Auction details
Modern Glass and African Art
5:00 AM PT - Feb 12th, 2008
offered by
Quittenbaum Kunstauktionen GmbH
Munich, D-80333

Auction Description
Auction Terms & Conditions
Buyer's Premium
19.5%
Bid Increments
| From | Increment |
| 0 | 10 |
| 100 | 25 |
| 300 | 30 |
| 500 | 50 |
| 1000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 200 |
| 3000 | 300 |
| 4000 | 400 |
| 5000 | 500 |
| 10000 | 1000 |
| 20000 | 2000 |
| 30000 | 3000 |
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511 Items
| Lot | Description | Estimates (EUR) |
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| 1132 |
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Congo, Songye. Male figure with an antelope-horn on its head. Oversized hands and feet, standing on a conical ba... |
3,000 - 3,400 |
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| 1133 |
Congo, Songye. Torso of a 'nkisi' fetish. Male figure with beard and prominent belly. At top of the skull hole f... |
800 - 1,500 |
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| 1134 |
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Congo, Songye. Male figure with bended knees, bulged out body and oversized head. Hole on top of the head for a h... |
1,000 - 1,200 |
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| 1135 |
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Congo, Songye. Reliquiar semi figure. Wood with pangolin skin. H. 21 cm. Abrasions and cracks in the lower part... |
850 - 1,000 |
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| 1136 |
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Congo, Songye. Very fine magical female figure. Light wood, beads, feathers, teeth. Insect bites at the base and... |
1,900 - 2,400 |
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| 1137 |
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Congo, Songye. Fetish figure 'nkisi' with short slightly bent legs standing on a flat round base. Wood, beads, hor... |
1,500 - 1,700 |
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| 1138 |
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Congo, Hemba / Luba. Fine caryatid stool in classical Hemba style, a woman standing upright. Wood with brown, shi... |
10,000 - 13,000 |
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| 1139 |
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Congo, Luba / Hemba. Small male figure standing on a round base. Wood, with medium brown to dark patina. H. 16 cm.... |
180 - 240 |
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| 1140 |
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Congo, Luba / Hemba. Standing male figure with bended knees. Light wood with dark patina and remnants of redwood ... |
150 - 200 |
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| 1141 |
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Congo, Luba / Hemba. Kneeling female ancestor figure on a round base. Grasping the pendant breasts with both han... |
1,000 - 1,100 |
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| 1142 |
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Congo, Luba. Very fine and rare female figur with cascade hair-do. Cylindrical torso with elongated arms, and... |
8,000 - 16,000 |
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| 1143 |
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Congo, Luba. Miniature bodymask with prominent breasts and belly button, surrounded by a tattoo. Wood with remna... |
800 - 1,000 |
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| 1144 |
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Congo, Luba. Ring shaped oracle figure. Head elongated at the back by cascade-like hair-do. Wood with remnants of ... |
470 - 600 |
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| 1145 |
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Congo, Luba. Sanza (african piano), wood and iron, 26 x 12 cm. Patina. |
200 - 220 |
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| 1146 |
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Congo, Luba. Scepter, four-fold staged with a male figure. Bent arms, hands on the belly and a long neck. Metal bo... |
400 - 650 |
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| 1147 |
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Congo, Luba. Five-fold narrowed ceremonial staff with a male figure at the top, standing on a kettle shaped vess... |
400 - 650 |
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| 1148 |
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Kongo, Kuba. Palm wine jug. Carved wood, old shimmering patina. H. 15 cm. Figure on the handle measures 10 cm. Pro... |
1,000 - 1,200 |
8 Bids
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| 1149 |
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Congo, Kuba, small crouching, masculine figure from the Kuba, posed with elbows touching the knees. Wood, height... |
600 - 700 |
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| 1150 |
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Congo, Kuba. Rectal syringe, wood, H. 23.8 cm. Tiny tension tear. Provenance: Coll. Kaddatz, Hamburg. Bought in 1... |
300 - 350 |
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| 1151 |
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Congo, Kuba. Woven Raffia-work with geometric design, three parts sewen, all 190 x 56 cm. |
250 - 300 |
11 Bids
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| 1152 |
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80 - 90 |
9 Bids
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| 1153 |
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Congo, Kuba. Raffia-tissue with geometrical embroidery. 65 x 59 cm. |
80 - 90 |
6 Bids
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| 1154 |
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Congo, Kuba. Woven and embroidered Raffia-work with geometric design, 58 x 52,5 cm. Provenance: Coll. Georg Stein... |
300 - 350 |
3 Bids
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| 1155 |
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Congo, Lulua. Upright standing maternitŽ, holding a child in front of her chest. Medium brown wood with a dark pat... |
3,500 - 4,000 |
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| 1156 |
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Congo, Lulua. Two standing fetish figures with horns. Medium brown wood. H. 14.8 cm and 17.3 cm. Abrasions. |
200 - 240 |
1 Bid
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| 1157 |
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Congo, Pende. Palm wine jug on a round base. With a remarkable face with sacrification patterns. Brown wood with f... |
1,700 - 1,800 |
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| 1158 |
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Congo, Pende. Oval formed mask with deformend facial plane. The nose curving to the right side, the mouth also han... |
1,200 - 1,800 |
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| 1159 |
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Congo, Yombe. Female statue. Blond wood with remnants of light and dark pigmentation, glass beads. H. 30 cm. Tiny ... |
5,000 - 5,500 |
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| 1160 |
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Congo, Yombe, maternity statue. Blond wood with remnants of light and dark pigmentation. H. 21.5 cm. Tiny tensio... |
3,500 - 4,000 |
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| 1161 |
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Congo, Vili. Male magic nail fetish 'nkonde' with mirrors. Wood, iron nails, mirror, textiles. H. 38 cm. Tens... |
12,000 - 20,000 |
1 Bid
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| 1162 |
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Congo, Suku. Chalice, used in highly ritualized ceremony, with a double-mouthed opening. It is decorated with tw... |
400 - 500 |
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| 1163 |
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Congo, Suku, ancestor figure standing on bended legs, the arms bent at elbows with the small hands placed in front... |
1,500 - 1,700 |
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| 1164 |
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Congo, Yaka magical figure wrapped with magical substances. Brown wood, tissue, raphia and feathers. H. 17 cm. H... |
600 - 650 |
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| 1165 |
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Congo, Yaka. Fetish with cylindric body, arm stumps wrapped with cloth, decorated with feathers and a small antel... |
200 - 300 |
1 Bid
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| 1166 |
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Congo, Lega, janus figurine, 'katanda'. Surrealistic conception, its body being riddled with holes. Wood with remn... |
1,200 - 1,800 |
4 Bids
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| 1167 |
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Congo, Lega. Mask for circumcision of the 'bwami' society. Medium brown wood, remnants of kaolin-pigmentation. Tin... |
200 - 400 |
11 Bids
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| 1168 |
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Congo, Lega. An oval mask with a domed forehead. The slightly concave face with a line of spectaculaire piercing... |
1,600 - 1,800 |
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| 1169 |
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Congo, Lega. An egg-shaped mask with a high domed forehead. Wood, kaolin. H. 31 cm. Old repairs with raffia tissue... |
1,450 - 1,600 |
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| 1170 |
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Congo, Lega. Egg-shaped mask with fibre beard. Light brown wood. Two pieces missing at upper and lower end. H. 21... |
1,000 - 1,100 |
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| 1171 |
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Congo , Holo. Very rare figure of a Holo queen sitting on a stool. Wood, ironwire. H.18.5 cm. Slight abrasions.... |
1,400 - 1,800 |
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| 1172 |
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Congo, Tabwa. Male figure with bended arms and hands, hood-shaped hair-do and erected penis. Medium brown wood wit... |
500 - 600 |
1 Bid
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| 1173 |
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Congo, Shona . Metal currency, spear-shaped elegant form, iron. H. 179 cm. Tiny chips; rather larger loss in the ... |
600 - 700 |
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| 1174 |
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Congo. Drum, konus shaped, membran fixed with cord/skin covering, tied up closely. Goatskin, H. 30 cm, dia. 25,4 ... |
150 - 250 |
2 Bids
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| 1175 |
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Angola, Lwalwa. Very fine Lwalwa masque, extremly abstract, with a high coiffure and a rhombic decoration. Light w... |
600 - 1,200 |
1 Bid
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| 1176 |
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Angola, Tshokwe-Luena. Mask. Wood, meshwork, raphia. H. 24 cm. Some wooden teeth lost. |
800 - 900 |
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| 1177 |
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Angola, Tshokwe. Reddish-brown mask with a perforated edge, holding a cap out of twines with knots and tie fasten... |
900 - 1,100 |
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| 1178 |
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Angola, Tshokwe. A shallow mask with the traditional tattoos on the forehead. Clear wood, with remnants of white ... |
300 - 500 |
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| 1179 |
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Angola, Tchokwe. Drum-shaped snuff box , supported by a kneeling caryatide. Wood, fine aged brown patina, beads. ... |
1,700 - 1,900 |
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| 1180 |
Sambia, Rotse. Oval lidded bowl, with a bird on the cover. Wood. H. 3.5 cm, L. 23.5 cm. Abrasions, tiny tension ... |
600 - 700 |
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| 1181 |
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Sambia ? Ceremonial stick.Human head on an abstract female body with breasts without arms. Deepened headdress run... |
1,500 - 1,800 |

















































