African and Oceanic Art 28 January 2014 Brussels Lempertz Auction
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African and Oceanic Art 28 January 2014 Brussels Lempertz Auction
African and Oceanic Art 28 January 2014 Brussels Lempertz Auction 1025 African and Oceanic Art 28 January 2014 Brussels Lempertz Auction 1025 Preview Brussels Wednesday 22 – Saturday 25 January, 10 am – 6 pm Sunday 26 January, 11 am – 4 pm Monday 27 January, 10 am – 6 pm Tuesday 28 January, 10 am – 11 am Sale Brussels (new building) Tuesday 28 January 2014 2 pm Grote Hertstraat 6 rue du Grand Cerf 1000 Brussels Belgium T +32.2.5140586 F +32.2.5114824 [email protected] Neumarkt 3 50667 Cologne Germany T +49.221.925729-0 F +49.221.925729-6 [email protected] www.lempertz.com 1 3 A NORTHWEST COAST HORN SPOON AN ANYI FEMALE FIGURE Northwest Coast of America Ivory Coast/Ghana The mountain goat horn handle carved with a crouching animal with forelegs on chest above a human mask, secured to the horn bowl with copper pins, iron ring to tip of handle Seated on a stool with the hands joined on the lap, ringed neck and scarified cheeks, metal anklets, dark patina. 23 cm. long 46 cm. high € 1 500 – 2 000 € 1 000 – 1 200 2 A MASSIVE AKAN BRASS ANKLET Ivory Coast Of ovoid form with conical projection to one side, a central band of rope-work and panels of geometric ornament cast in relief. 26 cm. long € 800 – 1 200 2 5 A BWA BUFFALO MASK Burkina Faso 4 The curved horns forming a circle, carved geometric ornament painted in white, black and red. 56 cm. high A FANTI DRUM Ghana The female figure support with arms carved free of the body, ringed neck and blackened coiffure, wearing red bead waistband, the cylindrical drum above with animals and plants carved in shallow relief on a carved ground, the hide membrane retained with wood pegs. 100 cm. high € 3 000 – 5 000 € 1 000 – 1 500 6 7 A BAULE MALE FIGURE A BAULE FEMALE FIGURE Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Standing with arms in relief, the hands on the abdomen, the elaborate coiffure with plaits at the back of the neck, neatly dressed beard, scarification about the face and neck, white bead necklace, rectangular base, dark glossy patina. Standing with the arms in relief and the hands on the abdomen, the incised median-crested coiffure with three ridges behind each ear, scarified temples, cheeks and neck, blue beads about the neck, on rectangular base, dark glossy patina 51 cm. high 42 cm. high Provenance Provenance Gertrud Duebi-Müller, Solothurn Sotheby’s London, 2 December 1980, lot 163 Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich Robert Stolper, Munich € 5 000 – 8 000 € 2 000 – 3 000 8 9 A BAULE MALE FIGURE A BAULE FEMALE FIGURE Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Standing with the arms in relief and the hands on the abdomen, scarification on the chest, neck and back, the coiffure in four incised ridges forming a cross with central knop, a gold nugget suspended on cord about the neck, dark glossy patina. Standing with the arms in relief and the hands on the abdomen, scarification about the torso, back, neck, temples and cheeks, median-crested coiffure with braided border, on domed circular base, dark glossy patina. 39.5 cm. high 40.5 cm. high € 3 500 – 4 000 € 3 000 – 5 000 10 11 10 12 A TENENKOU TERRACOTTA ZOOMORPHIC FIGURE A MAOU MASK Mali Modelled as a quadruped standing on four thick legs, a modeled collar about its neck, red slip. 44 cm. long Cf. Schaedler, K.-F., Earth and Ore, 2500 Years of African Art in Terra-cotta and Metal, Munich, 1997, p.63, fig.75 Ivory Coast The long pierced beak with central band of pyramidal projections, the hemispherical head with carved horns and surmounted with a mound of fetish material with fibre and cloth and inset with animal horns, black encrusted patina. 90 cm. long € 2 000 – 3 000 € 3 000 – 5 000 11 A TENENKOU TERRACOTTA ZOOMORPHIC FIGURE Mali Modelled as a quadruped seated in a vertical position with its head looking upwards, modeled collar about its neck, red slip. 36 cm. long € 3 000 – 5 000 12 13 A BWA PLANK MASK Burkina Faso The circular face with the eyes as concentric circles, the pierced lozenge-shaped mouth with carved teeth, a horn-like projection above curving down in front of the face, the tall shaped rectangular superstructure carved all over on front and back with checkerboard design in white and black. 198 cm. high Exhibited Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna, Götter Geister Ahnen, March to July 1994, no.217. Literature Schaedler, K.-F., Götter Geister Ahnen Afrikanische Skulpturen in deutschen Privatsammlungen im Museum für Völkerkunde Wien, Munich, 1994, p.7, fig.217. € 8 000 – 12 000 14 16 14 16 A DAN MASK A DAN MASK Ivory Coast/Liberia Liberia\Ivory Coast With pierced lozenge mouth and pierced slender eyes, beard of human hair below the chin, plaited fibre coiffure, dark glossy patina. The triangular face with two teeth in the mouth, a white painted band across the pierced eyes, the coiffure as two incised braids on the forehead, grooves about the border, white bead earrings, dark patina. 23 cm. high Provenance Hans Schneckenburger, Munich. 23 cm. high Provenance Maria Wyss, Basel. € 4 000 – 6 000 € 3 000 – 5 000 15 17 A BAULE GONG BEATER A DAN MASK Ivory Coast Ivory Coast With spiral handle and carved animal head behind the crescent-shaped beater, carved in relief on one side with a serpent devouring a quadruped, dark glossy patina. With aluminium borders to the pierced eyes, median ridge to forehead, pierced at the centre of the slightly parted lips, dark glossy patina. 24 cm. high 23.5 cm. long € 3 000 – 5 000 € 500 – 800 15 17 18 18 A DAN MASK Ivory Coast The face with slender pierced slit eyes, a vertical ridge in relief on the forehead, the mouth with slightly parted lips with inset metal teeth, dark glossy patina. 24.5 cm. high Provenance Emil Storrer, Zurich € 5 000 – 8 000 19 A BAULE FAN Ivory Coast The lozenge-shaped handle terminating in a Janus horned buffalo head, circular hide fan, dark glossy patina. 36 cm. long € 1 000 – 1 500 19 22 20 A DJENNE TERRACOTTA FIGURE Mali 20 The male figure seated with knees drawn up, his right hand holding a sceptre on his knee in the form of an arm with hand finial, the left hand holding his projecting tongue. 34 cm. high Literature Terres cuites de la boucle du Niger, Djenné et alentour, Paris, Galerie Leloup, September 1986, p.19, no.24. Sold with a 1993 certificate from Alliance-Science-Art dating the terracotta to 590 years +/- 60 years. € 1 000 – 1 500 21 A BANKONI TERRACOTTA HALF FIGURE Mali The female figure with domed eyes and stippled coiffure and torso. 45.5 cm. high Literature Terres cuites de la boucle du Niger, Djenné et alentour, Galerie Leloup, Paris, September 1986, p.46, no.78. Sold with a 1991 certificate from Alliance-Science-Art dating the terracotta to 390 years +/- 55 years. € 800 – 1 200 21 23 22 23 A NYONYOSI STONE HALF FIGURE A BAMBARA POWER FIGURE Burkina Faso Mali The flat circular face with broad mouth, grooved coiffure, the arms akimbo Boli, for the Kono society, of zoomorphic form, the rounded body with large hump at the shoulders, on four legs, thick encrusted sacrificial patina. 14 cm. high 47 cm. high € 300 – 500 Provenance Galerie Leloup, Paris € 5 000 – 8 000 24 24 A BAULE MALE FIGURE Ivory Coast 25 Standing with the arms carved free of the body, the mediancrested incised coiffure with a small lobe behind each ear, bands of scarification on the long neck, dark glossy patina 26 41 cm. high TWO AKAN FETISH GOLD AREFACTS Provenance Ivory Coast Private collection, Munich € 3 000 – 5 000 A bracelet with finely cast geometric ornament; and a four-legged stool with rectangular seat. 7.5 and 4.5 cm. high 25 A BAULE MALE FIGURE Ivory Coast Standing with the arms in relief to the sides, the incised coiffure with lateral ridge and lobe at the back with plait falling down the nape of the neck, scarification on the torso, back, abdomen and neck, white bead anklets, on circular base, dark glossy patina. 41.5 cm. high Provenance Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp Piet Blanckaert Gallery, Knokke € 4 000 – 6 000 € 1 000 – 1 500 27 FOUR AKAN FETISH GOLD ORNAMENTS Ivory Coast Each with openwork cast filigree ornament: one a crescent with highly stylized mask in relief; another composed of four linked ovals; another of lenticular form; the last circular. 27 7 to 11.5 cm. long € 2 000 – 3 000 28 SIX AKAN FETISH GOLD ORNAMENTS Ivory Coast Each with cast filigree ornament: a large crescent; a smaller crescent with openwork centre; another in the form of a stylized ram’s head; a crescent with mask at the centre; a triangular pendant with mask; and one of ovoid openwork form. 28 5 to 14.5 cm. long € 2 000 – 3 000 29 FIVE AKAN FETISH GOLD ORNAMENTS Ivory Coast Each with cast filigree ornament: two cast as stylized ram’s heads, one with mask at the centre; a crescent with central mask; one of lenticular form; the last as four ovals joined to form a ring. 29 4.5 to 11 cm. long € 2 500 – 3 000 30 FIVE AKAN FETISH GOLD ORNAMENTS Ivory Coast Two cast as masks; another of openwork circular form; a crescent; the last of lozenge form. 5 to 12 cm. long € 3 000 – 4 000 30 31 A PAIR OF BAMBARA PUPPETS Mali Merekun, male and female, each with the head covered in brass panels, the male with hair lashes, the female with the coiffure in braids to each side of the face and with attached brass discs, three ridges in high relief at the back, bulbous breasts, each on rectangular post, dark patina with some erosion to the bases. 77 cm. and 89 cm. high Cf. Colleyn, J.-P., Bamana, the Art of Existence in Mali, p.90, cat.65 and 66, for a similar pair of figures attributed to the Segou region. € 4 000 – 4 500 32 33 A SENUFO MASK A GURO MASK Mali/Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Kpelie, the slender face with pierced slit eyes and rectangular mouth, shaped projections and horns to each side, curved and incised horns flanking a vertical central horn, black patina. 37.5 cm. high The sensitively carved face with carved teeth in the open mouth, engraved and coloured arcs about the pierced slit eyes, triple scarification marks in relief of the forehead, cross-hatched hairline, curved horn-like plaits above, dark glossy patina with red and white painted embellishments. € 2 000 – 3 000 29 cm. high Provenance Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich This fine mask represents Gu, the beautiful female who appears together with the zamle mask. However, she is not human but a creature of the forest. In Guro: Masks, Performances and Master Carvers in Ivory Coast, (Zurich, 2008, p.222), the author states that Tra bi Tra of Bogopinfla distinguishes three type of Gu face masks. The present mask appears to be Glawone gu, distinguished by its braids resembling ram’s horns. The open mouth is said to indicate that gu is “smiling”. € 5 000 – 8 000 34 35 A BAULE FEMALE FIGURE A BAULE FEMALE FIGURE Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Standing with arms carved free of the body and the hands on the abdomen, the elaborate multilobed coiffure with three plaits at the back, scarification to the face, chest torso and back, a metal anklet about each ankle, on ridged circular base Standing with the arms free of the body and the hands to the sides, scarification about the face and neck, the incised coiffure with two lobes and two plaits, dark patina. 41.5 cm. high Provenance Robert Stolper, Munich 48 cm. high Provenance Harvey Menist, Amsterdam Jacques Hautelet, Brussels Marc de Monbrison, Paris € 4 000 – 6 000 € 3 000 – 5 000 36 A SENUFO FIGURE Mali/Ivory Coast Tugubele, the standing female with the arms free of the body and the hands to each side of the navel, the coiffure carved as four plaits with central median ridge, hatched scarification about the navel and upper breasts, armlets in relief on the upper arms, on circular base, dark oily patina. 30 cm. high Provenance Philippe and Lisa Laeremans Gallery, Brussels Sando’o is, after Poro, the most important society among the Senufo. Its members, who are mostly women, are responsible for the moral behaviour of members of their extended families. Sando’o is also the name given to those members of the society who perform divination. Connected with divination is the belief in the existence of bush spirits or tugubele. Those spirits with which a diviner is familiar are given an anthropomorphic representation in wood or bronze. Like humans, tugubele are believed to live as couples and are therefore most often represented as a pair of standing human figures. In rare cases when only one figure is carved, the spirit may be represented as seated. The carving or casting of these figures symbolises the bond between the diviner and his or her helping spirit, a bond which is maintained through regular libations and sacrifices to ensure the spirit’s continued help. € 10 000 – 15 000 37 38 37 A DAN GUERE MASK Ivory Coast With pierced circular eyes, the prominent lips pierced for insertion of teeth, a band of carved antelope horns across the forehead, pierced rectangular holes about the border, fine dark glossy patina. 21 cm. high 39 Cf. Fischer, E. and Himmelheber, H., The Arts of the Dan in West Africa, Zurich, 1984, p.57, figs.62-64, for similar masks described as Bagle, an entertainment mask, prevalent amongst the Western Dan. € 4 000 – 6 000 38 A GUERE/KRAN MASK Ivory Coast With prominent tubular eyes, a band of carved antelope horns above, semi-circular panels to each side of the face, the lower jaw missing, dark encrusted patina. 25 cm. high € 1 000 – 1 500 39 A NALU MASK Guinea Bissau With two carved small horns at the junction of the long flared snout and the central cap, the curved horns above joined at the tips, cross-hatched ornament, weathered surface. 99.5 cm. long € 1 800 – 2 000 40 A BOBO MASK Burkina Faso The rectangular face with painted triangles in black, white and reddish brown, the domed top of the head with central median crest, two tall horns above. 137 cm. high Provenance Johan Henau, Antwerp Hans and Trudy van Witteloostuijn, Delft Exhibited Brussels, Studio 44, Haute-Volta , September, 1973. Literature Kamer, H., Haute-Volta, Brussels, 1973, p.24, no.2 € 5 000 – 8 000 42 A RARE TEMNE MASK Central Sierra Leone A-Ròng-a-Thoma, carved as the head of a hippopotamus with large flared nostrils flanking a central ridge, the open jaws below with pierced row of teeth, curved and grooved horns above, remains of red, white and black pigments. 39 cm. long Provenance Emile Deletaille, Brussels Frederick Lamp (in “The Royal Horned Hippopotamus of the Keita of Temne: A-Ròng-a-Thoma” in Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin, 2005, pp.37-53) writes at length about these rare masks. Called A-Ròng-aThoma they were made exclusively by the Temne living in the town of Yele in central Sierra Leone. The masking tradition was owned exclusively by the Kanu royal family in Yele and was the responsibility of the ritual king-making association, Ragbènle, an association whose membership was restricted to paramount chiefs and their advisors. Although only made in Yele, the mask travelled throughout southeastern Temneland, in the areas controlled by the Ragbènle association who charged expensive fees for the right to hold a performance. Although the form of the mask strongly resembles a hippopotamus, the presence of ram’s horns indicate that it represents a water spirit rather than an animal from the physical world. These spirits were responsible for the welfare and safety of the community and the success of the harvest, especially rice. The A-Ròng-a-Thoma mask is the most important of the spirits represented in masks of the Ragbènle. It appears annually in Yele at the beginning of the dry season and at other important ceremonial occasions such as the coronation of a paramount chief. Some of the songs which accompanied the mask’s appearance are of a sexual nature, and imply that the masked dancer will advance himself sexually as a result of his performance. 41 A SENUFO FEMALE FIGURE Mali Standing with the arms in relief to the sides, heartshaped face and smooth rounded top of the head, dark patina with traces of kaolin. Lamp illustrates a photograph taken in the village of Maka by Northcote Whitridge Thomas, a British government anthropologist who conducted field research in Sierra Leone in 1914-15. It shows two A-Ròng-a-Thoma masks, similar to the present lot, alongside one of the other accompanying Ragbènle spirit masks. Lehuard, R., “La collection William Brill”, in Arts d’Afrique Noire, no.26, Arnouville, 1978, p.19. In addition to the Yale mask which was in Harry Beasley’s Cranmore Museum before 1938, Lamp also illustrates two of the few other known examples of the A-Ròng-a-Thoma mask; one in the Fowler Museum of Cultural History (X81.227), formerly in the Barry Kitnick collection; and another in the Manchester Museum (0.878). Another in the British Museum (Af1969,05.1) was acquired from Ernest Ohly in 1969. € 1 500 – 2 000 € 15 000 – 20 000 68 cm. high Provenance William W. Brill, New York Sotheby’s New York, 17 November 2006, lot 15. Literature 43 44 43 44 A LANDUMAN MASK A DOGON PULLEY Guinea Bissau Mali Tonkongba, carved as a stylized animal’s head with long snout, the curved horns joined at the tips, stippled and cross-hatched ornament, the eyes inset with brass tacks, dark patina. Carved as a standing figure with hands on thighs, the head with tall median cross-hatched coiffure, dark glossy patina. 80 cm. long 23 cm. high Provenance € 200 – 300 Roger Budin, Geneva € 5 000 – 8 000 45 A DOGON DOG Mali Carved geometric ornament on the belly, thick encrusted patina. 24 cm. long € 1 000 – 1 500 45 46 A DOGON MATERNITY FIGURE Mali, Tintam Region The naked female kneeling holding the child against her thighs, cap-like tripartite coiffure, wearing korte necklace, scarified breasts, dark glossy patina. 55 cm. high Provenance Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels Philippe Ratton, Paris Michel Gaud, St-Tropez Literature Dogon, Galerie Ratton Hourdé, Paris, 2005, pp.54/55. Cf. Leloup, H. et al., Dogon Statuary, Strasbourg, 1994, no.106, for a similar figure. The author states that the figure kneels in a position of respect and offers her child to a superior authority, either to the family altar to demonstrate her fertility or to the chiefs of the ginna during the naming ceremony for the future chief of the lineage. € 10 000 – 12 000 47 48 49 47 A CHAM TERRACOTTA VESSEL Nigeria The ovoid vessel modeled with conical projections and surmounted by a stylised figure. 38 cm. high Cf. Shaedler, K.-F., Earth and Ore, 2500 Years of African Art in Terracotta and Metal, Munich, 1997, p.271, figs.524-529, for similar vessels. The author explains that they were used for soothsaying, healing diseases, protecting unborn children and ensuring their safety until puberty. € 800 – 1 200 48 A DJENNE TERRACOTTA HORSE AND RIDER Mali The bearded rider with head turned upwards, wearing large disc armlets, a quiver on his back. 27.5 cm. high Provenance Bernard de Grunne, Brussels. Literature De Grunne, B., Terres cuites anciennes de l’ouest Africain, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1980, p.5, fig.1 centre. € 800 – 1 200 49 A DJENNE TERRACOTTA FIGURE Mali The seated figure with the left elbow resting on the left knee, a quiver attached to the upper arm, a large pendant on cord in relief about the neck, finely modeled costume about the lower body. 28.5 cm. high Literature Terres cuites de la boucle du Niger, Djenné et alentour, Galerie Leloup, Paris, September, p.26, no.38. 50 A DAN MASK Ivory Coast With white painted band about the pierced slit eyes, pointed chin below the lozengeshaped mouth, the elaborate cloth headgear with bands of coloured glass beads and a stone amulet, fine dark glossy patina. 23.5 cm high Provenance Sold with a 1994 certificate from AllianceScience-Art dating the terracotta to 670 years +/- 45 years. Dr George W. Harley, Cambridge, Massachusetts Paul Rabut, Westport, Connecticut € 1 500 – 2 000 € 8 000 – 10 000 52 A DAN MASK Ivory Coast With pierced circular eyes, the lozenge-shaped mouth with parted lips, the elaborate coiffure composed of multiple fibre plaits and strands, dark glossy patina. 51 A BAULE HORSE AND RIDER 27 cm. high Provenance Lempertz Brussels, 23 February, 1991, lot 49 Ivory Coast The female rider with multi-lobed coiffure, scarification on the face, neck and back, her right hand holding the reins and her left holding a quirt over her shoulder, the diminutive horse on domed circular base, dark glossy patina. 38 cm. high Provenance Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg € 4 000 – 6 000 € 2 000 – 3 000 53 A BAULE FIGURE Ivory Coast The standing female with arms in relief on the body, scarified cheeks, bifurcated coiffure, ringed neck, gold pendants about the neck, dark patina. 46 cm. high Provenance Johan Henau, Antwerp 54 A SENUFO HORSE AND RIDER Mali/Ivory Coast € 1 000 – 1 500 Syonfolo, the rider with conical cap and holding remains of a staff in one hand, the other holding the reins, scarification to cheeks and temples, glossy black patina. 29.5 cm. high Provenance Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, London € 4 000 – 6 000 56 55 A LOBI FIGURE Burkina Faso The long arms carved free of the long torso, the face with carved teeth in the parted lips, large wide eyes with brows in relief, cap-like coiffure, dark patina. 70 cm. high € 5 000 – 8 000 56 A LOBI FIGURE Burkina Faso Standing with the arms free of the body, tall domed head with the features in high relief, dark glossy patina. 39 cm. high Provenance Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg € 1 500 – 2 000 55 57 57 A LOBI MALE FIGURE Burkina Faso The arms carved free of the body, the face with large domed eyes, the brows in relief, smooth coiffure, dark glossy patina. 51 cm. high € 4 000 – 6 000 58 A LOBI MALE FIGURE Burkina Faso Bateba, the arms carved free of the body, the face with naturalistic features, smooth coiffure, prominent abdomen and buttocks, weathered patina with erosion to the legs. 88 cm. high Cf. Meyer, P., Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zurich, 1981, p.58, fig.3. € 8 000 – 12 000 58 61 62 59 A BANKONI TERRACOTTA FIGURE Mali The standing female figure with stippled coiffure and conical projection from the top of the head, a necklace modeled about the neck. 59 54 cm. high Literature Terres cuites de la boucle du Niger, Djenné et alentour, Galerie Leloup, Paris, September 1986, p.42, no.72. Sold with a 1990 certificate from Alliance-Science-Art dating the terracotta to 350 to 460 years +/- 15%. € 1 000 – 1 500 60 A NIGER OR CHAD TERRACOTTA HEAD Of cylindrical form, with features in high relief, cap-like coiffure, dark patina. 30.5 cm high € 800 – 1 200 61 A DOGON FIGURE With dressed beard, arrow-shaped nose, domed eyes and crenelated coiffure, the arms in relief with the hands joined on the abdomen, encrusted patina. 20 cm. high € 600 – 800 60 63 64 62 Provenance A LOBI FIGURE Exhibited Burkina Faso The Janus head with median crest, prominent pectorals and arms in relief, dark patina. 21.5 cm. high € 1 200 – 1400 Peter Loebarth Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne, Wahre Wunder. Sammler und Sammlungen im Rheinland, 5 November 2000 – 11 February 2001. € 4 000 – 6 000 64 A LOBI FIGURE 63 A LOBI FIGURE Burkina Faso The male figure standing with the arms carved free of the body, the face with finely carved features and cap-like coiffure, prominent domed navel, dark patina. 57 cm. high Burkina Faso The male figure standing with the arms carved free of the body, the smooth coiffure with central median ridge and triangular projection at the nape of the neck, dark patina. 46.5 cm. high Provenance Peter Loebarth € 3 000 – 5 000 67 65 65 A YORUBA FIGURE OF A BEARDED PRIEST Nigeria Standing with hands clasped in prayer, wearing chasuble, a crucifix about his neck, painted in colours. 40 cm. high Provenance Ernst Anspach, New York Exhibited Washington, DC, The Stranger Among Us, National Museum of African Art, March-September 1982, no.39. Literature Stevenson, M. and Graham-Stewart, M., The Mlungu in Africa, Art from the Colonial Period, 18401940, 2003, p.92. € 800 – 1 200 66 A YORUBA CEREMONIAL LADLE Nigeria A carved horseman at the centre of the shaft above a hand, circular bowl, black patina 71 cm. long € 800 – 1 200 66 68 67 A YORUBA EGUNGUN HEADDRESS Nigeria Composed of a large circular cloth bundle sewn with cowries and surmounted by a head with tall blackened coiffure, the facial features smoothly worn with thick encrusted surface 46 cm. high € 600 – 800 68 69 69 A PAIR OF YORUBA TWIN FIGURES A YORUBA TWIN FIGURE Nigeria Nigeria Ere ibeji, male and female, each with tall, incised coiffure, metal pupils to the eyes, each with beads about the waist, neck and one wrist, dark glossy patinas. Ere ibeji, the male wearing finely incised tunic and darkened cap, a metal bracelet about each wrist, on circular base, dark smoothly worn glossy patina with remains of camwood powder. 26 cm. high 28.5 cm. high Provenance Provenance Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam Adrian Schlag , Brussels € 1 000 – 1 500 € 3 000 – 5 000 70 71 70 71 A YORUBA BOAT GROUP BY THOMAS ONA A YORUBA EUROPEAN COUPLE BY THOMAS ONA Nigeria A European in sola topi seated at the front of the boat, four oarsmen behind (one oar missing). 33 cm. long Nigeria On single base, the male holding a chair and with glasses, each wearing hat Provenance 23.5 cm. high Lesley Charles Sibun (1907-1984) Provenance Lesley Charles Sibun (1907-1984). Sibun worked for the United Africa Company in the early 1930s. He also served in the East African Rifles. € 800 – 1 200 Lesley Charles Sibun (1907-1984) Cf. Stevenson, M. and Graham-Stewart, M., The Mlungu in Africa, Art from the Colonial Period, 1840-1940, 2003, p.99, for an almost identical couple. € 800 – 1 200 72 TWO YORUBA EUROPEAN DIGNITARIES BY THOMAS ONA Nigeria Each wearing uniform with carved sash, epaulets and medals and with a sword in sheath to one side, each wearing sola topi, one with plume 26cm. and 33.5 cm. high Provenance Lesley Charles Sibun (1907-1984) € 1 000 – 1 500 72 73 73 THREE YORUBA FIGURES BY THOMAS ONA Nigeria A seated oba holding ceremonial staff ; his wife with child at her back and feathers in her headdress; and an attendant with bag and staff, each with painted embellishments. 23cm. to 29 cm. high Provenance Lesley Charles Sibun (1907-1984) € 1 000 – 1 500 74 TWO YORUBA FIGURES BY THOMAS ONA Nigeria A District Officer seated at his desk holding a book in one hand; and a native soldier in uniform and fez holding a rifle 23 cm. and 24 cm. high Provenance Lesley Charles Sibun (1907-1984) € 300 – 500 74 76 A YORUBA GELEDE MASK Nigeria The blackened coiffure in four lateral incised ridges with a short projecting plait to one side, triple scarification on cheeks and forehead, pierced through the nostrils and eyes, pale patina. 38 cm. high Provenance Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich 75 A YORUBA FEMALE BOWL BEARER Nigeria The standing figure holding a spherical bowl and cover before her abdomen, the face with triple scarification to forehead and cheeks, tall double lobed coiffure, prominent pointed breasts, wearing striped skirt, carved bracelets, on large circular base, pale patina with blackened embellishments. 53 cm. high Provenance Gerd Stoll, Munich, 1975. € 5 000 – 8 000 € 3 000 – 5 000 77 A YORUBA GELEDE MASK Nigeria The coiffure with checkered bands across the hairline and descending from the blackened median crest, scarification on the cheeks, panels of geometric ornament, perhaps representing scarification, on the temples, forehead and chin, dark patina. 38 cm. high Provenance Karin Frey, Munich € 8 000 – 12 000 78 A YORUBA IRON STAFF Nigeria The finial as a standing figure with an animal at his side above a ring of four figures with upraised arms, a further ring of four birds below above iron cone rattles and raffia tassels. 138 cm. high Provenance Galerie Simonis, Düsseldorf € 1 000 – 1 500 79 80 79 80 AN URHOBO MASK AN IBO FIGURE Nigeria Nigeria The slender oval face with vertical scarification on the forehead, the tall triangular headdress above surmounted by joined horn-like projections, encrusted patina of white, black and ochre pigments. Standing with the hands held forward, palms upwards, scarification to chest and abdomen, the cap-like coiffure with tall median crest with carved curved motifs, painted reddish brown and black. 53 cm. high 107 cm. high Provenance Provenance Johan Henau, Antwerp Piet Blanckaert Gallery, Knokke Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp Piet Blanckaert Gallery, Knokke € 3 000 – 5 000 € 2 500 – 3 500 81 AN IBO FIGURE Nigeria Ikenga, the cylindrical body with carved and engraved flanges, two tall curved horns above the small face. 56 cm. high € 400 – 600 81 82 83 82 83 AN IJO WATER SPIRIT MASK AN EKET MASK Nigeria Nigeria The circular face with conical eyes set within deep brows, the lozenge shaped snout with geometric motifs in shallow relief, notched ridge to the top of the head, painted white, blue, brown and black. The small circular face with pierced eyes and hatched border, surmounted by a large urn, yellow and black pigment. 50 cm. high Provenance Roger Azar, Paris. 80 cm. long Provenance Johan Henau, Antwerp Piet Blanckaert Gallery, Knokke Literature Neyt, F., L’art Eket Collection Azar, Paris, 1979, no.28. € 1 500 – 2 000 € 3 000 – 5 000 84 84 A MAMBILA HEADDRESS Cameroon Of cap-like form with central band of median grooves in relief and a band of lozenges about the border, dark glossy patina 22 cm. wide € 800 – 1 200 85 AN IBO DANCE CREST Nigeria Carved as a head with scarification in high relief on the cheeks and temples, the face painted white and black, the top of the head with carved bands in relief and with attached fibre coiffure and fibre plaits at the back of the head, retaining remnants of coloured cloth costume 28 cm. high € 3 000 – 5 000 86 AN EKOI DANCE CREST Nigeria Carved as a head with inset teeth in the open mouth, scarification in relief on the cheeks and forehead, a cavity on the back of the head, painted brown and black, dark glossy patina, on woven fibre and cane base. 42 cm. high € 2 000 – 3 000 87 A NOK TERRACOTTA FIGURE FRAGMENT Nigeria The large head with triangular panels of cross-hatched ornament on the cheeks, remains of incised moustache, deeply recessed pupils and parted lips, the right arm below the chin with grooved bracelet, finely modeled fingers, grooved collar about the neck. 22.5 cm. high Sold with a 1994 certificate from Alliance-Science-Art dating the terracotta to 2,050 years +/- 20 years. € 3 000 – 5 000 88 A TIV FEMALE FIGURE Nigeria Ihambe, standing with the arms free of the body, the face with panels of scarification to cheeks and forehead, the coiffure as two lobes, extensive scarification about the chest and abdomen, conical breasts, on circular base, dark patina. 77 cm. high There are two principal categories of large scale Ihambe figure sculpture made by the Tiv – post figures in an abstracted style and more naturalistic figures, such as the present lot, which are usually female. According to Francois Neyt (in The Arts of the Benue: to the Roots of Tradition, Tielt, 1985, p.178), Ihambe figure sculpture has not been made by the Tiv since the beginning of the 20th century. Following a traditional marriage exchange in which the son of one family would marry the daughter of another whilst his sister would marry the brother of his new wife, one or more of these figures were placed by the family of the husband outside the home of the girl’s mother along with Akombo fetishes consisting of sticks, clay pots and medicinal plants, connected with fecundity of the tribe and fertility of the land. The distinctive Kusa scarification carved on the torsos of such figures is considered an essential sign of female beauty and marks the transition from girlhood to womanhood. On the present lot the stomach scarification is of a type said to represent the Okpoto fish, one of the two most widespread catfish designs. These designs distinguished the Tiv from neighbouring tribes and also distinguished the different age groups. € 8 000 – 12 000 89 90 A BOKI MALE FIGURE A CROSS RIVER STONE MONOLITH Upper Cross River area, Nigeria/Cameroon Nigeria With arms in relief and the hands on the abdomen, the spherical head with projecting cylindrical eyes and deeply excavated mouth, the pectorals and shoulder blades in relief, lower legs eroded, weathered patina. Of rounded form with facial features carved in relief, the oval mouth with carved teeth, dotted border to the eyes, scarification to cheeks and temples, concentric circles to the top of the head, smoothly weathered surface. 50.5 cm. high 57 cm. high Cf. Krieger, K., Westafrikanische Plastik, Berlin, 1978, Vol.1, pl.82, for a similar figure collected by Glauning in 1901. A pair of figures in similar style in the Carlo Monzino collection are illustrated in Vogel, S., African Aesthetics, New York, 1986, pp.110-111. Percy A. Talbot ( In the Shadow of the Bush, London, 1912, opposite page 50) illustrates two figures of this same type photographed in situ on altars. He describes their use in ensuring success in hunting and to protect against sickness, wild animals, witchcraft, and theft. Some he relates are kept for several generations become more powerful with age. Literature € 2 500 – 3 500 Bastin, M.-L., Introduction aux Arts de l’Afrique Noire, Arnouville, 1984, p.45, no.27. € 8 000 – 12 000 92 A KEAKA MALE FIGURE Nigeria Standing with the arms free of the body and bent at the elbows, the face with carved teeth in the open mouth and with deeply grooved beard, the coiffure with median crest forming a plait falling down the nape of the neck, carved band about the waist on large feet, dark encrusted patina. 78 cm. high Provenance Alain de Monbrison, Paris The Keaka or Kaka are a small ethnic group situated in the hills of Western Cameroon. According to their own oral tradition they are related to the neighbouring Tikar. Their artistic production comprises mainly carved ancestor figures, either with colored pigments similar to Mambila tadep figures, or highly abstract figures. These abstract figures, with their highly geometrized form and their thick encrusted sooty patinas are believed to be the more ancient style and, for collectors of African art, have come to typify Keaka art. 91 AN IDOMA HELMET MASK Nigeria The open mouth with carved teeth and tongue, glass inset eyes, the incised coiffure with central crest of five curved incised tufts, thick encrusted patina. 31 cm. high Cf. Cole, H. and Aniakor, C., Igbo Art Community and Cosmos, Los Angeles, 1984, p.118, fig.221, for a similar mask in the Seattle Art Museum attributed to the north central Ibo region and said to represent a nwanza bird. Such masks, which come in a huge variety with hundreds of variations, are worn by younger men who represent Locust Spirits and invade villages during dry season festivals. € 3 000 – 5 000 According to Pierre Harter (in “Keaka, Kaka & «Kaka»”, Tribal Arts, 1994, no.3, pp.45-48) veneration of ancestors was primordial among the Keaka. The ritual celebrations in which the statues were used were organized by the mbir, the men’s secret society, and the figures associated with this cult were the responsibility of the wantop, one of the high members of the chief’s council. Literature African Arts, vol.XVII, August 1984, no.4, p.23. € 20 000 – 30 000 94 A PAIR OF MAMBILA FIGURES Nigeria Each with conical eyes and recessed oval mouth, the male with one hand on the abdomen, the other held to the chin, the female with both hands on the abdomen, deeply incised coiffures, dark patinas with red and white painted embellishments 34 cm. high Provenance J. de Vilmoir, France € 3 000 – 4 000 93 A MAMBILA MALE FIGURE Nigeria The concave face with recessed oval mouth, short arms with hands on the chest, highly stylised legs, a cord around the neck, painted black with white and red embellishments. 71 cm. high Provenance Seraphin, California € 10 000 – 12 000 95 A CROSS RIVER SKINCOVERED DANCE CREST Nigeria, 19th century The head covered with black-dyed skin, the eyes inset with metal, the broad parted lips with plaited fibre borders, three flared cylindrical projections at the back of the head covered with red and yellow trade cloth, secured with a cloth cylinder, woven rattan base. 26.5 cm. high A Cross River crest in the collection of the World Museum, Liverpool, is almost identical to the present lot but the skin is predominantly yellow rather than black. It was one of two purchased by the museum in 1873 from the Liverpool curio dealer, William Cross and described as “heads of idols, formed of skin stretched on wood & basket work”. Only one remains in the museum’s collection today, the other having possibly been lost, along with many other objects, in the aftermath of the bombing of the museum in 1940. Pale skin-covered masks are said to be female and dark-stained masks male. This leads us to speculate on whether this mask could be the pair to the Liverpool crest. As no detailed description or image of the museum’s second mask survives, it remains speculation. However, it seems highly probable that the two masks were made by the same artist. € 6 000 – 8 000 96 A MUMUYE FEMALE FIGURE Nigeria Standing with the arms free of the body, tall median crest to the coiffure, incised scarification about the neck and face, the breasts incised on the chest, dark glossy patina. 84 cm. high € 2 000 – 3 000 97 A MUMUYE FIGURE Nigeria Standing with the arms free of the body, the head with medial crest and extensive whitened engraved scarification 50 cm. high € 800 – 1 200 98 A BANGWA NIGHT SOCIETY HELMET MASK Cameroon Of Janus form, each face with carved teeth in the open mouth, the eyes in relief below overhanging brows, central ridged coiffure above, the two masks bound together with fibre, thick dark encrusted patina. carved, the ancient ones being repaired when needed. They could be moved only after those who came in contact with them had taken strict ritual precautions. The thick patina of soot and libations, it is believed, added to their effectiveness. 25.5 cm. high Pollock believes they were made to be worn as they have holes for attachment of a head covering. However, he relates that the Bangwa considered these old masks to have become so powerful and dangerous that they could no longer be worn on the head. Even to hold or carry a mask on the shoulder, a man had to be ritually pure and of a certain social status. (Pollock and Brain, Bangwa Funerary Sculpture, London, 1971, p. 132). Provenance Jacques Kerchache, Paris The Night Society was one of the oldest and most important societies of the Bangwa. Its most important role was that of kingmaker, naming a successor after the king’s death and maintaining political continuity during the period of interregnum. Its members were state executioners, and in the distant past hanged witches and criminals. Due to its secrecy and the political power it wielded, the Night Society was feared by the Bangwa. Its ritual objects, the terrifying Night masks and ceremonial sticks, were displayed during the so-called “cry-die”, the late chief’s funeral ceremony. Unlike the masks of other societies participating in the king’s funeral ceremony, which were regarded purely for their aesthetic qualities, the Night Society masks were terrifying symbols of the worldly and supernatural powers of the chiefs and were considered highly dangerous. Stored for years in hidden places, new masks were very rarely The masks of the Night Society are very varied in form but a common feature is their grotesque and sometimes extreme, even violent, appearance. They are said to represent humans, “terrifying, powerful men” according to Pollock (op.cit. p.133). Some of the Night masks are two-faced, some even four-faced. The Janus feature may derive from the idea that the Night society is considered the chief’s ‘eyes’, thus enabling the society to see in all directions. € 8 000 – 12 000 100 A RARE BANGWA FIGURE Cameroon Lekat, for the Kungang society, the crouching male figure with the elbows resting on the knees and the hands held to the cheeks, pierced open mouth and protuberant eyes, the coiffure as two lobes, a rectangular cavity between the shoulder blades, ancient dark and encrusted patina. 84 cm. high Provenance Josef Herman, London Alan Mann, London Christie’s Paris, 4 December 2008, lot 313. 99 A BANGWA DANCE CREST Cameroon The face with wide open mouth with carved teeth, two large horns from the top of the head curving around to the front of the face, on domed base, dark glossy patina. 33 cm. high Provenance Loudmer, Paris, 22 June 1984, lot 80. Pollock (in Pollock and Brain, Bangwa Funerary Sculpture, London, 1971, pl.16) publishes a photograph of a very similar mask worn on the head of a dancer, and also includes sketches of other headdresses of this same type (figs.22-24). He calls them masks of the “challenge” society, a loose translation of the Bangwa word, Ngkpwe, a warrior society. The slaying of an enemy and the presentation of his skull to the chief originally gave a warrior and his patrilineal successor the right to perform the dance. The “challenge” society once organised head-hunting expeditions and today its members perform dances during the “cry” ceremony to mark the funeral of a chief. € 2 000 – 3 000 Robert Brain and Adam Pollock published a study of a small group of Bangwa who migrated from the area of the Bamileke about three hundred years ago after losing a succession dispute. The group brought with them skilled carvers such as the artist responsible for the famous Bangwa Queen. In Bangwa Funerary Sculpture (London, 1971, p.12, pl.5) they publish a photograph in which a figure in a similar crouching position to the present lot can be seen in a house interior behind some bamboo bars. They illustrate two other figures in a crouching position with dark crusty patina, which they describe as lekat figures used by the kungang society. They state that the kungang society was of Bamileke origin and their figures were larger and more powerful than the more common njoo fetishes. A kungang priest would use such a figure in a rite to discover if the perpetrator of a misfortune is lying. Their power increased with age and they are therefore rarely sold to outsiders. According to Pierre Harter the hands on the chin is a sign of wisdom and thoughtfulness (Arts anciens du Cameroun, Arnouville, 1986, p.268). Christraud Geary was told by a Weh informer that baboons were believed to be reincarnated ancestors and greatly feared which may account for the simian features of this powerful figure. This figure took pride of place on a shelf over the fireplace in Josef Herman’s studio in London. € 25 000 – 35 000 101 102 101 103 A TEKE FIGURE A HOLO FIGURE Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo The coiffure in a chignon at the back, the body entirely encased in fetish material with sticks at the neck level, secured with cloth with applied red pigment, dark glossy patina to the face. Standing with the arms in relief, one hand on the groin, the other on the chest, a plug inset in the rectangular fetish chest cavity, deeply grooved coiffure, blackened brows, scarification about the eyes and blackened circlets on the cheeks, coloured beads about the neck, metal rings about the neck and ankles, red and black pigment. 25 cm. high € 3 000 – 5 000 35 cm. high 102 A TEKE FIGURE Democratic Republic of the Congo Scarification about the face, flared beard below the open mouth, circular coiffure, the arms in relief flanking the fetish cavity on the abdomen, dark patina. 48.5 cm. high € 2 500 – 3 500 103 € 800 – 1 200 104 AN NGBAKA MASK Democratic Republic of the Congo With concave whitened ovals about the pierced eyes, the raised rims with engraved vertical incising, small recessed mouth and small ears to the sides, scorched coiffure. 31 cm. high Cf. de Grunne, B., Rêves de beauté. Sculptures africaines de la collection Blanpain, Luxemburg, 2005, no.43. € 8 000 – 12 000 106 A KOTA RELIQUARY FIGURE Gabon, Obamba or Mindumu group The face with features in relief, almondshaped eyes, a V-shaped motif in relief on the forehead from the top of the nose, crescent crest above, lateral panels below, the whole covered with panels of copper with dotted borders, a large lozenge in relief on the back of the head. 36 cm. high Provenance Christie’s Paris, 10 June 2008, lot 89 Sold by Christie’s in 2008 with two other Kota figures all collected by the then owner’s great grandfather, a colonial administrator in Brazzaville, who died in 1931. A photograph showing him aboard ship in Africa was published in the catalogue. Cf. Chaffin, A and F., L’Art Kota, Les figures de reliquaries, Poitiers, 1980, p.158, fig.66 for a similar Kota formerly in the collection of Félix Fénéon. The same Kota is also published in Eternal Ancestors, The Art of the Central African Reliquary, New York, 2007, p.238, no.68. € 25 000 – 30 000 105 A KONGO FLYWHISK HANDLE Democratic Republic of the Congo Carved as a kneeling maternity figure holding a suckling child across her thighs, the mother with conical cap and a band across her upper breasts, double collar about her neck, the cylindrical handle below with carved interwoven ornament, fine dark glossy patina. 30 cm. high Provenance Hans Schneckenburger, Munich. € 5 000 – 8 000 107 108 107 108 A KUBA CUP A KUBA CUP Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Carved as a head on single foot, finely carved coiffure, scarification in relief on temples and neck, dark glossy patina. 15.5 cm. high Carved as a head with cross hatched coiffure and keloids and scarification to the temples, grooves about the cylindrical rim, on circular foot, loop handle, dark glossy patina. Literature 18 cm. high Rossel, S. and Wentholt A., Tribal Treasures in Dutch Private Collections, Berg en Dal, 2009, p.106. € 600 – 800 € 2 000 – 2 500 109 A SMALL SONGYE POWER FIGURE Democratic Republic of the Congo The half figure with deeply recessed mouth, eyes and ears, inset with nails and with attached amulets of hide, cloth, bone and shells, hide-bound nail in the top of the head, red beads about the neck, pale to dark patina. 26.5 cm. high € 1 800 – 2 200 109 110 111 110 112 SONGYE KIFEWEBE MASK A VUVI MASK Democratic Republic of the Congo Gabon The whitened face with carved parallel grooves, a central black raised ridge down the centre of the face with projecting rectangular mouth, fibre about the border. The whitened face with rounded nose and pierced slit eyes, small reddened mouth, a small cross on each cheek, a pair of blackened angular horns above. 80 cm. high 44 cm. high € 1 000 – 1 500 € 3 000 – 5 000 111 A SONGYE KIFEWEBE MASK Democratic Republic of the Congo The whitened face with parallel grooves, pierced rectangular mouth, reddened about the pierced slit eyes, a panel of lozenge ornament to the chin. 42 cm. high € 2 000 – 3 000 112 113 114 113 115 A LEGA MASK MANGBETU KNIFE Kindu region, Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo The heart-shaped face with large pierced and domed eyes, pierced lozenge-shaped mouth, dark glossy patina with remains of white pigment. The curved iron blade pierced twice and with three projections, the ivory grip with carved geometric ornament and circlets, terminating in a finely carved head finial, dark creamy patina. 21 cm. high 35 cm. long € 1 500 – 2 000 € 2 000 – 2 500 114 116 A LEGA IVORY FIGURE A LUBA KIFWEBE MASK Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo The female standing with the arms in relief and the hands held above the small breasts, the heart-shaped face with coffee-bean eyes, dark golden patina 9.5 cm. high Of circular form, carved grooves radiating about the pierced slit eyes within black ovals, a blackened vertical band in relief at the centre forming the nose, the blackened rectangular mouth below with whitened cross at the centre. € 3 000 – 4 000 28.5 cm. high Provenance 115 Jacques Blanckaert, Brussels € 10 000 – 12 000 116 117 A SONGYE KIFWEBE MASK Democratic Republic of the Congo Of angular form, with long rectangular mouth below the triangular nose, pierced slit eyes, painted with broad bands of alternating black and reddish brown. 32.5 cm. high € 2 000 – 3 000 117 118 A SONGYE POWER FIGURE Democratic Republic of the Congo Nkisi, the large head with inset teeth in the large rectangular mouth, the face painted red and white, spirally carved neck, the arms carved free of the body with hands each side of the prominent navel which is pierced for insertion of fetish material, the short legs on circular base, dark patina with remains of coloured pigments. 49.5 cm. high Provenance Galerie Simonis, Dusseldorf Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium Literature Neyt, F., La Redoutable Statuaire Songye d’Afrique Centrale, Antwerp, 2004, p.264, no.234. € 10 000 – 15 000 119 A SONGYE POWER FIGURE Democratic Republic of the Congo Nkisi, the angular face with applied copper strips to cheeks, temples and nose, the eyes with inset iron cone pupils, the coiffure with hide panel falling down the back and a band of fur and a double band of iron inserts at the hairline, the neck bound with hide and retaining numerous horn amulets, fibre necklace suspending further horn amulets, on circular base, dark patina. 77.5 cm. high Cf. Neyt, F., La Redoutable Statuaire Songye d’Afrique Centrale, Antwerp, 2004, p.208, no.174 € 15 000 – 20 000 121 120 A HEMBA MALE FIGURE Democratic Republic of the Congo The tall slender figure with the arms carved free of the body and the hands on the abdomen, the face with finely carved features, the coiffure in the style of an Egyptian headcloth with cross in relief at the back, white and coloured beads about the neck, on domed circular base, black patina. 97 cm. high Provenance Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich Cf. Neyt, F., La Grande Statuaire Hemba du Zaïre, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1977, p.116-118, no.II,10, for a figure in similar style from the Baudouin de Grunne collection. It was collected in the village of Mbuli, on the road from Mbulula to Lengwe. It is attributed to the Honga style and has a similar Egyptian-style coiffure. € 5 000 – 8 000 121 A KUBA MASK Democratic Republic of the Congo Mukyeem, the cloth headdress and hide face sewn with cowries and beads, attached wood nose, fibre beard. 50 cm. high € 1 000 – 1 500 122 A HEMBA CHIMPANZEE MASK Democratic Republic of the Congo So’o, with broad projecting mouth and pierced slender eyes, pierced about the border for attachment of costume, fine dark glossy patina. 19.5 cm. high Provenance Alain de Monbrison, Paris Literature Neyt, F. and de Strycker, L., Approches des Arts Hemba, Villiers-le-Bel, 1975, p.55, fig.59. € 8 000 – 10 000 123 124 123 124 A HEMBA JANUS FIGURE A SONGYE MALE FIGURE Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Kabeja, carved as addorsed male and female figures, each with the hands on the abdomen and standing on flexed legs, a cylindrical projection above the heads for insertion of fetish material, dark glossy patina. The arms free of the body with the hands on the abdomen, the feet on domed circular base. 25 cm. high 32 cm. high € 500 – 800 Provenance Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich. 125 € 3 000 – 5 000 125 A CHOKWE STOOL Angola The hide seat with inset brass tacks about the border, the four legs on pad feet and with carved stretchers, dark patina. 19.5 cm. high € 500 – 800 126 127 A NYAMWEZI MASK A MAKONDE HELMET MASK Tanzania Tanzania/Mozambique With broad pierced open mouth, double vertical grooves below the pierced eyes, hide beard, dark glossy patina. The pierced mouth with carved teeth, scorched scarification about the face, human hair attached to the coiffure and beard, yellow pigment. 23 cm. high 25.5 cm. high Provenance Provenance Fred Jahn, Munich Peter Wengraf, London € 2 000 – 3 000 € 4 000 – 6 000 128 129 130 130 128 130 A ZULU STAFF TWO EAST AFRICAN STAFFS South Africa Each with standing female figure finial, one Dinka with disc finial about the head, the other Zaramo with bifurcated coiffure, white bead eyes and white beads about the neck, dark glossy patinas. The male head finial with idiong ring, notched teeth and deeply recessed eyes with hemispherical pupils, pierced ear lobes, dark glossy patina with scorched embellishments 74 cm. long € 1 000 – 1 500 88 cm. and 91 cm. long Provenance Dr. Jochen Krüger, Hamburg Neumeister, Munich, 11 November 2010, lots 245 and 258. € 1 500 – 2 000 129 AN OVIMBUNDU STAFF Angola The female head finial with finely carved facial features and engraved scarification on the forehead and temples, the typical looped coiffure with finely hatched triangles, dark patina 57 cm. long Provenance Rev. William and Annie Fay, Congregationalist missionaries, Portuguese West Africa (Angola), 1882-1907 Michael Graham-Stewart, London Literature Graham-Stewart, M., Africa, 2012, fig.9. € 1 000 – 1 500 131 131 A RARE ZAMBIA STOOL The support carved as a zebu between two rectangular struts, its long straight horns joining the rim of the circular seat, scorched patina 25.5 cm. high € 1 000 – 1 500 132 TWO TERVUREN PUBLICATIONS Joseph Maes. Fetischen of Tooverbeelden uit Kongo, Annales du Musée du Congo belge, tome II, fascicule 1, Tervuren, 1935; and Joseph Maes. Fetischen of Tooverbeelden uit Kongo, Annales du Musée du Congo belge, tome II, fascicule 1, Tervuren, 1935 € 400 – 600 133 A BONGO POST Sudan Of cylindrical form, the shaft carved with flanges and surmounted by a head with recessed eyes and mouth and crescent ears, weathered patina. 101 cm. high Exhibited Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne, Wahre Wunder: Sammler & Sammlungen im Rheinland, 5 November 2000 – 11 February 2001. € 3 000 – 5 000 133 134 134 135 134 135 A GROUP OF MELANESIAN ARTEFACTS AN ADMIRALTY ISLANDS BEAD APRON A bone dagger with carved mask above a panel of carved ornament; a Humboldt Bay pectoral with boar’s tusks and nassa shells and suspending fibre tassels with shells; three fibre body ornaments sewn with shells and teeth; a woven fibre bag sewn with nassa shells, and two Solomon Islands spears. Of woven fibre sewn with geometric design in white and black shell beads, suspending nut tassels and sewn with bands of Job’s tears at the top. The longest 159 cm. 61 cm. long Provenance Georg Hacker (1865 -1945), Düsseldorf. € 2 000 – 3 000 Provenance Georg Hacker (1865 -1945), Düsseldorf. Hacker was appointed scenic painter to the City Theatre of Düsseldorf in1896. He was also responsible for the decorative painting in the Zoological Institute of the University of Strasbourg. € 1 500 – 2 000 136 A LOWER RAMU RIVER FIGURE New Guinea Kandimboang, of stylized form, the long nose joined to the abdomen, the hands on the thighs, dark patina. 18 cm. high € 1 000 – 1 500 136 137 A SEPIK RIVER HEAD New Guinea The slightly parted lips with protruding tongue, shell-inlaid eyes, the pierced septum with fibre cord, remains of ochre and white pigment 23 cm. high Provenance Anton Eckert, Germany € 3 000 – 5 000 137 138 A PAPUAN GULF DRUM New Guinea The open end carved as the stylised open jaws of a crocodile, carved on each side with a stylised mask within bands of carved ornament heightened with lime, carved grip to one side, reptilian skin membrane, dark glossy patina. 53 cm. long Provenance Mark Lissauer Leo Fortess, Honolulu Michael Hamson, California € 1 000 – 1 500 138 Dr. Otto Jordan (1899-1988) was one of the great collectors in post-war Munich. He began collecting modern German art before World War II from dealers such as the famous Rudolf Probst. He settled in Munich after the war and founded a factory producing industrial paints and adhesives. The company was sold in 1964 and he then devoted much of his time and considerable resources to his collecting interests. In addition to modern art he collected the arts of Africa, the Pacific and the Far East. The majority of his objects he acquired from the important dealer in Munich, Ludwig Bretschneider between 1953 and 1978. 139 A IATMUL HOOK FIGURE Sepik River, Papua New Guinea Carved as a standing male figure with arms free of the body, the face with shell pupils in the blackened eyes, cap-like coiffure, fibre tufts in the ears, the long nose joining the chest between the breasts carved as concentric circles, four concentric circles carved about the prominent navel, the hook below with double eye motif, pierced suspension lug to the back of the head, painted reddish brown with white and black embellishments, fine old worn patina to the top of the hook. 44 cm. high Provenance Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich Dr Otto Jordan, Munich € 8 000 – 12 000 140 141 A TAMI ISLANDS BOWL A NEW IRELAND MALAGAN FIGURE Papua New Guinea The standing male figure holding a flying fish in both hands against his abdomen, his beard and hair inset with fibre tufts, surmounted by a standing bird holding a serpent in its beak, the eyes inset with shell operculae, finely painted geometric designs in red, white and black, old painted inventory number: 13292. Of lenticular form, the sides carved in relief with frigate bird motifs heightened with lime, dark glossy patina, old label: Sammlung Wellner. Tami Südsee. 42 cm. long Provenance 120 cm. high Dr Otto Jordan, Munich Provenance € 800 – 1 200 Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich Dr Otto Jordan, Munich The work is sold with a certificate from Ludwig Bretschneider, dated 25 August 1968 which reads: Umstehend abgebildeter Malangan aus Neu-Irland (Neumecklenburg) stammt aus dem Linden-Museum und ist dort vor 1914 gesammelt worden. Er kam später durch Tausch in die Slg. A. Speyer, Berlin. (The Malangan pictured overleaf from New Ireland (Neumecklenburg) comes from the Linden Museum and was collected before 1914. It was later exchanged with A. Speyer, Berlin). We have been unable to confirm this information with the Linden Museum who tell us that the number written on the object is not one of their inventory numbers. € 30 000 – 50 000 142 143 142 144 145 144 A BUKA PADDLE A SAMOA CLUB Solomon Islands The flared head with twenty-one paired barbs below the triangular finial, dark patina. The leaf-shaped blade carved on one side with a crouching figure painted black and red. 155.5 cm. long 103 cm. long € 1 500 – 2 000 Provenance Georg Hacker (1865 -1945), Düsseldorf. € 1 000 – 1 500 145 A FIJI GUNSTOCK CLUB 143 Qata, the spurred head with rippled inside curve, fine dark glossy patina. A FIJI PINEAPPLE CLUB 97.5 cm. long Totokia, the head with five rows of projections, central spike, plaited fibre about the shaft, engraved grip, fine old dark glossy patina. € 2 000 – 3 000 73 cm. long € 3 000 – 5 000 146 146 A TONGAN CLUB 147 Provenance Ernest Carter (b.1859) and by descent to the present owner. With raised collar below the leaf-shaped blade, carved all over with bands of geometric ornament, the shaft of lozenge section, pierced butt lug, dark glossy patina. € 1 500 – 2 000 115 cm. long A PACIFIC PADDLE Provenance Ernest Carter (b.1859) and by descent to the present owner. Ernest Carter served as sick berth steward on board HMS Flying Fish between 1880 and 1883 during its survey of Fiji from its base at the Australian Station. He retired from the navy in 1894. 148 148 With leaf-shaped blade, a collar carved with geometric motifs at the junction of the paddle and shaft, dark glossy patina. 116 cm. long Provenance Ernest Carter (b.1859) and by descent to the present owner. 149 149 € 1 000 – 1 500 147 A FIJI GUNSTOCK CLUB Qata, of nokonoko wood, the spurred head with carved parallel grooves on the inside curve, fine rippled surface and flared butt, dark glossy patina. 97 cm. long € 800 – 1 200 149 TWO FIJI THROWING CLUBS Ula, each with carved grip, one with gadrooned head, the other with plain spherical head, dark glossy patinas 42 and 39.5 cm. long € 600 – 800 150 150 151 A SOLOMON ISLANDS CANOE PROW FIGURE HEAD New Britain Nguzu nguzu, the face with fretted pearl-shell inlay eyes, the deeply recessed mouth with carved teeth and the lips carved in relief, pierced septum to the nose, the arms bent at the elbow with the hands held below the chin, the lug for attachment pierced three times, black patina. 17 cm. high Provenance The Gurney family, Loudwater, Buckinghamshire, England. William Gurney, perhaps the most likely member of the family to have collected the prow, worked on various boats in the Far East and Pacific trade in the 1890s including the steam-yacht Ceylon, the SS Chimorago and the Benlarig, the last trading to the East out of Hamburg. He was also a member of the Royal Navy Reserve until 1893. Literature Graham-Stewart, M., Foreigners, London, 2011, fig.19. € 3 000 – 5 000 A TOLAI DANCE AXE Pem, the wooden shaft with flared finial carved and painted with geometric ornament incorporating spiral eyes, trade metal blade. 124.5 cm. long CF. Heermann, I. (Ed.), Form Colour Inspiration Oceanic Art from New Britain, Stuttgart, 2001, p.44, fig.4. The author describes how such axes, called pem, were used in mourning ceremonies by masked figures called tubuan, to chop down the deceased house and trees. € 1 500 – 2 000 152 A MELANESIAN POUNDER The slender cylindrical pounder surmounted by a spatulate finial with carved animal to one side and a mask to the other, bands of geometric ornament, black patina. 89 cm. long € 1 000 – 1 500 151 152 153 A NEW BRITAIN CLUB Gazelle Peninsula The cylindrical shaft with conical butt and tip, the head with bulbous projections, dark glossy patina. 131 cm. long Provenance Acquired by the present owner from a former Missionary of the Sacred Heart, based in Rabaul. Cf. Parkinson, R., Thirty Years in the South Seas, Stuttgart, 1907, p.102, fig.32,4, for an almost identical club. Parkinson states that such clubs were mainly the product of the inland tribe, the Tumuip, or Paleawe, as the Nakanai people called them. € 3 000 – 5 000 153 154 A MASSIM CEREMONIAL AXE New Guinea The flared shaft carved in relief with scrolls and geometric ornament, snakes in relief at the centre, the grip terminating in a pierced bird’s head, cane binding retaining the flared stone blade, the head pierced about the border for attachments. 70 cm. long € 2 000 – 3 000 155 A LUMI SHIELD Parrku, of curving rectangular form, a scrolling motif in relief at the centre, remains of fibre grip to rear. 95 cm. high Cf. Peltier, P. and Morin, F. (eds.), Shadows of New Guinea: art from the great island of Oceania in the Barbier-Mueller Collections, Geneva 2006, p.358, fig.177 € 1 000 – 1 500 156 156 157 157 A NIAS FIGURE A NIAS FIGURE Standing holding a sword and staff, wearing elaborate headdress, ear plug and necklace, on shaped rectangular base, pale patina with black painted embellishments. Standing on flexed legs with hands together before the abdomen, tall elaborate headdress with a band of red cloth, carved ear ornament and red cloth in one ear, pale patina with blackened embellishments. 36 cm. high Provenance Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam Literature Rossel, S. and Wentholt A., Tribal Treasures in Dutch Private Collections, Berg en Dal, 2009, p.122. 36.5 cm. high Provenance Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam Literature Rossel, S. and Wentholt A., Tribal Treasures in Dutch Private Collections, Berg en Dal, 2009, p.121. € 2 000 – 2 500 € 2 000 – 2 500 158 A KORWAR FIGURE Doreh Bay, Irian Jaya Standing holding a large shield pierced with scrolling motifs, the figure with carved teeth in the slightly parted lips, the eyes inset with blue glass beads, dark patina with remains of old label. 33 cm. high Provenance Collected by a German medical officer in the 19th century and by descent to the present owner. The korwar ancestor figure serves as a medium between the ancestor and his living relatives. They consult with it when its advice or assistance is required in cases of illness, danger, for success in fishing trips or planning journeys. The korwar is held in great honour and the carving of a korwar is an occasion for considerable ceremony. Korwars are adorned with red cloth and offered tobacco to ensure their favorable disposition. However if a korwar fails to deliver on a supplication it might be discarded or sold and another made. Van Baaren surveys the writers on the subject of korwars all of whom identify this style of korwar as coming from the Doreh Bay area. They are characterized by the most naturalistic style of face and the richly carved shield. The shield is said to represent snakes and appear in varying degrees of stylization. Van Baaren concurs with Nuoffer’s hypothesis that the shield derived from an early prototype in which the korwar figure held two snakes by the neck. The snake in Geelvink Bay mythology is the symbol of the underworld and death and the dangers of the dark, which must be overcome. At the same time the snake represents rejuvenation and regeneration. A number of korwars of this type were amongst the earliest collected. C. J. Jessop gave a similar figure to the British Museum in 1865 (Oc1865,0503.3) and Van Baaren (in Korwars and Korwar Style, Art and ancestor worship in North-West New Guinea, The Hague, 1968, pl.44) illustrates a very similar figure in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden (inventory 53-41) which entered the collection before 1865. € 15 000 – 20 000 VAT No. / BTW Nr. / MWST Nr. 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Behalve zoals bepaald in het tweede lid van dit artikel, zal de toewijzing geschieden zonder enige waarborg voor (verborgen dan wel zichtbare) gebreken, niet-conformiteit of uitwinning vanwege Lempertz SA, de optredende veilingmeester of de instrumenterende gerechtsdeurwaarder. De goederen en kunstvoorwerpen worden verkocht in de staat waarin ze zich bevinden op de plaats van bezichtiging en veiling. De beschrijvingen en schattingen opgenomen in de catalogus worden door Lempertz SA louter indicatief verstrekt en kunnen geen enkele aansprakelijkheid van Lempertz SA teweegbrengen. De kopers worden geacht de goederen en kunstvoorwerpen te hebben bezichtigd en onderzocht en hun bod met volledige kennis van zaken te hebben gedaan. In het uitzonderlijk geval van bewezen vervalsing kan de verkoop van een kunstvoorwerp ontbonden worden en de toewijzingsprijs aan de koper worden terugbetaald als hij het aangekochte voorwerp binnen de drie (3) weken na de veilingdatum retourneert met het bewijs dat het een vervalsing is, en voor zover dat het voorwerp nog steeds in identiek dezelfde staat en toestand verkeert als op het ogenblik van de veiling. De kopers dienen zich voor de veiling, tijdens de kijkdagen, zelf te vergewissen van de materiële toestand en juridische staat van elk lot, wat betreft eventuele gebreken, restauraties of eventuele beperkingen op hun overdraagbaarheid of uitvoer. Lempertz SA kan niet aansprakelijk gesteld worden voor (rechtstreekse dan wel onrechtstreekse) schade die het gevolg is van de materiële of juridische toestand van de verkochte goederen. Met betrekking tot de verkopen die aan 1649quater van her Belgisch Burgerlijk Wetboek onderworpen zijn, is Lempertz SA als verkoper aansprakelijk voor elk conformiteitsgebrek dat bestaat bij de levering van de goederen en dat zich manifesteert binnen een termijn van een jaar te rekenen vanaf deze levering. De koper dient Lempertz SA op de hoogte te bren- gen van het conformiteitsgebrek binnen de twee maanden vanaf de dag waarop de koper het gebrek heeft vastgesteld, op straffe van verval van zijn compensatierecht. 6. De koper kan zich niet beroepen op schuldvergelijking, noch op schuldvermenging, noch kan hij de betaling van de verkoopprijs opschorten wegens een stoornis in de zin van artikel 1653 van het Belgisch Burgerlijk Wetboek. 7. De kopers dienen de verkochte goederen af te halen binnen de tien kalenderdagen na de datum van de veiling, in het kantoor van Lempertz SA, Wolstraat 1, 1000 Brussel. 8. Indien de koper de verkochte goederen niet komt afhalen op het afgesproken tijdstip, of op dat moment niet overgaat tot de betaling van de volledige verkoopprijs, heeft Lempertz SA het recht, naar diens vrije keuze, om zonder enige verdere ingebrekestelling en zonder afbreuk aan haar recht tot schadevergoeding: (i) hetzij de betaling van de verkoopprijs in rechte te vorderen; (ii) hetzij de koop- en verkoopovereenkomst van rechtswege als ontbonden te beschouwen en over te gaan tot wederverkoop van de desbetreffende goederen 9. De uitvoer van een goed uit België en/of de invoer in een ander land kan onderworpen zijn aan een vergunnings- of toelatingsplicht of aan grenscontroles, Elke koper is alleen verantwoordelijk om de nodige formaliteiten te vervullen en aan de wettelijke en reglementaire vereisten te voldoen in dat verband. Een weigering of vertraging in het verkrijgen van een vereiste export- of importvergunning of -toelating kan geen aanleiding geven tot het ontbinden of vernietigen van de verkoop of een vertraging in de betaling van het goed door de koper. 10. Alle persoonsgegevens die verzameld worden door Lempertz SA in het kader van de veilingen die zij organiseert worden bewaard in de bestanden van Lempertz SA, Wolstraat.1, 1000 Brussel (België) en worden door deze laatste, in haar hoedanigheid van verantwoordelijke voor de verwerking van de gegevens, aangewend met het oog op het beheer van haar huidige, toekomstige of oude klantenbestand, het informeren van haar klanten via promotiecampagnes over haar diensten en alle huidige of toekomstige activiteiten en evenementen georganiseerd door Lempertz SA, voor haar boekhouding of voor geschillenbeheer. In geen geval worden de persoonsgegevens aan derden meegedeeld, met uitzondering van de vennootschappen die tot dezelfde groep als Lempertz SA behoren en die de persoonsgegevens verwerven en gebruiken voor dezelfde doeleinden. Overeenkomstig de wet heeft de koper op elk moment het recht om de gegevens die op hem betrekking hebben, in te kijken en te verbeteren, gratis en mits verzoek op het hierboven vermelde adres. Als de verantwoordelijke voor de verwerking de persoonsgegevens gebruikt voor de verzending van promotionele boodschappen, heeft de koper op elk moment het recht om zich te verzetten tegen de ontvangst van zulke promotionele boodschappen, en dit gratis en zonder verdere rechtvaardiging. Dit recht kan uitgeoefend worden middels een eenvoudig schriftelijk verzoek op hetzelfde adres. 11. Deze verkoopsvoorwaarden evenals de rechten en verplichtingen van de partijen die uit deze verkoopsvoorwaarden, deze veiling en de individuele koop- en verkoopovereenkomsten afgesloten in het kader van deze veiling voortvloeien, worden beheerst door het Belgisch recht. Alle geschillen in verband met de in het eerste lid van dit artikel opgesomde zaken vallen onder de uitsluitende bevoegdheid van de rechtbanken van Brussel. Verkaufsbedingungen 1. Diese Verkaufsbedingungen gelten für die in dem Katalog in dem sie aufgenommen wurden erwähnte Versteigerung. Die Teilnahme an der Versteigerung setzt die bedingungslose Annahme dieser Verkaufsbedingungen voraus, sowie aller sonstigen Informationen des Katalogs, die für die Käufer bestimmt sind. 2. Verkaufe sind bei Lieferung in Euro oder, wenn vom Eigentumer akzeptiert, mit zertifiziertem Bankscheck zu bezahlen. Der Kaufer zahlt über den Zuschlagspreis hinaus eine Provision von zweiundzwanzig Prozent (22 ) zuzüglich 21 Umsatzsteuer auf die Kauferprovision. Der Zuschlagspreis wird im Protokoll vermerkt. Für die Katalogpositionen, die mit * gekennzeichnet sind, wird ein Aufgeld von 22 vom Zuschlagpreis erhoben; auf diesen Nettorechnungspreis (Zuschlagpreis + Aufgeld) wird die gesetzliche Umsatzsteuer von 6 hinzugerechnet (Regelbesteuerung). Von der Mehrwertsteuer befreit sind Ausfuhrlieferungen in Drittländer (d.h. außerhalb der EU) und - bei Angabe der MwSt.-Identifikations-Nr. - auch an Unternehmen in anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten. 3. Der Zuschlag erfolgt an den Meistbietenden (den Käufer). Der Kauf- und Verkaufsvertrag zwischen Lempertz SA und dem Käufer kommt mit dem Zuschlag zustande. Von jedem Käufer im Versteigerungssaal wird angenommen, dass er in eigenem Namen und auf eigene Rechnung handelt. Jeder Käufer haftet persönlich für die Zahlung. Lempertz SA behält sich das Recht vor, kein einziges verkauftes Los ohne vorherige und vollständige Zahlung des Verkaufspreises auszuliefern. 4. Mit dem Zuschlag gehen alle Risiken bezüglich des erworbenen Gegenstands auf den Käufer über. Das Eigentum wird erst zum Zeitpunkt der vollständigen Zahlung des Verkaufspreises übertragen. 5. Außer in den im zweiten Absatz dieses Artikels genannten Fällen, erfolgt der Zuschlag ohne Garantie für (verborgene oder sichtbare) Mängel, Fehler oder Haftung seitens der Lempertz SA, seitens des agierenden Auktionators oder des ausführenden Gerichtsvollziehers. Die Güter und Kunstgegenstände werden in dem Zustand verkauft, in dem sie sich am Ort der Besichtigung und Versteigerung befinden. Die Beschreibungen und Schätzungen im Katalog werden von der Lempertz SA rein informativ zur Verfügung gestellt und führen unter keinen Umständen zu Haftungsansprüchen gegen die Lempertz SA. Es wird davon ausgegangen, dass die Käufer die Güter und Kunstgegenstände besichtigt und geprüft haben und ihr Angebot in vollständiger Kenntnis der Sachlage gemacht haben. Im außergewöhnlichen Fall einer bewiesenen Fälschung kann der Verkauf eines Kunstgegenstands storniert werden und kann der Zuschlagspreis dem Käufer rückerstattet werden, wenn dieser den gekauften Gegenstand innerhalb von drei (3) Wochen nach dem Versteigerungsdatum mit dem Beweis der Fälschung zurückbringt und sofern der Gegenstand sich noch stets in exakt demselben Zustand befindet, in dem er zum Zeitpunkt der Versteigerung war. Die Käufer müssen sich während der Besichtigungstage, selbst vom materiellen Zustand und vom rechtlichen Status jedes Loses in Bezug auf eventuelle Mängel, Restaurierungen oder eventuelle Übertragungs- oder Ausfuhrbeschränkungen vergewissern. Lempertz SA kann nicht für (direkte oder indirekte) Schäden haftbar gemacht werden, die eine Folge des materiellen Zustands oder des rechtlichen Status der verkauften Güter sind. Bezüglich der Verkäufe, die Art. 1649 des belgischen Zivilgesetzbuchs unterliegen, ist die Lempertz SA als Verkäufer für jeden Konformitätsmangel haftbar, der bei Lieferung der Güter besteht, und der innerhalb einer Frist von einem Jahr ab dem Datum dieser Lieferung in Erscheinung tritt. Der Käufer muss die Lempertz SA, bei Strafe des Verfalls seiner Ersatzansprüche, über den Konformitätsmangel innerhalb von zwei Monaten nach Feststellung des Mangels durch den Käufer informieren. 6. Der Käufer kann sich nicht auf Aufrechnung oder auf Konfusion berufen, noch kann er die Zahlung des Verkaufspreises aufgrund einer Störung im Sinne von Artikel 1653 des belgischen Zivilgesetzbuches aufschieben. 7. Die verkauften Güter sind von den Käufern innerhalb von zehn Kalendertagen nach dem Tage der Versteigerung in den Räumlichkeiten der Lempertz SA, Wolstraat 1, 1000 Brüssel abzuholen. 8. Wenn der Käufer die verkauften Güter nicht zum vereinbarten Termin abholt oder zu diesem Zeitpunkt nicht den vollständigen Verkaufspreis bezahlt, hat die Lempertz SA das Recht, ohne jegliche weitere Inverzugsetzung und ohne Einschränkung ihrer Schadensersatzansprüche, nach eigenem Ermessen: (i) die Zahlung des Verkaufspreises gerichtlich einzufordern; (ii) oder den Kauf- und Verkaufsvertrag von Rechts wegen als gelöst zu betrachten und die betreffenden Güter erneut zu verkaufen. 9. Die Ausfuhr von Gütern aus Belgien und/oder die Einfuhr in ein anderes Land können einer Genehmigungs- oder Zulassungspflicht unterliegen und/oder Grenzkontrollen unterzogen werden. Jeder Käufer ist für die Erledigung der erforderlichen Formalitäten sowie für die Einhaltung der diesbezüglichen gesetzlichen und behördlichen Vorschriften ausschließlich selbst verantwortlich. Eine Weigerung oder Verzögerung bezüglich der Erlangung einer erforderlichen Ausfuhr- oder Einfuhrgenehmigung bzw. -zulassung kann weder Anlass für die Aufhebung oder Auflösung des Verkaufs sein, noch für eine Verzögerung der Bezahlung der Güter durch den Käufer. 10. Alle personenbezogenen Daten, die von der Lempertz SA im Rahmen der durch sie organisierten Versteigerungen gesammelt werden, werden in den Dateien der Lempertz SA, Wolstraat 1, 1000 Brüssel (Belgien) gespeichert und werden von ihr in ihrer Eigenschaft als für die Datenverarbeitung verantwortliche Organisation für die Verwaltung ihrer aktuellen, künftigen oder alten Kundendaten verwendet, sowie zur Information ihrer Kunden mittels Werbekampagnen bezüglich ihrer Dienstleistungen und aller aktuellen und künftigen von ihr organisierten Aktivitäten und Veranstaltungen, für buchhalterische Zwecke und zur Streitfallabwicklung. Die personenbezogenen Daten werden in keinem Fall an Dritte weitergeleitet, außer an Gesellschaften, die zu derselben Gruppe wie die der Lempertz SA gehören, und die die personenbezogenen Daten für die gleichen Zwecke erwerben und verwenden. Laut Gesetz ist der Käufer zu jedem Zeitpunkt berechtigt, die sich auf ihn beziehenden Daten kostenlos an der oben genannten Adresse einzusehen und zu korrigieren. Wenn die für die Verarbeitung verantwortliche Organisation die personenbezogenen Daten für das Versenden von Werbemitteilungen verwendet, ist der Käufer zu jedem Zeitpunkt berechtigt, sich dem Erhalt solcher Werbemitteilungen kostenlos und ohne weitere Rechtfertigung zu widersetzen. Dieser Anspruch kann mittels eines einfachen schriftlichen Antrags an dieselbe Adresse geltend gemacht werden 11. Diese Verkaufsbedingungen sowie die Rechte und Pflichten der Parteien, die aufgrund dieser Verkaufsbedingungen, dieser Versteigerung und der im Rahmen dieser Versteigerung abgeschlossenen individuellen Kauf- und Verkaufsverträge entstehen, unterliegen belgischem Recht. Alle Streitfälle im Zusammenhang mit den im ersten Absatz dieses Artikels genannten Angelegenheiten unterliegen ausschließlich der Zuständigkeit der Brüsseler Gerichte. Absentee Bid Form auction 1025, Brussels African and Oceanic Art, 28. 1. 2014 Lot Aufträge für die Auktion 1025, Brüssel Afrikanische und Ozeanische Kunst, 28. 1. 2014 Title Titel (Stichwort) The above listed bids will be utilized to the extent necessary to overbid other bids. The bids are binding, the listed catalogue numbers are valid. The commission and value added tax (VAT) are not included. The bidder accepts the conditions of sale printed in the catalogue. Written bids should be received by at latest the day before the auction. Telephone bidding is possible for lots worth at least € 1.000,–. Bid price € Gebot bis zu € Die oben eingetragenen Gebote werden wir nur soweit in Anspruch nehmen, als andere Gebote überboten werden müssen. Die Aufträge sind bindend, es gelten die eingetragenen Katalognummern. Das Aufgeld und die Mehrwertsteuer sind nicht enthalten. Der Auftraggeber erkennt die im Katalog abgedruckten Versteigerungsbedingungen an. Schriftliche Gebote sollen einen Tag vor der Auktion vorliegen. Aufträge für Telefongebote könne erst ab einer Texe von € 1.000,– erteilt werden. Name Name Address Adresse Telephone Telefon Fax E-Mail References and identification may be required for new clients Evtl. Referenzen und Identifikation bei Neukunden Date Datum Signature Unterschrift Lempertz SA Grote Hertstraat 6 rue du Grand Cerf Brussels 1000 Bruxelles T +49.2.5140586 F +49.2.5114824 [email protected] [email protected] www.lempertz.com Shipping Instructions Versandanweisung Lempertz SA is prepared to instruct Packers and Shippers on your behalf and at your risk and expense upon receipt of payment and instructions. Der Versand der ersteigerten Objekte wird auf Ihre Kosten und Gefahr nach Zahlungseingang auf Ihre Anweisung vorgenommen. For information: Phone +31.2.25140586 [email protected] Bei Rückfragen: Tel +31.2.25140586 [email protected] Surface Mail Post o.a. Airmail Luftpost Air Freight Luftfracht Shippers/Carriers Abholung persönlich I will arrange collection Versicherung (nur zum vollen Rechnungsbetrag) Insurance Pictures framed under glass cannot be sent by mail. Bilder unter Glas können nicht mit der Post versandt werden. Lots to be packed and shipped to: Versand an: Telephone Telefon Charges to be forward to: Rechnungsempfänger: (wenn abweichend von Versandadresse) Date and signature: Datum und Unterschrift: Vintage Fashion Auction 20 February in Cologne Haute couture from a German private collection Consignments are welcome until 21 December Old Masters and Decorative Arts Auctions on 16 and 17 May 2014 Invitation to consign Andreas Schelfhout. Beach view at Scheveningen Oil on wood, 42 x 53.5 cm. Result: € 100,000,– Modern Art, Contemporary Art and Photography Auctions on 30 and 31 May 2014 Invitation to consign Lyonel Feininger. Still life Oil on canvas, 55.6 x 78 cm. Result: € 1,220,000,–