Mexique, Olmèques: Masque en pierre, Période formative précoce à intermédiaire, environ entre 1200 av. J.-C. et 400 av. J.-C.
ProvenanceGerman Private Collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (1970–2004) · Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, 11 December 2024, lot 539 · Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, GermanyVendu 20 000 €Mexique, Zapotèques, Oaxaca, Monte Albán III: Urne figurative, env. 300 - 800 apr. J.-C.
ProvenanceRoyal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1988 · A. & B. Schirmer, Berlin, GermanyVendu 15 000 €Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Archipel Bismarck - Nouvelle Irlande: Excellente figure "malagan", avant 1899
ProvenanceAlbert Hahl (1868-1945), Bavaria, Germany · Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (1899) · Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1959)Vendu 38 000 €Iran - Gilan, Amlash: Rare idole "Amlash", env. 1000 av. J.-C.
ProvenanceKuhn-Lucht, Berlin, Germany · Bernd Gackstätter, “Antiken-Kabinett”, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (2008) · German Private CollectionVendu 10 000 €Anatolie, Beycesultan: Idole du type "Kusura-Beycesultan", Âge du bronze, env. 2700 - 2100 av. J.-C.
ProvenanceDieter Lensing, Düsseldorf, Germany · Bernd Gackstätter, “Antiken-Kabinett”, Frankfurt a. M., Germany (2010) · German Private CollectionVendu 10 000 €Nord du Vietnam, culture Dong Son: Vase rituel "situla", Âge du Bronze, 5e–1er siècle av. J.-C.
ProvenanceHong Kong Private Collection (1990-2008) · New York Private Collection (since 2008)Vendu 80 000 €Nouvelle-Guinée occidentale / Papouasie occidentale (Irian Jaya) - Région de Korvar: Appui-tête / Appui-cou "korwar" ("korvar")
ProvenanceAalderink, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Martin Doustar, Brussels, Belgium · Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium, 31 January 2024, lot 171Vendu 6 500 €Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Archipel Bismarck - Nouvelle Irlande: Excellente figure "malagan", avant 1899
ProvenanceAlbert Hahl (1868-1945), Bavaria, Germany · Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (1899) · Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1959)Vendu 38 000 €Guinée, Baga: Coiffe en forme de serpent "bansonyi" ou "a-Mantsho-na-Tshol"
ProvenanceGaston de Havenon (1904-1993), New York, USA · North German Private Collection (1975)Vendu 24 000 €R. D. Congo, Songye: Figur magique "nkishi" contre la variole
ProvenanceHans Himmelheber (1908-2003), Heidelberg, Germany (coll. in situ, 1938/39) · Paul & Ursula Seiler, Basel, Switzerland · Swiss Private Collection · Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium · Jacques Germain, Montreal, Canada · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2016, lot 461Vendu 18 000 €Îles Salomon - Île Bougainville, District de Buin, Telei: Rare bouclier de danse avec figure
ProvenanceHeinrich Ahlvers, Germany · Ahlvers worked from 1890-94 as a general purser for the shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd in German Guinea. Until his internment in Australia in 1914, he ran a hotel in the former Friedrich Wilhelm harbour, now Madang, on the northern tip of Papua New Guinea.Vendu 22 000 €Indonésie - Sumatra, Batak: Corne médicale "naga morsarang" ou "sahan"
ProvenanceLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany · German Private Collection, MunichVendu 11 000 €Tonga: Massue "akau tau"
ProvenanceLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany · German Private Collection, MunichVendu 16 000 €Gabon, Punu-Lumbo: Masque facial féminin "okuyi" ou "mukuyi"
ProvenanceJohann F. Gustav Umlauff (1833-1889), Hamburg, Germany · Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), Hamburg, Germany (1933) · Lore Kegel (1901-1980), Hamburg, Germany · Boris Kegel-Konietzko (1925-2020), Hamburg, Germany · Kegel-Konietzko & Dorn, Hamburg, GermanyVendu 15 000 €R. D. Congo, Luba-Shankadi, Sungu, Kiloko de Bussangu: Tabouret à cariatides "kipona" ("kihona") avec figure maternelle
ProvenanceLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1964)Vendu 10 000 €Pérou, Moche: Vase à étrier avec scène de sacrifice
ProvenanceUlrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart, Germany · Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, GermanyVendu 12 000 €R. D. Congo, Luba: Pendentif figuratif "mikisi mihasi"
ProvenanceGerman Private CollectionVendu 17 000 €Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Archipel Bismarck - Nouvelle Irlande: Malagan mask "tatanua"
ProvenanceKlaus Clausmeyer, Düsseldorf, Germany · Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, African & Oceanic Art, November 9, 1979, lot 136 · Richard Rüegg, Zurich, SwitzerlandVendu 36 000 €R. D. Congo, Yombe: Memorial figure "bitumba"
ProvenanceAmérico Cardoso Botelho, Lisbon, PortugalVendu 26 000 €Mali, Bamana: Sitting female figure "jo nyeleni"
ProvenanceEmil Storrer, Zurich, SwitzerlandVendu 52 000 €Cameroon Grassfields, Bangwa, Fontem Valley: Rare, old Commemorative Figure of a King "fon", late 19th century
ProvenanceGerman Colonial Collection, collected in situ before 1914. · Heinrich Vorwahl, Hamburg / Quakenbrück, Germany (born in 1898, year of death unknown, teacher and editor in religious studies, philosophy and philology as well as in history of medicine (focused on folk medicine) · Vorwahl Family Collection, GermanyVendu 60 000 €Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Archipel Bismarck - Îles de l´Amirauté: War charm, around 1880
ProvenanceLance Entwistle, Paris, France · Edith Hafter, Solothurn, SwitzerlandVendu 36 000 €Île de Pâques: Figure masculine debout "moai tangata"
ProvenanceMuseum Goddefroy, Hamburg, (existed from 1861 to 1885) · Carl A. Pöhl, Hamburg, Germany (1883) · presumably: Walter Bondy (1880-1940), Berlin, Germany · Ludwig Leicher, Berlin, GermanyVendu 58 000 €Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé: Figure masculine intronisée du "trésor de Saléfoué", avant 1910
ProvenanceTrésor des Saléfoué, Côte d’Ivoire (prior to 1910) · Joseph Cornet, French Administrative Official · Louis Pieter Cornelis (Lode) van Rijn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Galerie Kephri), 1970’s · Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany · Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany (1974)Vendu 38 000 €Gabon, Kota, groupe Obamba: Figure reliquaire "mbulu-ngulu" (esprit d'un défunt)
ProvenanceEverett Burton Helm, Minneapolis/Berlin, USA/ Germany Helm (1913-1999) was an American composer, musicologist and music critic. He studied at Harvard, and then after having been awarded a travel fellowship, with Gian Francesco Malipiero in Asolo, Italy and Ralph Vaughan Williams in England. In 1948, he was appointed Music Officer for the occupying US army in Germany. · From 1950 and into the 1960s, Helm worked as a music critic in Germany. In parallel, he was composing. The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra commissioned and premiered his First Piano Concerto in 1951, the same year as his first opera, Adam and Eve, was performed at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden.Vendu 30 000 €R. D. Congo, Vili: Maternité "pfemba" ("phemba")
ProvenanceLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany · Klaus Hummel, Korb, Germany (1967-80) Hummel (1939-2006) was an antiques dealer. Collecting African Art was his private hobby. Between 1967 and 1980, he bought and bartered a multitude of ancient African masks and figurines predominantly during his trips to Mr. Bretschneider in Munich and to Mr. Krieg in Neuenkirchen.Vendu 40 000 €Namibie, Ovambo, Ondonga: Rare poignard de prestige avec fourreau "omuele guosipika"
ProvenanceErwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, AustriaVendu 16 800 €Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Archipel Bismarck - Nouvelle Irlande: Magnifique figure "malagan"
ProvenanceLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany · Munich Private CollectionVendu 170 000 €Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Archipel Bismarck - Nouvelle Irlande: Figure féminine "malagan" à genoux
ProvenanceLudwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany · Munich Private CollectionVendu 80 000 €Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Archipel Bismarck - Nouvelle Irlande - Simberi (Îles Tabar): Figure féminine "malagan"
ProvenanceCarl Haug, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hafen (Madang), Papua New Guinea · Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (1909) · Arthur Speyer, Berlin, Germany (1965) · Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany · Munich Private Collection The figure was collected by Carl Haug, who worked in German New Guinea as captain on the North German Lloyd steamer “Siar”, which was launched in 1902. He sailed the “Siar” in rotation with Captain Hermann Voogdt and Alfred Knoth, both of whom were also enthusiastic collectors of ethnographic artefacts.Vendu 70 000 €Îles Marquises: Massue "u'u"
ProvenanceJohann F. Gustav Umlauff, Hamburg, Germany · Ernst von Sieglin (1848-1927), Stuttgart, Germany · Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (1905) · Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (1969) · Munich Private CollectionVendu 100 000 €R. D. Congo, Songe/Luba, région Kabalo: Rare bouclier, avant 1900
ProvenancePortuguese Collection (collected in situ, before 1900) · German Private CollectionVendu 42 000 €Europe-Antique, Romano-égyptien: Masque de sarcophage d'un jeune homme, env. 2e siècle apr. J.-C.
ProvenanceAmerican Private Collection, New York · Jean-David Cahn, Basel, Switzerland (2001) · Angela Henkel-Küsters, Düsseldorf, GermanyVendu 22 000 €Gabon, Punu/Lumbo: Face mask "okuyi"
ProvenanceLorenz Eckert, Basel, Switzerland (1950) · Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1970) · Eduard Hess, Basel, SwitzerlandVendu 30 000 €R. D. Congo, Songe / Luba: Masquette féminine "kifwebe" (pl. "bifwebe)
ProvenanceMuller-Van Isterbeek, Brussels, Belgium · Aaron Furman, New York, USA / Portugal (around 1959) · Allan Stone, New York, USAVendu 22 000 €Afrique antique, Égypte: Statuette d'Osiris, ptolémaïque, 3ᵉ/2ᵉ siècle av. J.-C.
ProvenanceAugust Bödiger, Bonn, 29 March 1977, lot 1213 · Hans Peter Urban, Bonn, Germany / Marbella, SpainVendu 11 000 €





































