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 251 : Seated couple
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Belgian Private Collection
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 800
Lot 252 : Pair of figures "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 11 June 2011, lot 13 German Private Collection, Gaggenau
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500
Lot 253 : Standing female figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Sotheby's, Paris, France, 8 June 2007, lot 46
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 254 : Standing female figure "bateba ti puo"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Ilia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany German Private Colelction, Gaggenau
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 255 : Antelope dance crest "zazaigo"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
René David, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 8 September 2012, lot 232 Lore Huber, Sinsheim, Germany
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 256 : Female face mask "kplekple bla" of the "goli" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
American Museum Collection, Inventory no. "73.31.4" (decassionated)
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 257 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Charles Wentinck, Saumane, France Franz Armin Morat, Freiburg, Germany Morat-Institut für Kunst-und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Starting price EUR 5,000
Estimated price EUR 10,000
Lot 258 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 259 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Pace Gallery, New York, USA
Starting price EUR 5,000
Estimated price EUR 10,000
Lot 260 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, Germany, 21 May 1980, lot 106 Frank Lankoff, Achern, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 25 February 2006, lot 99 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,600
Lot 261 : Pendant in the shape of a miniature mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Akan, Baule
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 262 : Pendant in the shape of a miniature mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Akan, Baule
Roger Budin, Geneva, Switzerland Jean-Louis Picard, Paris, France, 8 October 1991, lot 134
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,600
Lot 263 : Head pendant "ngblo" or "sran tre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 264 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Bété
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 265 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan / Mano
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 5 November 2016, lot 198
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 266 : Big ceremonial spoon "wunkirmian" or "wakemia"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500
Lot 267 : Anthropomorphic face mask with horns
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
American Private Collection Constance McCormick Fearing (1926-2022), Montecito/Santa Barbara, USA
Starting price EUR 1,800
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 268 : Horn mask of the "dye" mask ensemble
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
American Private Collection
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 269 : Mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Ute & Ottfried Schröder, Hamburg / Karlsruhe, Germany
Starting price EUR 3,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 270 : Anthropozoomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere
Ed Smit, The Hague, The Netherlands Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands Jack Nelis, The Hague, The Netherlands
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 271 : Staff "tefalipitya"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
German Private Collection Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Starting price EUR 1,200
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 272 : Pair of figures "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium French Private Collection, Paris
Starting price EUR 4,500
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 273 : Standing male figure "doogélé"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 30 November 2013, lot 293
Starting price EUR 5,000
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 274 : Anthropomorphic face mask "kpelié" ("kpeli yehe")
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1970s) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 March 2014, lot 211
Starting price EUR 3,500
Estimated price EUR 7,000
Lot 275 : Rare board-shaped headdress "kworo" or "kwonro"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1964)
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 276 : Zoomorphic helmet mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 26 June 1999, lot 265 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 277 : Anthropozoomorphic face mask, ca. 1890–1920
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé-Guéré (Ngere) / Wobé
Gaston de Havenon (1904-1993), New York, USA Victor J. Schenk, Baltimore, USA Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 2 June 2012, lot 312 Fernandez Leventhal Gallery, New York, USA North German Private Collection (2013)
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 278 : Anthropomorphic head "gle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè-Guéré
Thomas L. McNemar, Lexington, Virginia, USA
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 279 : Beautiful face mask "tu bodu" (buffalo)
Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure
Bohumil Théophile Holas (1909-1978), Abidjan, Ivory Coast Emil Storrer (1917-1989), Zurich, Switzerland
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 6,000
Lot 280 : Decorative disc with face
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Lagoon people
German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 281 : Crescent moon with face
Ghana, Akan
German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 1,100
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 282 : Face-shaped pendant
Ghana, Akan
German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 283 : Ornamental pendant with floral motif
Ghana, Akan
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 16 November 2019, lot 157 Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 10 May 2023, lot 76 (part of convolute) German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 1,200
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 284 : Crescent-shaped ornament
Ghana, Akan
German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 650
Estimated price EUR 1,600
Lot 285 : Beautiful old comb "duafe"
Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Johannes & Ursula Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 900
Lot 286 : Goldweight: seated couple
Ghana, Ashanti
Belgian Private Collection
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 287 : Goldweight: antelope with birds
Ghana, Ashanti
Belgian Private Collection
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 288 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 28 May 2026, lot 221
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 289 : Spoon
Ghana, Fante
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Starting price EUR 4,500
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 290 : Colon figure of an Askari
Togo, Ewe
American Private Collection
Starting price EUR 1,200
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 291 : Shrine figure "sakap tchitcherik" (pl. "tchitcheri")
Togo, Moba
Luc Huysveld & Ann de Pauw, Antwerp, Belgium
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 292 : Shrine figure "sakap tchitcherik" (pl. "tchitcheri")
Togo, Moba
Luc Huysveld & Ann de Pauw, Antwerp, Belgium
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500
Lot 293 : Snake
Benin, Fon
Belgian Private Collection
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 294 : Memorial head
Nigeria, Rio Galma
Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, Germany
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500
Lot 295 : Crest mask "ekpeshi"
Nigeria, Afo
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany
Starting price EUR 600
Estimated price EUR 1,200
Lot 296 : "Die Altertümer von Benin"
Felix von Luschan
Emil Preetorius (1883-1973), Munich, Germany (a) Hans Heinrich Josef Meyer (1858-1929), Leipzig, Germany (a&b) By descent through the family (a&b) Emil Preetorius was a German illustrator, graphic artist, book designer, and art collector. He is also regarded as one of the most important stage designers of the first half of the 20th century.
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 297 : dropped
Starting price EUR 0
Estimated price EUR 0
Lot 298 : Memorial head
Nigeria, Benin
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 299 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, Benin
Belgian Private Collection
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 300 : Rare anthropomorphic helmet mask "okpatonu"
Nigeria, Benue, Alago (Idoma Nokwu)
Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500