November 15, 2025

Auction 105

AFRICA, ASIA, OCEANIA
PRE-COLUMBIA AND ANTIQUITIES
The African Collection of Werner and Lotte Krause, Hamburg. Ancient American ceramics from German private collections, including the collection of A. and B. Schirmer. Works from the historic Pacific collections of Henry Erfeling and Hubert Geisler. The prehistoric stone collection of John and Marcia Friede (Part 1).

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Auction 105

Lot 101 : Shamans mask
China / Vietnam, Yao
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,600
Lot 102 : Excellent mask from "Kyōgen" theatre, 17th century
Japan
Robert van der Heijden, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 103 : "Amida Buddha", Edo period (1603-1868)
Japan
Perrett & Fils & Vibert, Paris, France Hans Heinrich Josef Meyer (1858-1929), Leipzig, Germany By descent through the family
Starting price EUR 5,000
Estimated price EUR 12,000
Lot 104 : Samurai armour "tosei gusoku", Edo period (1603-1868)
Japan
Christie's London, 2000 Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 26 March 2022, lot 2 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Starting price EUR 4,500
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 105 : Boys' armour "warabe tosei gusoku", Edo period (1603-1868)
Japan
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany (2015)
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 106 : Traditional Indian lute "dhodro banam"
India
German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 450
Estimated price EUR 900
Lot 107 : Equestrian figure
Nepal
Gallery Daroun, Antwerp, Belgium Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, Germany
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 800
Lot 108 : Seated figure
Nepal
Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, Germany
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 109 : Funeral figurine in the shape of a monkey
Vietnam, Jarai (Jorai / Gia Rai)
Gallery Daroun, Antwerp, Belgium Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, Germany
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 110 : Sandstone head, ca. 10th–12th century
Cambodia, Khmer
German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 111 : Shield
Malaysia - Sarawak, Melanau - Dayak
Taylor Dale, Santa Fé, New Mexico
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 112 : Hornbill ornament
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 113 : Standing figure "hampatong"
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
Galerie Pascassio Manfredi, Paris, France Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, Germany
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 114 : Amulet figure with turtle
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
Belgian Private Collection
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 115 : Pair of ancestral figures "ana deo"
Indonesia - Flores
Wolfgang Thesen, Cologne, Germany Olivier Castellano, Paris, France
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 116 : Pair of earrings "wea wunu wona"
Indonesia - Central Flores, Nage
Alfred Boettcher, Aachen, Germany (coll. in situ, 1970/80)
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 117 : Unusual gold leaf mask
Indonesia - Java
Alfred Boettcher, Aachen, Germany (coll. in situ, 1970/80)
Starting price EUR 4,000
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 118 : Hilt of a ceremonial dagger “kris”, ca. 1880/90
Indonesia - Java
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 12 May 2007, lot 19 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 119 : Ancestor figure "siraha salawa"
Indonesia - North Nias
Collection D., Spain / Indochina / Vietnam
Starting price EUR 10,000
Estimated price EUR 15,000
Lot 120 : Male ancestor figure "adu zatua"
Indonesia - Nias
Collection D., Spain/Indochina/Vietnam
Starting price EUR 6,000
Estimated price EUR 10,000
Lot 121 : Seated ancestral figure wearing a "kalabubu" necklace
Indonesia - Nias
Dutch Private Collection
Starting price EUR 1,300
Estimated price EUR 1,800
Lot 122 : Amulet plaque displaying fine filigree pattern
Indonesia - Sulawesi
Alfred Boettcher, Aachen, Germany (coll. in situ, 1970/80)
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 123 : Magic wand "tungkot malehat"
Indonesia - Sumatra, Batak
Peter Schleich, Heidelberg, Germany
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 124 : Gable ornament "pandilati" or "dila paung"
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak
Peter Schleich, Heidelberg, Germany
Starting price EUR 1,200
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 125 : Two seated anthropomorphic figures
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Batak
Belgian Private Collection (coll. in situ in the 1980s)
Starting price EUR 4,000
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 126 : Pair of ancestral figures "itara"
Indonesia - Timor-Leste, Ataúro Island
Italian Private Collection Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 19 June 2010, lot 89 Erik Farrow, San Rafael, USA Belgian Collection
Starting price EUR 4,000
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 127 : Rice deity "bulul"
Philippines - Ifugao
Jean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium American Private Collection, California
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 128 : Prehistoric stone mortar with anthropomorphic face
Papua New Guinea - Highlands
Found by the previous owner in a ship's hold during voyage from Papua New Guinea to New Zealand John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 4,000
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 129 : Prehistoric stone mortar
Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands, Mount Hagen
Collected by an Australian stationed at military airfield at Mount Hagen in Western Highlands Province during World War II John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 130 : Prehistoric stone bowl
Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands, Mount Hagen
Collected by Ron Perry, Mount Hagen Area, 1967 John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 131 : Prehistoric pedestal mortar
Papua New Guinea - Western Highlands / Simbu (Chimbu)
Koos Knol, Wormerveer, The Netherlands John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 132 : Prehistoric stone mortar
Papua New Guinea - East Sepik
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 6,000
Lot 133 : Prehistoric pestle
Papua New Guinea - Southern Highlands, Tari Basin
J. Erkila, Missionary in Tari area during the 1950s Sotheby's, Sidney, November 9, 1997, lot 425 John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 134 : Preshistoric bark-cloth beater
Papua New Guinea - Eastern Highlands, Lufa region
Peter Tarpee, patrol officer in the 1970s John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 135 : Prehistoric zoomorphic stone object, possibly a pestle
Papua New Guinea - Madang Province, Simbai Valley
Anthony JP Meyer, Paris, France John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 4,500
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 136 : Anthropomorphic stone sculpture
Papua New Guinea
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 4,500
Estimated price EUR 9,000
Lot 137 : Anthropomorphic stone
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Karawari
Haus Völker und Kulturen, Ethnological Museum St. Augustin, Bonn, Germany Renaud Vanuxem, Paris, France John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 4,000
Estimated price EUR 9,000
Lot 138 : Anthropomorphic stone pestle
Papua New Guinea - Madang Province
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 2,300
Estimated price EUR 4,500
Lot 139 : Anthropomorphic stone pestle
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik, Yanitobak, Karawari
Lord Alister McAlpine (1942-2014), London, Great Britain Anthony JP Meyer, Paris, France John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 10,000
Estimated price EUR 20,000
Lot 140 : Spheric stone
Papua New Guinea
John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 141 : Small stone object
Papua New Guinea
Patricia Withofs, London, Great Britain John & Marcia Friede, Rye, USA
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 142 : Mask "brag"
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik, Murik
Henry Erfeling (1901-1990), Lübeck, Germany (coll. in situ, 1930-34) Family-owned since then
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 143 : Shield
Papua New Guinea - Lower Sepik - Ramu River
Henry Erfeling (1901-1990), Lübeck, Germany (coll. in situ, 1930-34) Family-owned since then
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 6,000
Lot 144 : Male figure
Solomon Islands
Henry Erfeling (1901-1990), Lübeck, Germany (coll. in situ, 1930-34) Family-owned since then
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 145 : Collection of weapons
Papua New Guinea
Henry Erfeling (1901-1990), Lübeck, Germany (coll. in situ, 1930-34) Family-owned since then
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 146 : War club
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain, Sulka
Henry Erfeling (1901-1990), Lübeck, Germany (coll. in situ, 1930-34) Family-owned since then
Starting price EUR 300
Estimated price EUR 600
Lot 147 : Club
Papua New Guinea
Henry Erfeling (1901-1990), Lübeck, Germany (coll. in situ, 1930-34) Family-owned since then
Starting price EUR 250
Estimated price EUR 500
Lot 148 : Three old barbed spears
Solomon Islands - Bougainville
Henry Erfeling (1901-1990), Lübeck, Germany (coll. in situ, 1930-34) Family-owned since then
Starting price EUR 250
Estimated price EUR 500
Lot 149 : Adze
Marshall Islands
Henry Erfeling (1901-1990), Lübeck, Germany (coll. in situ, 1930-34) Family-owned since then
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 150 : Crocodile stool
Papua New Guinea - Middle Sepik, Iatmul
Henry Erfeling (1901-1990), Lübeck, Germany (coll. in situ, 1930-34) Family-owned since then
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200