African, Asian, Oceanic and pre-Columbian Art
12. April 2025 - Select pieces from Private Art Collections
Auction in Würzburg:
Saturday, 12 April 2025 – 2 pm (CEST)
Preview:
From April 9 to 11 – from 10 am to 5 pm
And by appointment
We cordially invite you to our spring auction, in which we are pleased to present you with outstanding works from important private collections. Look forward to a select selection of ancient American ceramics from the German private collections of Angela Henkel-Küsters and Klaus Kalz (part 3), historically important works from Africa and Oceania from a Munich private collection that is closely connected to Ludwig Bretschneider (part 2) and exquisite South Sea clubs from the Alexander Kubetz collection. The offer concludes with artfully crafted African and Asian weapons from the Erwin Melchardt collection.
More details to follow soon…
The 2-volume catalogue is expected to be sent on March 24 - and is then also online available.
Indonesia - Nias
Provenance:
Sotheby’s London, 29 June 1987
German Private Collection, Munich
Vanuatu, Solomons, Samoa & Fidji
Provenance
Alexander Kubetz, Munich
Gabon, Punu-Lumbo
Provenance
J. F. G. Umlauff (1833-1889), Hamburg
Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), Hamburg
Papua New Guinea - New Ireland
Provenance
Frigate Captain Rudolph Brosch, Austria (coll. in situ, 1894)
Mexico, Jalisco, Ameca Style
Provenance
Angela Henkel-Küsters, Düsseldorf
D. R. Congo, Luba-Shankadi
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich (1964)