Auction 106
AFRICA, ASIA, OCEANIA
PRE-COLUMBIA AND ANTIQUITIES
Exceptional art works from the early civilizations of Meso- and South America, drawn from a Munich art collection. Antiquities and protohistoric idols. West African works from a private Viennese collection. Delicate gold jewellery of the Akan people. Masks and figures from the French artist Claude Jaget‘s collection. Ethnographic objects from a small colonial collection.
Highlights
Lot 159: "Malagan" sculpture
Lot 197: Male ancestor figure "singiti"
Lot 211: Rare old shield
Lot 222: Seated female figure
Lot 241: Standing figure
Lot 254: Pair of figures "asie usu"
Lot 326: Dance wand "oshe shango"
Lot 340: Anthropomorphic mask with horns
Lot 343: Rare anthropo-zoomorphic mask
Lot 362: Anthropomorphic mask "idimu"
Lot 386: Magical figure
Lot 398: Anthropomorphic mask
Lot 101 : Portrait head of a youth, Classical to Early Hellenistic Period, ca. 5th - 4th century BC
GreekEberhard von Gloeden, Düsseldorf, GermanyStarting priceEUR 2,000Estimated priceEUR 4,000
Lot 102 : Large two-handled vase, Late Italo-Corinthian, ca. 600 BC
Italo-CorinthianEberhard von Gloeden, Düsseldorf, GermanyStarting priceEUR 2,000Estimated priceEUR 4,000
Lot 103 : Female theatre mask, ca. 1st to 3rd century AD
RomanGerman Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 1,000Estimated priceEUR 2,000
Lot 104 : Iberian votive figurine, ca. 6th–5th century BC
Iberian PeninsulaCollection Rheinheimer · Bernd Gackstätter, Antiken-Kabinett, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (label 03781) (2009) · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 500Estimated priceEUR 1,000
Lot 105 : Iberian idol, ca. 5th - 4th century BC
Iberian PeninsulaCollection Bader · Bernd Gackstätter, Antiken-Kabinett, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (label 02779) (2004) · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,500
Lot 106 : Eurasian idol (Adorant), ca. 8th - 6th century BC
Western Asia, Steppe PeoplesCollection Wassilijew · Bernd Gackstätter, Antiken-Kabinett, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (2004) · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 1,000Estimated priceEUR 2,000
Lot 107 : Female idol of the "Sesklo" culture, ca. 7th - 6th millennium BC
ThessalyKunsthandel Henrich (1960s) · Bernd Gackstätter, Antiken-Kabinett, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (label 03247) (2006) · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 2,000Estimated priceEUR 4,000
Lot 108 : Rare two-figure nail idol, Hittite, ca. mid-2nd millennium BC
Ancient Anatolian Hittite EmpireCollection Anstock (before 1965) · Bernd Gackstätter, Antiken-Kabinett, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (label A129) (2009) · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 900Estimated priceEUR 1,800
Lot 109 : Hittite nail idol, ca. mid 2nd millennium BC
Ancient Anatolian Hittite EmpireDieter Lensing, Düsseldorf, Germany (1990s) · Bernd Gackstätter, Antiken-Kabinett, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (label 4388) (2012) · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,500
Lot 110 : Idol with decorative incisions, “Kusura" type, Early Bronze Age II, ca. 2nd half of the 3rd millennium BC
Anatolia (Asia Minor, Turkey)Collection Schauf-Lensing · Bernd Gackstätter, Antiken-Kabinett, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (label 3757) (2004) · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 1,400Estimated priceEUR 2,500
Lot 111 : Idol, “Kusura" type, Early Bronze Age II, ca. second half of the 3rd millennium BC
Anatolia (Asia Minor, Turkey)Collection Schauf-Lensing · Bernd Gackstätter, Antiken-Kabinett, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (label 3758) (2004) · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 1,500Estimated priceEUR 3,000
Lot 112 : Violin idol (variant of the “Kusura” type), ca. 2700 - 2100 BC
Anatolia (Asia Minor, Turkey)Collection Max Bill · Jean-David Cahn, Kunst der Antike, Basel, Switzerland (2002) · Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Schloss Dätzingen, Grafenau, Germany (2003) · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 2,000Estimated priceEUR 4,000
Lot 113 : Stone bowl, Bronze Age, ca. 2300 - 1700 BC
Turkmenistan, MargianaRobert Wilson, Watermill, New York, USA · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 6,000Estimated priceEUR 12,000
Lot 114 : Bowl, ca. late 3rd millennium BC
MesopotamiaHeberer, Munich, Germany · Bernd Gackstätter, Antiken-Kabinett, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (label 03517) (2007) · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 600Estimated priceEUR 1,200
Lot 115 : Old syrian eye idol, Tell Brak, ca. 3500 - 3300 BC
Mesopotamia – Northeastern Syria, Tell BrakAmerican Private Collection · Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, 2003, no. 206 · Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, USA (2007) · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 1,400Estimated priceEUR 2,500
Lot 116 : Weight in the shape of a toad, New Kingdom, ca. 1400 BC
EgyptRoswitha Eberwein, Göttingen, Germany (1998)Starting priceEUR 600Estimated priceEUR 800
Lot 117 : Sarcophagus mask, Late Period, ca. 700 - 300 BC
EgyptGerman Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 500Estimated priceEUR 1,000
Lot 118 : Back panel from a sarcophagus, Late Period into early Ptolemaic, ca. 4th - 3rd century BC
EgyptEberhard von Gloeden, Düsseldorf, GermanyStarting priceEUR 2,500Estimated priceEUR 4,000
Lot 119 : Limestone stele, ca. 3rd - 1st century BC
Arabian Peninsula - YemenWindsor Antiques, Great Britain · Henry Cherrick, Los Angeles, USA (2009)Starting priceEUR 8,000Estimated priceEUR 15,000
Lot 120 : Netsuke of "Tenaga" as acrobat, Meiji period (1868 - 1912)
JapanAlexander Pollmer, Munich, GermanyStarting priceEUR 1,000Estimated priceEUR 2,000
Lot 121 : Netsuke figure “dutchman with monkey”
JapanAlexander Pollmer, Munich, GermanyStarting priceEUR 1,000Estimated priceEUR 2,000
Lot 122 : Netsuke amulet "fighting frogs"
JapanAlexander Pollmer, Munich, GermanyStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,500
Lot 123 : Theatre mask "nô" of a beautiful young maiden "zo-onna", beginning of the 20th century
JapanThomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 November 2012, lot 40Starting priceEUR 1,000Estimated priceEUR 2,000
Lot 124 : Samurai helmet ornament "maedate" in the shape of a dragon, Edo period (1603 - 1868)
JapanWerner Zintl, Worms, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Collection Werner Zintl, Vol. I, 26 March 2022, lot 14 · Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, GermanyStarting priceEUR 600Estimated priceEUR 1,200
Lot 125 : Rare ritual water buffalo necklace
South India, Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Hills, TodaGerman Private Collection, MunichStarting priceEUR 500Estimated priceEUR 1,000
Lot 126 : Equestrian figure
NepalFranco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, GermanyStarting priceEUR 1,000Estimated priceEUR 1,200
Lot 127 : Earplugs
MyanmarGallery Daroun, Antwerp, BelgiumStarting priceEUR 450Estimated priceEUR 900
Lot 128 : Crouching figure
Vietnam, Jarai (Jorai / Gia Rai)Gallery Daroun, Antwerp, Belgium · Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, GermanyStarting priceEUR 1,200Estimated priceEUR 2,000
Lot 129 : Anthropomorphic grave figure
Vietnam, Jarai (Jorai / Gia Rai)Gallery Daroun, Antwerp, Belgium · Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, GermanyStarting priceEUR 2,000Estimated priceEUR 4,000
Lot 130 : Ceremonial axe
Indonesia - BaliGerman Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 1,000Estimated priceEUR 2,000
Lot 131 : Shield "kliau"
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakGerman Collection, BerlinStarting priceEUR 1,800Estimated priceEUR 3,500
Lot 132 : Measuring stick "tun-tun"
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakAalderink, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsStarting priceEUR 1,200Estimated priceEUR 2,000
Lot 133 : Measuring stick "tun-tun"
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakAalderink, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsStarting priceEUR 1,200Estimated priceEUR 2,000
Lot 134 : Figurally carved spoon
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakSpanish CollectionStarting priceEUR 500Estimated priceEUR 1,000
Lot 136 : Sword "balato"
Indonesia - NiasGerman Private Collection, BerlinStarting priceEUR 1,400Estimated priceEUR 3,000
Lot 137 : Shield, late 19th / early 20th century
Indonesia - Sulawesi, Gulf of Tomini or KulawiGerman Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 2,000Estimated priceEUR 4,000
Lot 138 : Model of a main house "rumah gadang" with mosque
Indonesia - Sumatra, MinangkabauDutch Private Collection · Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, GermanyStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,500
Lot 139 : Knife with crescent-shaped blade "lawi ayam"
Indonesia - SumatraGerman Collection, BerlinStarting priceEUR 600Estimated priceEUR 1,200
Lot 140 : Sabre "peudeung"
Indonesia - SumatraGerman Collection, BerlinStarting priceEUR 1,400Estimated priceEUR 3,000
Lot 141 : Dagger "tumbok lada"
Indonesia - SumatraStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,600
Lot 142 : Bullet retainer "baba ni onggang"
Indonesia - Sumatra, BatakKlaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, GermanyStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,600
Lot 143 : Knife
Indonesia - Sumatra, BatakJulius Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany · George Stephan, Hamburg, Germany · Klaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, GermanyStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,600
Lot 144 : Female ancestor figure "itara", late 19th / early 20th century
Indonesia - Timor-Leste, Ataúro IslandBelgian Private Collection · German Private CollectionStarting priceEUR 3,000Estimated priceEUR 6,000
Lot 145 : Pair of ritual deities "bulul"
Philippines - IfugaoErich Hohnholz, Hannover, Germany · Franco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, GermanyStarting priceEUR 1,500Estimated priceEUR 2,000
Lot 146 : Figurally carved spoon
Philippines - IfugaoStarting priceEUR 800Estimated priceEUR 1,600
Lot 147 : Rare warrior's helmet
Northern Philippines - Luzon, IfugaoKlaus-Jochen Krüger, Hamburg, GermanyStarting priceEUR 1,800Estimated priceEUR 3,000
Lot 148 : Male ancestor figure "kawe"
West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya), AsmatJan van der Hoeven, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Jan Visser, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsStarting priceEUR 4,000Estimated priceEUR 8,000
Lot 149 : Male ancestor figure "kawe"
West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya), AsmatMax Lapre, Breda, The NetherlandsStarting priceEUR 1,000Estimated priceEUR 2,000
Lot 150 : Flat anthropomorphic bowl
West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya), AsmatMax Lapre, Breda, The NetherlandsStarting priceEUR 600Estimated priceEUR 1,200
Lot 151 : Food bowl
West New Guinea / West Papua (Irian Jaya), Central AsmatPater Gerard Zegwaard, The Netherlands Zegwaard entered the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He worked as a missionary on New Guinea from 1954 / 55 to 1994.Starting priceEUR 1,000Estimated priceEUR 2,000