot 127 : Small figure "hipag" with a bowl
Philippines - Ifugao
Bernhard Floedl, Manila, Philippines
Not available anymore
Lot 128 : Figurally carved spoon
Philippines - Ifugao
Bernhard Floedl, Manila, Philippines
Sold EUR 480
Lot 129 : Breast ornament "sipattal"
Philippine - Luzon, Isneg (Isnag)
Bernhard Floedl, Manila, Philippinen · American Private Collection · Dorotheum Vienna, Tribal Art, 30 March 2022, lot 67
Sold EUR 600
Lot 130 : Hatchet "ligua" or "liwa"
Philippines - Northern Luzon, Kalinga
American Collection · Patrick Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgium · Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 10 March 2018, lot 6
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 131 : Old war shield "jamasj"
West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
Paulian Association’s “New Guinea Primitive Arts”, Dymocks Arcade, Sydney, Australia (1996) (A60) · Jean Paul Deslypere, Belsele, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 132 : War shield "jamasj"
West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya), Asmat
Jean Paul Deslypere, Belsele, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 133 : Rare canoe paddle, before 1914
Papua New Guinea, North Coast, Sandaun Province, Sissano Lagoon
W. Sahr, Germany · Frank Reiter, Berlin, Germany (1989)
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 134 : Four bone daggers
Papua New Guinea
German Collection, Berlin
Sold EUR 1,650
Lot 135 : Beautiful old hand drum, before 1914
Papua New Guinea - Astrolabe Bay
Freedun Ostowar, Berlin, Germany · Frank Reiter, Berlin, Germany (1992)
Not available anymore
Lot 136 : Male ancestor figure
Papua New Guinea - Gulf, Turama River
Alexander Kubetz, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 1,900
Lot 137 : Two vessels
Papua New Guinea - Upper Markham Valley, Azera (Adzera)
a) Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany (Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, 1994) · Frank Reiter, Berlin, Germany (1995) · b) Willem Haaxmann, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Frank Reiter, Berlin, Germany (2018)
Not available anymore
Lot 138 : Hand drum
Papua New Guinea - Lake Sentani
Ursula Frommelt (1921-2021), Germany (acquired between the 1960s and 1990s) Frommelt was the daughter of Austrian merchants and was born in Shanghai. Travelling to unknown worlds was her great passion from an early age.
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 139 : Handdrum
Papua New Guinea - Sepik coastal area
Freedun Ostowar, Berlin, Germany · Frank Reiter, Berlin, Germany (1992)
Sold EUR 350
Lot 140 : Early shield
Papua New Guinea - East Sepik Province
German Collection, Berlin
Price
EUR 3,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 141 : Rare wooden phallocrypt
Papua New Guinea - Upper Sepik
New Guinea Primitive Arts, Sydney, Australia (X6510) · Kurt Rauner, Salzburg, Austria (2015)
Price
EUR 500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 142 : Small charm figure
Papua New Guinea - Sepik
F. W. Schlitter, Marburg, Germany
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 143 : Standing male figure "kandimbong"
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik
Thomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 144 : Amulet mask
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik
F. W. Schlitter, Marburg, Germany
Sold EUR 1,300
Lot 145 : Head- / neckrest
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik
Pierre Paurell, Gothenburg, Sweden · Jon Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden (2005) · Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 07 March 2020, lot 1 · Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Price
EUR 2,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 146 : Head- / neckrest with ancestral spirit heads
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik
Charles Ratton, Paris, France · Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium · Eric Johnson, Los Angeles, USA · Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · H. W. Liebenschütz, Berlin, Germany · Lempertz, Brussels, 10 May 2023, lot 220
Sold EUR 800
Lot 147 : Standing male figure
Papua New Guinea - Massim
Frank Bell, Cologne, Germany
Sold EUR 980
Lot 148 : Rare loop-top spatula
Papua New Guinea - Massim
Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 9 March 2019, lot 51
Not available anymore
Lot 149 : Figural lime spatula
Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim
Harry Beasley Collection, Kent, England · Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939) was a British anthropologist and museum curator who developed an important ethnographic collection during the early 20th century that is now held in various British museums.
Sold EUR 3,600
Lot 150 : Adze with elegantly curved shaft
Papua New Guinea - Trobriand Islands, Massim
Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
Price
EUR 800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance