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).
Highlights
Lot 117: Unusual gold leaf mask
Lot 119: Ancestor figure "siraha salawa"
Lot 139: Anthropomorphic stone pestle
Lot 142: Mask "brag"
Lot 144: Male figure
Lot 151: Helmet mask "tatanua"
Lot 181: Neck rest, 19th century
Lot 272: Pair of figures "tugubele"
Lot 330: Royal mask, pre 1918
Lot 336: Female ancestor figure
Lot 363: Anthropomorphic mask
Lot 384: Chief figure "mwanangana"
Lot 252 : Pair of figures "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, LobiIlia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany · Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 11 June 2011, lot 13 · German Private Collection, GaggenauStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,500
Lot 253 : Standing female figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, LobiSotheby’s, Paris, France, 8 June 2007, lot 46Starting priceEUR 3,000Estimated priceEUR 5,000
Lot 254 : Standing female figure "bateba ti puo"
Burkina Faso, LobiIlia Malichin, Baden-Baden, Germany · German Private Colelction, GaggenauStarting priceEUR 600Estimated priceEUR 1,200
Lot 255 : Antelope dance crest "zazaigo"
Burkina Faso, MossiRené David, Zurich, Switzerland · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 8 September 2012, lot 232 · Lore Huber, Sinsheim, GermanyStarting priceEUR 600Estimated priceEUR 1,200
Lot 256 : Female face mask "kplekple bla" of the "goli" group
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleAmerican Museum Collection, Inventory no. “73.31.4” (decassionated)Starting priceEUR 1,500Estimated priceEUR 3,000
Lot 257 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleCharles Wentinck, Saumane, France · Franz Armin Morat, Freiburg, Germany · Morat-Institut für Kunst-und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany · Adrian Schlag, Brussels, BelgiumStarting priceEUR 5,000Estimated priceEUR 10,000
Lot 258 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleGerman Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 3,000Estimated priceEUR 5,000
Lot 259 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, BaulePace Gallery, New York, USAStarting priceEUR 5,000Estimated priceEUR 10,000
Lot 260 : Standing male figure "blolo bian"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleWolfgang Ketterer, Munich, Germany, 21 May 1980, lot 106 · Frank Lankoff, Achern, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 25 February 2006, lot 99 · Werner Zintl, Worms, GermanyStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,600
Lot 261 : Pendant in the shape of a miniature mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Akan, BauleStarting priceEUR 500Estimated priceEUR 1,000
Lot 262 : Pendant in the shape of a miniature mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Akan, BauleRoger Budin, Geneva, Switzerland · Jean-Louis Picard, Paris, France, 8 October 1991, lot 134Starting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,600
Lot 263 : Head pendant "ngblo" or "sran tre"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleGerman Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 2,000Estimated priceEUR 4,000
Lot 264 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, BétéEmil Storrer, Zurich, SwitzerlandStarting priceEUR 3,000Estimated priceEUR 5,000
Lot 265 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan / ManoEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 5 November 2016, lot 198Starting priceEUR 500Estimated priceEUR 1,000
Lot 266 : Big ceremonial spoon "wunkirmian" or "wakemia"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanEmil Storrer, Zurich, SwitzerlandStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,500
Lot 267 : Anthropomorphic face mask with horns
Côte d'Ivoire, DanAmerican Private Collection · Constance McCormick Fearing (1926-2022), Montecito/Santa Barbara, USAStarting priceEUR 1,800Estimated priceEUR 4,000
Lot 268 : Horn mask of the "dye" mask ensemble
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroAmerican Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 2,000Estimated priceEUR 5,000
Lot 269 : Mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroUte & Ottfried Schröder, Hamburg / Karlsruhe, GermanyStarting priceEUR 3,500Estimated priceEUR 5,000
Lot 270 : Anthropozoomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, NgereEd Smit, The Hague, The Netherlands · Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands · Jack Nelis, The Hague, The NetherlandsStarting priceEUR 1,000Estimated priceEUR 2,000
Lot 271 : Staff "tefalipitya"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoGerman Private Collection · Adrian Schlag, Brussels, BelgiumStarting priceEUR 1,200Estimated priceEUR 2,500
Lot 272 : Pair of figures "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoSamir Borro, Brussels, Belgium · French Private Collection, ParisStarting priceEUR 4,500Estimated priceEUR 8,000
Lot 273 : Standing male figure "doogélé"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 30 November 2013, lot 293Starting priceEUR 5,000Estimated priceEUR 8,000
Lot 274 : Anthropomorphic face mask "kpelié" ("kpeli yehe")
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1970s) · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 March 2014, lot 211Starting priceEUR 3,500Estimated priceEUR 7,000
Lot 275 : Rare board-shaped headdress "kworo" or "kwonro"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1964)Starting priceEUR 2,000Estimated priceEUR 5,000
Lot 276 : Zoomorphic helmet mask
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 26 June 1999, lot 265 · Werner Zintl, Worms, GermanyStarting priceEUR 600Estimated priceEUR 1,200
Lot 277 : Anthropozoomorphic face mask, ca. 1890–1920
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé-Guéré (Ngere) / WobéGaston 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 priceEUR 2,500Estimated priceEUR 5,000
Lot 278 : Anthropomorphic head "gle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè-GuéréThomas L. McNemar, Lexington, Virginia, USAStarting priceEUR 500Estimated priceEUR 1,000
Lot 279 : Beautiful face mask "tu bodu" (buffalo)
Côte d'Ivoire, YaureBohumil Théophile Holas (1909-1978), Abidjan, Ivory Coast · Emil Storrer (1917-1989), Zurich, SwitzerlandStarting priceEUR 3,000Estimated priceEUR 6,000
Lot 280 : Decorative disc with face
Ghana, Akan / Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Lagoon peopleGerman Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 1,500Estimated priceEUR 4,000
Lot 281 : Crescent moon with face
Ghana, AkanGerman Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 1,100Estimated priceEUR 2,500
Lot 282 : Face-shaped pendant
Ghana, AkanGerman Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 2,000
Lot 283 : Ornamental pendant with floral motif
Ghana, AkanZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 16 November 2019, lot 157 · Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 10 May 2023, lot 76 (part of convolute) · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 1,200Estimated priceEUR 2,500
Lot 284 : Crescent-shaped ornament
Ghana, AkanGerman Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 650Estimated priceEUR 1,600
Lot 285 : Beautiful old comb "duafe"
Ghana, Akan, AshantiBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany · Johannes & Ursula Kaddatz, Hamburg, GermanyStarting priceEUR 400Estimated priceEUR 900
Lot 286 : Goldweight: seated couple
Ghana, AshantiBelgian Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 500Estimated priceEUR 1,000
Lot 287 : Goldweight: antelope with birds
Ghana, AshantiBelgian Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 500Estimated priceEUR 1,000
Lot 288 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, AshantiEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 28 May 2026, lot 221Starting priceEUR 600Estimated priceEUR 1,000
Lot 289 : Spoon
Ghana, FantePierre Dartevelle, Brussels, BelgiumStarting priceEUR 4,500Estimated priceEUR 8,000
Lot 290 : Colon figure of an Askari
Togo, EweAmerican Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 1,200Estimated priceEUR 2,500
Lot 291 : Shrine figure "sakap tchitcherik" (pl. "tchitcheri")
Togo, MobaLuc Huysveld & Ann de Pauw, Antwerp, BelgiumStarting priceEUR 1,500Estimated priceEUR 3,000
Lot 292 : Shrine figure "sakap tchitcherik" (pl. "tchitcheri")
Togo, MobaLuc Huysveld & Ann de Pauw, Antwerp, BelgiumStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,500
Lot 293 : Snake
Benin, FonBelgian Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 600Estimated priceEUR 1,200
Lot 294 : Memorial head
Nigeria, Rio GalmaFranco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, GermanyStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,500
Lot 295 : Crest mask "ekpeshi"
Nigeria, AfoManfred Schäfer, Ulm, GermanyStarting priceEUR 600Estimated priceEUR 1,200
Lot 296 : "Die Altertümer von Benin"
Felix von LuschanEmil 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 priceEUR 1,500Estimated priceEUR 2,500
Lot 298 : Memorial head
Nigeria, BeninEmil Storrer, Zurich, SwitzerlandStarting priceEUR 1,500Estimated priceEUR 2,500
Lot 299 : Standing male figure
Nigeria, BeninBelgian Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 2,000Estimated priceEUR 4,000
Lot 300 : Rare anthropomorphic helmet mask "okpatonu"
Nigeria, Benue, Alago (Idoma Nokwu)Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, GermanyStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,500
Lot 301 : Anthropozoomorphic face mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, IbibioRichard Faletti, Chicago, USA (1997) - donation to The Art Institute of Chicago, USA, in 2006 (Inv.12006.112) · Christie’s, Paris, France, 19 June 2013, lot 65 · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 26 March 2022, lot 202Starting priceEUR 3,000Estimated priceEUR 6,000
Lot 302 : Anthropomorphic mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, IbibioJames Cox Gallery, Woodstock, USAStarting priceEUR 1,000Estimated priceEUR 2,000