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 201 : Anthropozoomorphic headdress "banda" or "kumbaruba"
Guinea, Nalu (Baga)
Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1987) Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 28 April 2007, lot 25 Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 202 : Maiden spirit mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, Igbo
Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 28 April 2007, lot 98 Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 203 : Standing shrine figure "alusi"
Nigeria, Igbo
Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Sotheby's, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 30 September 1987, lot 151 Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 204 : Anthropomorphic face mask "deangle" with brass bells
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany (1982) Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 205 : Anthropomorphic headdress
Nigeria, Boki
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1985)
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 206 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Jukun / Wurkun / Chamba
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1993)
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 207 : Rare anthropomorphic face mask
Nigeria, Igbo, Ezzamgbo
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1985)
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 208 : Headdress "ngamdak"
Nigeria, Jaba / Koro
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, Germany, 28 October 1975, lot 577 Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 209 : Royal beaded crown "ade"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 210 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu" or "boho-na-bwete"
Gabon, Kota
Louis Pieter Cornelis van Rijn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Galerie Kephri) (ca. 1979) Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1987)
Starting price EUR 4,000
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 211 : Seated female figure
Gabon, Punu / Tsangui
Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1988)
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500
Lot 212 : Beautiful female face mask "okuyi" or "mukuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1983)
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 213 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Gabon, Tsogho
Ingo Donath, Hamburg, Germany Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1986)
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 214 : Expressive mask "batwape"
D. R. Congo, Luntu
Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1984)
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 215 : Power figure
D. R. Congo, Kanyok
Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1986)
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 216 : Mask "mukinka"
D. R. Congo, Salampasu
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, Germany, 30 October 1974, lot 761 Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 217 : Female power figure "nkisi"/ "nkishi" (pl. "mankisi" / "'mankishi")
D. R. Congo, Songye
Baillieus (1986) Werner & Lotte Krause, Hamburg, Germany (1986)
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 218 : Mask "geh-naw" of the "chu-den-zo" society
Liberia, Bassa
Lanooi Family, Ghent, Belgium (since the 1960s) Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands Jack Nelis, The Hague, The Netherlands
Starting price EUR 1,800
Estimated price EUR 3,500
Lot 219 : Anthropomorphic object
Liberia, Bassa
René Guyot, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (1960s) Craig de Lora, Clifton, New Jersey, USA (2011) Dori & David Rootenberg (Jacaranda), New York, USA
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 220 : Mask "gunye ge"
Liberia, Dan
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 21 March 2015, lot 98
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 221 : Helmet mask "sowei" ("ndoli jowei" / "nòwo")
Sierra Leone, Mende
German Private Collection, Munich
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500
Lot 222 : Standing female figure
Sierra Leone, Mende
American Private Collection
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 223 : Anthropomorphic head sculpture "mahen yafe"
Sierra Leone, Sapi
Belgian Private Collection, Brussels
Starting price EUR 6,000
Estimated price EUR 12,000
Lot 224 : Baga snake "bansonyi" or "a-Mantsho-na-Tshol"
Guinea, Baga
Gaston de Havenon (1904-1993), New York, USA North German Private Collection (1975)
Starting price EUR 6,000
Estimated price EUR 12,000
Lot 225 : Hyena mask "suruku" of the "korè" society
Mali, Bamana
German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,600
Lot 226 : Zoomorphic mask "kono"
Mali, Bamana
Lore Huber, Sinsheim, Germany
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 227 : Buffalo mask "mishi koun"
Mali, Bamana
Lore Huber, Sinsheim, Germany
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 228 : Zoomorphic headdress "sogoni koun" ("sogonikun")
Mali, Bamana
Alan Brandt, New York, USA
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 229 : Antelope dance crest "chiwara" / "tjiwara" / "ci-wara"
Mali, Bamana
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 21 March 2015, lot 119
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 230 : Maternité "jo mooni" or "gwan dusu"
Mali, Bamana
Vittorio Mangio, Monza, Italy
Starting price EUR 4,000
Estimated price EUR 6,000
Lot 231 : Standing female figure "jo nyeleni"
Mali, Bamana
German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 232 : Staff with female figure
Mali, Bamana
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany Galerie Einbaum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 233 : Caryatid stool
Mali, Bamana
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 15 November 2008, lot 149 Folkhart Neidigk, Stuttgart, Germany
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 234 : Two birds
Mali, Dogon
Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany (1994) Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 31 March 2012, lot 14 German Private Collection, Gaggenau
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 235 : Fragment of a post "togu na"
Mali, Dogon
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 6,000
Lot 236 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
Pierre Langlois (1927-2015), Lille, France (1950s) Olivier Castellano, Paris, France
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 237 : Figure of a "hermaphrodite”
Mali, Dogon
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 238 : Figure with raised arms
Mali, Dogon
Olivier Castellano, Paris, France
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 239 : Standing female figure
Mali, Dogon
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 8 September 2012, lot 214 Lore Huber, Sinsheim, Germany
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,300
Lot 240 : Antelope mask "walu"
Mali, Dogon
Alfred Meyerhuber, Ansbach, Germany (coll. in situ, 1986/87)
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 241 : Ostrich mask
Mali, Dogon
Belgian Private Collection, Brussels
Starting price EUR 4,000
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 242 : Mask "ntomo"
Mali, Marka
Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany (1995) German Private Collection, Gaggenau
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 6,000
Lot 243 : Zoomorphic mask
Mali, Proto Dogon / Tellem
Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland (1986) Steven van de Raadt & Kathy van der Pas, Rotterdam (1993) Blanchet & Associés, Paris, France, 23 November 2004, lot 151 Olivier Castellano, Paris, France
Starting price EUR 3,500
Estimated price EUR 7,000
Lot 244 : Zoomorphic terracotta sculpture
Mali, Ténenkou
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 3,500
Lot 245 : Mixed lot amulets
Burkina Faso
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 246 : Helmet mask "bolo"
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany (1992) Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 31 March 2012, lot 10 German Private Collection, Gaggenau
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 247 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany (1995) Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 31 March 2012, lot 23 German Private Collection, Germany
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 248 : Scepter or dance emblem "kebere"
Burkina Faso, Bobo
Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany (1996) Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 31 March 2012, lot 30 (as Lobi) German Private Collection, Gaggenau
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 249 : Zoomorphic plank mask "nwantantay"
Burkina Faso, Bwa
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 4,500
Lot 250 : Male ancestor figure "kpin sebla"
Burkina Faso, Dagari
Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany (1992) German Private Collection, Gaggenau
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500