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 402 : Snuff container
Zimbabwe, ShonaMarcuson & Hall, Brussels, BelgiumPriceEUR 400plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 403 : Helmet mask
Mozambique, MakondePriceEUR 500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 404 : Pair of figures, ca. 1920s / 1930s
Mozambique, MakondePortuguese Private CollectionSold EUR 1,000
Lot 405 : Female figure
MadagascarHenk Kouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Eckehard Lehmann, Hildesheim, GermanySold EUR 500
Lot 406 : Female tomb figure
Madagascar, SakalavaFranco Rimoldi, Darmstadt, GermanySold EUR 2,000
Lot 407 : Bird sculpture
South Africa / Botswana, TswanaBritish Private CollectionSold EUR 600
Lot 408 : Rare snuff container "iqhaga lamanyama", 19th century
South Africa, XhosaBritish Private Collection · Marcuson & Hall, Brussels, BelgiumPriceEUR 800plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 409 : Milk bucket
South Africa, ZuluJack Nelis, The Hague, The NetherlandsSold EUR 500
Lot 410 : Spoon
South Africa, ZuluMarcuson & Hall, Brussels, BelgiumSold EUR 300