April 15, 2023

Sale 100

Anniversary Auction SALE 100
100 masterful works of unbridled creativity, artistic sophistication and with first-class provenances.

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Sale 100

Lot 54 : Face mask with articulated lower jaw "elu" ("spirit")
Nigeria, Ogoni
not available anymore
Lot 55 : Pair of columnar statues "kundul"
Nigeria, Bauchi Plateau, Wurkun (Piya or Kulung)
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium (1997) Guy van Rijn, Antwerp, Belgium Louis Breugelmans, Antwerp, Belgium Ann de Pauw, Antwerp, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 56 : Anthropomorphic headdress "okooro"
Nigeria, Southern Yoruba, Ijebu
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 57 : Shrine image "ogo eshu" / "elegba"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igbuke (Ibuje)
Georges Frederick Keller (1899-1981), Davos, Switzerland / Paris, France Paolo Morigi (1939-2017), Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland Sotheby's, Paris, "Collection Paolo Morigi (2e Partie). Art Africain et Océanien", 6 December 2005, Lot 83 Native, Brussels, 9 June 2012, Lot 27
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 58 : Excellent female twin figure "ere ibeji
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibarapa, Igbo Ora
Lore Kegel (1901-1980) & Georg Kegel (1898-1974), Hamburg, Germany (coll. in situ 1955) Boris Kegel-Konietzko (1925-2020), Hamburg, Germany Kegel-Konietzko & Dorn, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 8,000
Lot 59 : Magnificent helmet-shaped bird mask (rooster)
Cameroon, Western Grassfields, Wum
Acquired from dealer in Foumban-Cameroon (1976) Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany Stefan Herzog, Munich, Germany Hans Brockmann, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 60 : Seated female sculpture
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Bangwa
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 61 : Male leader mask "kam" ("akam", "nkam", "nkang")
Cameroon Grassfields, Kom
probably Vittorio Mangio, Monza, Italy Georges Frederick Keller (1899-1981),Davos, Switzerland / Paris, France Paolo Morigi (1939-2017), Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland Bernard Dulon, Paris, France Adrian Schlag, Brüssel, Belgium
sold EUR 6,500
Lot 62 : Reliquary guardian figure "boho-na-bwete" or "mbulu-ngulu"
Gabon, Kota, Ndassa Group
Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (acquired 1936 in Paris) Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Kegel-Konietzko & Dorn, Hamburg, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 63 : Rare horned mask "zuom" of the "beete" cult, early 20th century
Gabon, Kwele
Daniel Hourdé, Paris, France Marceau Rivière, Paris, France Jean-Pierre Gozet (deceased 2016), Uccle / Brussels, Belgium Belgian Private Collection
not available anymore
Lot 64 : Standing anthropomorphic figure
D. R. Congo, Ubangi, Azande / Ngbandi border area
Belgian Collection
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 65 : Plaited shield
D. R. Congo, Azande
Old Belgian Collection Michel van den Dries, Gavere, Belgium
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 66 : Figure of a colonial lord
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
American Collection (before 1924)
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 67 : Female helmet mask "tshimoana" ("tshimwana")
D. R. Congo, Biombo
Old German Collection Galerie Möllenhof & Greve, Cologne, Germany German Private Collection Austria Auction Company, "Tribal Art 1", Vienna, 6 June 2017, Lot 64
not available anymore
Lot 68 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Hemba / Eastern Luba, Muhona - Nkuvu Style
Hermann Historica, Munich, 9./10. April 2008, Lot 4239
sold EUR 800
Lot 69 : Anthropomorphic dance mask, mid 20th century
D. R. Congo, Ituri, Ndaaka
José Ramón Pons Oliveras (1927-2013), Barcelona, Spain Fernando Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
not available anymore
Lot 70 : Pair of figures
D. R. Congo, Kuba Kingdom, Kuba - Dengese
Belgian Private Collection
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 71 : Prestige cloth, 19th century
D. R. Congo, Kuba, Kasai Province
"White Fathers" ("Pères Blancs"), actually "Society of the Missionaries of Africa" Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 900
Lot 72 : Prestige cloth, 19th century
D. R. Congo, Kuba, Kasai Province
"White Fathers" ("Pères Blancs"), actually "Society of the Missionaries of Africa" Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 900
Lot 73 : Head sculpture of the "dyo" - snake cult
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
Lorenz Eckert, Lucerne, Switzerland (1971) Christie's, Amsterdam, 11 December 2001, lot 435 Christine Valluet, Paris, France Gérard Wahl-Boyer (1944-2014), Paris, France AuctionArt - Rémy Le Fur & Associés, Paris-Drouot, "Succession Gérard Wahl dit Boyer", 18 June 2019, Lot 121
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 74 : Gourd mask of the "bwami" society, 19th / 20th century
D. R. Congo, Lega
John Giltsoff Collection, Girona, Spain (since early 1970s)
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 75 : Anthropomorphic mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Yannick van Ruysevelt, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 76 : Bone maskette "lukungu", early 20th century
D. R. Congo, Lega
Jos Humblet, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 4,700
Lot 77 : Anthropomorphic figure "iginga" (pl. "maginga"), early 20th century
D. R. Congo, Lega
Private Collection, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 78 : Anthropomorphic figure of "bwami society"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Gaetan Schoonbroodt, Verviers, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 79 : Royal caryatid stool "lupona", before 1909
D. R. Congo, Luba
Oberleutnant Albert Linke (Lincke), collected in situ, before 1909 By descent in the family, seller 2008 Anton Mentrup, Mainz-Kastel, Germany
sold EUR 15,000
Lot 80 : Figural headrest "musamo"
D. R. Congo, Luba, Shankadi-Bena Sungu, Kiloko of Bussangu
UK Collection
sold EUR 2,100
Lot 81 : Rare emblem "nyuzya" of the "bukasandji" society
D. R. Congo, Luba
presumably Leo Frobenius (1873-1938), Berlin, Germany Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), Hamburg, Germany Lore Kegel, Hamburg (1901-1980), Germany Boris Kegel-Konietzko (1925-2020), Hamburg, Germany Thomas Morbe, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Private Collection, Munich, Germany
Price EUR 8,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 82 : Rare anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa)
Patric Claes, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 4,000
Lot 83 : Ceremonial adze
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Old Belgian Colonial Collection
sold EUR 2,000
Lot 84 : Mask panel
D. R. Congo, Songye
B. H. Collection, Antwerp, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 10 September 2005, Lot 360
not available anymore
Lot 85 : Female maskette "kifwebe" (pl. "bifwebe)
D. R. Congo, Songye / Luba
Muller-Van Isterbeek, Brussels, Belgium Aaron Furman, New York, USA / Portugal (around 1959) Allan Stone, New York, USA
sold EUR 22,000
Lot 86 : Unusual caryatid stool, before 1909
D. R. Congo, Songye / Luba
Oberleutnant Albert Linke (Lincke), collected in situ, before 1909 By descent in the family, seller 2008 Anton Mentrup, Mainz-Kastel, Germany
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 87 : Knife with janus faced "kifwebe" - mask
D. R. Congo, Songye, Kalebwe
Peter Loontjens, Kortrijk, Belgium
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 88 : Maternité "phemba"
D. R. Congo, Vili
Donald Taitt (1930-2018), Paris, France (1989) Cole Harrell, New York City, USA Fernandez Leventhal Gallery / Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
sold EUR 9,500
Lot 89 : Kneeling female figure "nkisi" / "nkishi" (pl. mankishi)
D. R. Congo, Yombe
Edmond Morlet, Brussels, Belgium Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Lempertz, Brussels, 24. October 2018, Lot 271
sold EUR 7,000
Lot 90 : Anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo / Angola (Northern), Zombo
Rob Vervoort, Molenstede-Diest, Belgium
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 91 : Female ancestor spirit mask "pwevo" or "mwana pwevo"
Angola, Chokwe
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium Kevin Conru, London, Great Britain
sold EUR 7,500
Lot 92 : Figural staff top "mbweci", 19th century
Angola / Zambia, Chokwe / Lwena (Luena)
Reed Everson, California, USA Philip Budrose (1920-2000), Marblehead, USA Renaud Riley, Brussels, Belgium Private Collection, London, Great Britain James Stephenson, New York, USA
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 93 : Traditional war shield "tafa" or "gasha", before 1853
Ethiopia, Amhara / Sidamo / Oromo
Konstantin Reitz (1817-1853), Bobenhausen, Germany / Doka, Sudan (coll. in situ, before 1853) K.K. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum Vienna, Austria Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
sold EUR 2,800
Lot 94 : Rare semicircular panel, early 20th century
Kenya, Kikuyu
Acquired on the Portobello Road in London in the 1980s Taylor Dale, Santa Fé, New Mexico
not available anymore
Lot 95 : Wall panel or screen "insika"
Ruanda / Burundi, Tutsi / Hutu
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 96 : Vessel lid "imiteri
Tanzania, Haya or Ruanda / Burundi, Tutsi
"White Fathers" ("Pères Blancs"), actually "Society of the Missionaries of Africa", around 1920 (according to Meijer) Dick Meijer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
sold EUR 6,000
Lot 97 : Anthropomorphic face mask "sachihongo" (or "samahongo")
Zambia, Mbunda
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany Thomas Olbricht, Essen, Germany
sold EUR 8,200
Lot 98 : Artfully crafted stool
Zambia, Lozi (Rotse) / Luvale (Lwena) / Lunda
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 99 : Prestige vessel
Mozambique, Tsonga, Muhlati (or his workshop)
American Private Collection
sold EUR 7,000
Lot 100 : Lidded vessel
South Africa, Northern Nguni, Zulu or Swazi
Old UK Collection
sold EUR 4,000