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

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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 302 : Pendant in the shape of a crocodile
Ghana, Akan
Stephanie Uhart Negret, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Sold EUR 800
Lot 303 : Pendant in the shape of a crocodile
Ghana, Akan
Stephanie Uhart Negret, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Not available anymore
Lot 304 : Pendant in the shape of a crocodile
Ghana, Akan
Stephanie Uhart Negret, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Sold EUR 2,400
Lot 305 : Pendant: snake with bird
Ghana, Akan
Stephanie Uhart Negret, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Sold EUR 1,250
Lot 306 : Pendant in the shape of a turtle
Ghana, Akan
Stephanie Uhart Negret, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Sold EUR 900
Lot 307 : Pendant in the shape of a duck
Ghana, Akan
Stephanie Uhart Negret, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 308 : Standing female figure
Togo, Losso
André Kirbach, Düsseldorf, Germany
Price
EUR 800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 309 : Ritual iron rod in the shape of a snake
Benin Republic, Fon
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France
Sold EUR 680
Lot 310 : Parrot with nut
Benin, Fon
Sold EUR 550
Lot 311 : Divination tapper "iroke ifa"
Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Edo
Price
EUR 1,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 312 : Repoussé panel "1966 D S Lagos 1977"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo, Asiru Olatunde (1918-1993)
Claus Bernhard Auer (1952-2023), Berlin, Germany
Sold EUR 1,300
Lot 313 : Tie-dye fabric
Nigeria, Yoruba, Nike Davies-Okundaye (*1951)
acquired in Oshogbo, Nigera in 1980
Price
EUR 600

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 314 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo, Buraimoh Gbadamosi (1936/38 - 2014)
German Private Collection, Berlin
Not available anymore
Lot 315 : Rare large plate
Nigeria, Ibibio-Efik
collected in situ around 1900 by German Africa merchant Erich Schröder, Ludwigsburg, Germany · Olga Pucklitzsch, Ludwigsburg, Germany · Samuel & Frieda Raith, Oberhülsa / Homberg (Efze), Germany · Erika Stemmler, Hamburg, Germany · German Private Collection
Price
EUR 1,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 316 : Two large plates
Nigeria, Ibibio-Efik
collected in situ around 1900 by German Africa merchant Erich Schröder, Ludwigsburg, Germany · Olga Pucklitzsch, Ludwigsburg, Germany · Samuel & Frieda Raith, Oberhülsa / Homberg (Efze), Germany · Erika Stemmler, Hamburg, Germany · German Private Collection
Price
EUR 800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 317 : Large battle shield "kor"
Nigeria / Cameroon, Mambila
Werner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, Germany
Sold EUR 750
Lot 318 : Figural superstructure of an "ikoro" drum
Nigeria, Mbembe
Count Simon du Chastel de la Howarderie, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 319 : Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, Benue Valley, Mumuye, Tage from Kpwazang
Seymour (1927-2016) & Alyce Lazar, Palm Springs, USA · Bonhams, London, 2 July 2003, lot 163 · Arte Primitivo, 18 September 2023, lot 644
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 320 : Three positions of iron currency
Nigeria, Mumuye / Chamba
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium · Alfred Krehn, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 500
Lot 321 : Statue for male aggression "iphri"
Nigeria, Urhobo
Dutch Private Collection
Sold EUR 600
Lot 322 : Kneeling female figure with bowl "olumeye"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta, Adugbologe workshop
Ursula & Hans Finck, Welmbüttel, Germany (acquired in the 1970s) · By inheritance, family-owned
Sold EUR 2,400
Lot 323 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun
Not available anymore
Lot 324 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Omu Aran
Austrian Priavate Collection · Kurt Rauner, Salzburg, Austria (1992)
Price
EUR 450

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 325 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
American Private Collection
Price
EUR 800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 326 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Iseyin, Master of the Twisted Faces
Serge Schoffel, Brussels, Belgium · André Kirbach & Jörg Kirbach-Kreß Collection, Krummhörn, Germany
Price
EUR 900

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 327 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Shaki
American Private Collection, Rockport, MA, USA · Alan Brandt Gallery, New York, USA
Price
EUR 1,200

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 328 : Drum
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-Tungo
Bonhams, London, 14 December 2005, lot 294
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 329 : Standing female figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bafum / Wum
Robert Haselberger (1884-1959), Augsburg, Germany · Thence by descent in the family
Price
EUR 1,200

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 330 : Caryatid stool
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
collected in situ around 1900 by German Africa merchant Erich Schröder, Ludwigsburg, Germany · Olga Pucklitzsch, Ludwigsburg, Germany · Samuel & Frieda Raith, Oberhülsa / Homberg (Efze), Germany · Erika Stemmler, Hamburg, Germany · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 750
Lot 331 : Leopard
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Bamum
Not available anymore
Lot 332 : Rectangular wickerwork shield
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum / Mfumte
collected in situ around 1926 by Walter Stemmler, Hamburg, Germany · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 333 : Anthropomorphic helmet mask "agwe"
Cameroon Grassfields, Widekum
Albert Bayet, field collected in 1968 · Thomas Bayet, Brussels, Belgium · Belgian Private Collection · David Serra, San Cugat del Vallès, Spain
Not available anymore
Lot 334 : Rare anthropo-zoomorphic headdress
Cameroon, Basa
Andreas Schaller, Postbauer, Germany · Kellim Brown, Brussels, Belgium (“HKB2811”)
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 335 : Power figure "njom"
Cameroon, Keaka
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Price
EUR 6,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 336 : Buffalo mask
Cameroon, Wum (Bafum), Babanki
German Private Collection
Price
EUR 1,200

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 337 : Two bracelets
Gabon, Fang
German Private Collection
Price
EUR 800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 338 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
Gabon, Upper Ogooué, Okonkdja / Otala, Kota-Obamba
Lempertz, Brussels, 29 January 2020, lot 124 · Belgian Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 339 : Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukuyi"
Gabon, Punu-Lumbo
Johann F. Gustav Umlauff (1833-1889), Hamburg, Germany · Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), Hamburg, Germany (1933) · Lore Kegel (1901-1980), Hamburg, Germany · Boris Kegel-Konietzko (1925-2020), Hamburg, Germany · Kegel-Konietzko & Dorn, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 15,000
Lot 340 : Figurally carved tusk, before 1926
D. R. Congo / Angola, Loango
collected in situ around 1926 by Walter Stemmler, Hamburg, Germany · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 700
Lot 341 : Potrait of a soldier, 1950's
D. R. Congo
Not available anymore
Lot 342 : Seated figure "yanda"
D. R. Congo, Azande
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium · Michel Boulanger, Liège, Belgium
Sold EUR 4,200
Lot 343 : Plaited shield
D. R. Congo, Azande
Gérald Minkoff & Muriel Olesen, Geneva, Switzerland
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 344 : Figuratively carved tusk
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
German Collection, Berlin
Sold EUR 6,000
Lot 345 : Dance or rattle stick of the "khimba" initiation society
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Sotheby’s London, 15 May 1972, lot 171 · Egon Guenther (1921-2015) Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa · Sotheby’s New York, 18 November 2000, lot 146 · Helmut (1931-2021) & Marianne Zimmer, Zurich, Switzerland · Hammer Auktionen, Basel, 25 April 2024, lot 61
Price
EUR 2,500

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 346 : Anthropomorphic vessel with handle
D. R. Congo, Bakongo / Yombe
Not available anymore
Lot 347 : Standing male figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Spanish Private Collection
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 348 : Spoon
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Johanna Lundin (1875-1935), Swedish Missionary · Johanna Lundin was a swedish missionary, active at the Mukimbungu Mission Station in the Lower Congo 1903-1905.
Not available anymore
Lot 349 : Janus headed power figure "kalunga"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Sold EUR 600
Lot 350 : Caryatid stool with male-female couple
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
French Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 351 : Mask "mwana pwo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 4,600