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 301 : Anthropozoomorphic face mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Richard Faletti, Chicago, USA (1997) - donattion 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 202
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 6,000
Lot 302 : Anthropomorphic mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
James Cox Gallery, Woodstock, USA
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 303 : Anthropomorphic mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 304 : Mask "okoroshi"
Nigeria, Igbo, Mgbala Agwa village, Romanus Nzeke (1970s)
British Private Collection
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 305 : Zoomorphic mask
Nigeria, Igbo
Yves & Ewa Develon, Paris, France
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 306 : Shrine figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, Igbo
Dutch Private Collection
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 3,500
Lot 307 : Early shrine figure "ikenga", 19th century
Nigeria, Igbo
British Collection German Private Collection Dorotheum, Vienna, Austria, 4 December 2018, lot 81 Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 16 November 2019, lot 197
Starting price EUR 4,500
Estimated price EUR 9,000
Lot 308 : Miniature mask "mangam"
Nigeria, Kantana (Mama)
Herbert Hamak, Hammelburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 800
Lot 309 : Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye,
Norfolk State University Museum, Virginia, USA Marc Assayag, Montreal, Canada Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands Dorotheum, Vienna, Austria, 30 March 2022, lot 13 Jack Nelis, The Hague, The Netherlands
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 310 : Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
John Dintenfass, New York, USA Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 25 February 2006, lot 164 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 311 : Kneeling figure
Nigeria, Urhobo
Frank van Craen, Brussels, Belgium Dutch Private Collection
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500
Lot 312 : Post figure "kundul"
Nigeria, Wurkun
Herbert Hamak, Hammelburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 313 : Two "opo ile" veranda posts, each shaped as a Maternité
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ekiti
Northern German Collection
Starting price EUR 10,000
Estimated price EUR 20,000
Lot 314 : Anthropozoomorphic mask
Nigeria, Yoruba
Leopold Häfliger, Lucerne, Switzerland (1971) André Vogt, Zurich, Switzerland Lore Huber, Sinsheim, Germany
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 315 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Shaki
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 316 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Oshogbo
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, Germany
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 317 : Male twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Shaki
Ch. Feldmeier, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 February 2000, lot 417 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 800
Lot 318 : Anthropomorphic miniature mask
Nigeria, Yoruba
Johannes & Ursula Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 800
Lot 319 : Dance staff for the "eshu" cult
Nigeria, Yoruba
Renaud Vanuxem, Paris, France Jack Nelis, The Hague, The Netherlands
Starting price EUR 1,200
Estimated price EUR 2,400
Lot 320 : Stool with "eshu" figure
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The Netherlands
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,500
Lot 321 : Pair of beaded panels
Nigeria, Yoruba
American Collection
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 322 : Prestige chair
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki-Tungo
British Collection
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 323 : Rare standing figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bafo
Old German Private Collection (before 1918)
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 324 : Anthropomorphic mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
coll. by Unteroffizier Heinrich Hautmann (1884 - 1965) during his tour of duty in then German Kamerun 1910-1912 Manfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (1964) Alexandra Kieselbach (1986?) By descent through the family to her sister Tamara Ponatowska John Falcon, New York, USA (2009)
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 325 : Pipe
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum
Herman Seeger, Stuttgart, Germany Anton Eckert, Munich, Germany (1967) Helmuth Brust, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 5 July 2008, lot 135
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 900
Lot 326 : Rare double figure
Cameroon, Bundum
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium Dutch Private Collection, Eindhoven Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 11 November 2017, lot 341 Dutch Private Collection
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 327 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Southern Cameroon, Oveng Region, Fang
Herbert Hamak, Hammelburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 328 : Maternité
Cameroon, Keaka
collected by Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France (1998) Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium Dutch Private Collection
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 329 : Standing figure
Cameroon / Nigeria, Mfumte / Kaka / Mambila
Amyas Naegele, New York, USA (2010) Kellim Brown, Brussels, Belgium
Starting price EUR 6,000
Estimated price EUR 12,000
Lot 330 : Royal mask, pre 1918
Cameroon, Wum (Bafum) / Kuk
German Private Collection
Starting price EUR 3,500
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 331 : Anthropomorphic mask "ngil"
Gabon, Fang
Ernst Esch (1870-pre 1951), Germany (coll. in situ, 1903) Herbert Hamak, Hammelburg, Germany Esch was a Geologist serving in the German colonial administration (1906).
Starting price EUR 3,000
Estimated price EUR 5,000
Lot 332 : Standing female figure
Gabon, Punu
Ursula & Johannes Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany Olaf Pfennig, Hannover, Germany
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 333 : Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukuyi"
Gabon, Punu
French Colonial Collection
Starting price EUR 2,000
Estimated price EUR 4,500
Lot 334 : Staff of authority with female half figure
Gabon, Tsogho
Gaetan Schoonbroodt, Verviers, Belgium Andreas Artemenko, Herzogenrath, Germany
Starting price EUR 800
Estimated price EUR 1,500
Lot 335 : Lidded container for gunpowder
D. R. Congo
Johannes & Ursula Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 900
Lot 336 : Female ancestor figure
D. R. Congo, Azande / Mangbetu
Captain Robert Charles Couldrey CBE (1890-1974), Stafford, England (coll. in situ, ca.1928) Robert Fade Couldrey (1932-2022), Stone, Staffordshire, England Family-owned since then
Starting price EUR 10,000
Estimated price EUR 20,000
Lot 337 : Figural sculpture
D. R. Congo, Azande
Line & Hippoliet Verbeemen, Bonheiden, Belgium
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 338 : Anthropomorphic figure "yanda" of the "mani" society
D. R. Congo, Azande
Belgian Private Collection
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 339 : Four rare miniature bells "kunda", late 19th / early 20th century
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Sam Handbury-Madin, Shrewsbury, Great Britain Robert Temple, Ghent, Belgium
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 340 : Crucifx "nkangi kititu"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Belgian Private Collection
Starting price EUR 1,000
Estimated price EUR 2,000
Lot 341 : Face mask "eluba" or "emangungu"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Belgian Private Collection
Starting price EUR 2,500
Estimated price EUR 4,000
Lot 342 : Standing male figure "mukuya"
D. R. Congo, Bembe
Spanish Private Collection
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 3,000
Lot 343 : Anthropomorphic face mask "pongdudu" or "kpongadomba"
D. R. Congo, Boa
René Germain (1914-1982) coll. between 1937-1940 while working in Yangambi for the Institut National pour l`etude Agronomique du Congo Belge (INEAC) Belgian Private Collection Cole Harrell, New York, USA
Starting price EUR 30,000
Estimated price EUR 60,000
Lot 344 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Auktionshaus Hüll, Cologne, Germany (1993) Elmar Wellenhöfer, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Starting price EUR 400
Estimated price EUR 600
Lot 345 : Seated female ancestor figure "singiti
D. R. Congo, Luba-Hemba
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 25 February 2006, lot 254 Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 26 March 2022, lot 83 Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Starting price EUR 8,000
Estimated price EUR 15,000
Lot 346 : Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Gaston de Havenon (1904-1993), New York, USA North German Private Collection (1975)
Starting price EUR 4,000
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 347 : Large helmet mask with buffalo horns
D. R. Congo, Northern Angola / Southern Congo, Holo
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium Rolf Kunitsch, Münster, Germany
Starting price EUR 3,500
Estimated price EUR 8,000
Lot 348 : Maternité
D. R. Congo, Kete
Line & Hippoliet Verbeemen, Bonheiden, Belgium
Starting price EUR 1,500
Estimated price EUR 2,500
Lot 349 : Crescent-shaped lidded box "ngondo"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Belgian Private Collection
Starting price EUR 500
Estimated price EUR 1,000
Lot 350 : Rare female figure
D. R. Congo, Kumu / Lega / Lengola
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany Thomas Olbricht, Essen, Germany
Starting price EUR 1,800
Estimated price EUR 3,500