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
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Lot 232: Shield
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Lot 234: Male mask
1/6
Lot 241: Altar head "uhunmwun-elao" of a dignitary
1/5
Lot 245: Ancestor figure
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Lot 247: Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
1/6
Lot 252: Anthropomorphic mask "mfondo"
1/5
Lot 260: Male tomb figure
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Lot 263: Standing female figure
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Lot 270: Standing male figure "bateba yadawora"
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Lot 273: Standing female figure
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Lot 278: Zoomorphic mask of the "dye" mask ensemble
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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
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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
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Lot 365: Helmet mask "chikwanga"
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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 301 : Sword emblem in the shape of a crocodile
Ghana, Akan
Stephanie Uhart Negret, Santiago de Chile, Chile
not available anymore
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, Düssedorf, 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
Price EUR 700
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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
Price EUR 600
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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
Price EUR 3,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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
Price EUR 6,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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
Price EUR 600
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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
Price EUR 1,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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.
Price EUR 800
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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
Price EUR 2,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance