Auction details
African Art, Design, Murano Glass
3:00 AM PT - Sep 2nd, 2008
offered by
Quittenbaum Kunstauktionen GmbH
Munich, D-80333
Auction Description
Auction Terms & Conditions
Buyer's Premium
19.5%
Bid Increments
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| 0 | 10 |
| 100 | 25 |
| 300 | 30 |
| 500 | 50 |
| 1000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 200 |
| 3000 | 300 |
| 4000 | 400 |
| 5000 | 500 |
| 10000 | 1000 |
| 20000 | 2000 |
| 30000 | 3000 |
Auction House Preview
Thursday August 28th 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday August 29th 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday August 30 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday August 31st 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday September 1st 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
682 Items
| Lot | Description | Estimates (EUR) |
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| 1 |
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Mali, Bamana. This male 'tjiwara' antelope headdress has tall bend spirally carved horns with applied metal bands, th... |
9,000 - 11,000 |
7 Bids
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| 2 |
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Mali, Bamana. This female 'tjiwara' antelope headdress with child has tall spirally carved horns and an incised head ... |
6,500 - 7,800 |
3 Bids
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| 3 |
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Mali, Bamana. Female 'tjiwara' antelope headdress, with male and female child. All three antelopes have spirally carv... |
9,000 - 12,000 |
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| 4 |
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Mali, Bamana. Antelope headdress 'tjiwara'. Slightly bend spirally carved horns and incides head with two small horns... |
1,200 - 1,500 |
1 Bid
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| 5 |
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Mali, Bamana. Superb standing female figure with slender narrow incised body, arms carved free, the hands on the lowe... |
5,500 - 7,000 |
1 Bid
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| 6 |
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Mali, Bamana. Standing female figure showing the cubistic stilt-style. Small round two-dimensional head, the eyes mar... |
2,500 - 3,200 |
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| 7 |
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Mali, Malinke. Female figure with incised crests dominating the coiffure, small nose under dominating pierced nose, i... |
3,000 - 3,800 |
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| 8 |
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Mali, Dogon. A very slim and tall female figure with the arms carved in relief placed on the abdomen. Crested coiffur... |
3,500 - 4,200 |
1 Bid
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| 9 |
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Burkina Faso, Kurumba. A very old Kurumba dance headdress. In the form of an antelope-head, made of hard wood, the pa... |
8,000 - 10,000 |
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| 10 |
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Burkina Faso, Mossi. A very old and rare Mossi mask, with a carved bird f on the forehead. Old tiny cracks on right ... |
3,700 - 4,400 |
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| 11 |
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Burkina Faso, Lobi. A standing female figure with free arms, narrow media crest, eyes below arched brows, one simply... |
2,600 - 3,400 |
5 Bids
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| 12 |
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Burkina faso, Lobi. Stele 'bateba'. Oval head, protruding lozenge eyes, small mouth, the coiffure with median crest,... |
2,000 - 2,500 |
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| 13 |
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Guinea / Liberia, Toma. Mask decorated with high coiffure and two horns protruding from the forehead. Slit eyes, lon... |
2,800 - 3,500 |
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| 14 |
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Guinea / Liberia. Toma. Ancestral mask. Almost two-dimensional with three horns, constricted in the lower part of th... |
1,500 - 1,900 |
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| 15 |
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Sierra Leone, Kissi. Nomoli, kneeling female figure with hands holding the breasts, typical big head. Carved of dark... |
600 - 750 |
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| 16 |
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Liberia, Dan mask. A vertical ridge runs from the forehead to the nose, a whitened incised band goes over the slit e... |
16,000 - 20,000 |
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| 17 |
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Liberia, Dan. Mask with protruding pierced open mouth and carved teeth, circular eyes with sheet-metal borders, comp... |
4,500 - 5,800 |
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| 18 |
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Liberia, Dan. Fine, aged mask with slotted eyes, hook-nose and accentuated cheeks. Metal protrusion in the centre of... |
4,000 - 5,000 |
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| 19 |
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Liberia, Dan. A very fine, cubistic-like mask showing the typical simplification of form of the Kaogle mask typ, wit... |
1,900 - 2,300 |
3 Bids
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| 20 |
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Liberia, Dan. Mask, the protruding snout with carved teeth and pierced jaws, the beard with applied fringe of monkey... |
2,400 - 3,000 |
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| 21 |
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Liberia, Dan / We. Mask, with pierced protruding round eyes, pierced mouth with full lips. Remnants of red, white an... |
1,600 - 2,000 |
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| 22 |
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Liberia, Bassa. Very rare and fine fetish figure. The head with the face of abstractedly presence, with sacrificatio... |
6,500 - 8,000 |
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| 23 |
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Ivory coast, Senufo/Tusia. Very rare and fine bush-cow mask, wearing to the both sides bush-cow horns, fixed with na... |
3,200 - 4,000 |
1 Bid
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| 24 |
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Ivory coast, Senufo. A pair of figures, male and female, with different hairdresses. Tip of right female ear broken ... |
4,000 - 4,800 |
12 Bids
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| 25 |
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Ivory coast, Senufo. Very fine standing female figure. Small heart-shaped face. Sacrification pattern at the cheeks.... |
3,000 - 3,700 |
1 Bid
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| 26 |
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Ivory coast, Guro. Mask with long narrow face, pierced slit eyes under arched eyebrowes from the prominent forehead... |
2,300 - 2,900 |
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| 27 |
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Ivory coast, Guro. A female mask with fine incised coiffure. Sacrification pattern on the forehead, pearced slit ey... |
2,400 - 3,000 |
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| 28 |
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Ivory coast, Guro. Extremely rare and very old zoomorphic 'zamle' mask. Oval form of an elongated head, the long hor... |
20,000 - 24,000 |
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| 29 |
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Ivory Coast, Baule. A face mask, surmounted by a standing female figure with carved coiffure and extended arms holdi... |
4,500 - 5,500 |
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| 30 |
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Ivory coast, Baule. A female mask with numerous sacrification pattern in the face, very fine coiffure elaborating in... |
3,500 - 4,200 |
1 Bid
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| 31 |
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Ivory coast, Baule. Male figure, seated upon a round four leged stool on a base, the arms holding his long beard in ... |
6,000 - 7,200 |
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| 32 |
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Ivory coast, Baule. Standing female figure, with both hands covering the bosom, very fine elaborate hairdo, sacrific... |
3,800 - 4,400 |
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| 33 |
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Ivory coast, Baule. A female standing figure of dark brown wood, with numerous sacrification marks on face, neck and... |
4,500 - 5,500 |
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| 34 |
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Ivoy coast, Baule. Male sitting figure on ashanti-stool, of black dyed wood with numerous sacrification marks on fac... |
6,000 - 7,500 |
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| 35 |
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Ghana, Asante. Kente silk cloth 'adwinasa'. Very fine cloth woven in small stripes, each pattern-element has differe... |
3,500 - 4,500 |
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| 36 |
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Ghana, Abron. Extremely rare and very old zoomorphic mask. Pierced eyes under arched brows, sacrification marks betw... |
3,000 - 3,600 |
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| 37 |
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Ghana, Ashanti. This doll / fertility fetish is carved as female figure with long neck, a round flat head with high ... |
1,000 - 1,100 |
1 Bid
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| 38 |
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Ghana, Anyi. Terracotta head. Grey terra cotta with bulging slit eyes and slit mouth. The forehard has cicatrice mar... |
5,000 - 6,000 |
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| 39 |
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Nigeria, Ibo. A maji mask with three cylindrical protrusions and a blade thrusting out of the forehead. Pierced slit... |
1,800 - 2,200 |
8 Bids
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| 40 |
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Nigeria, Ibo. A fine Ibo wood belt-mask of oval form with pierced eyes an ears. Sacrification pattern on each cheek.... |
1,500 - 1,800 |
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| 41 |
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Nigeria, Ibibio mask. Very fine and rare mask. The pierced open mouth with carved teeth and almond-shaped eyes. The... |
8,000 - 10,000 |
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| 42 |
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Nigeria, Ibibio. A wooden janiform head with one face dark brown, the opposite light brown coloured, each with sacri... |
700 - 900 |
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| 43 |
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Nigeria, Ibibio / Ogoni. A clapping jaw-mask. The coiffure with two carved plaits to each side, small pierced slit e... |
1,800 - 2,200 |
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| 44 |
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Nigeria, Yoruba. This bronze mask has a very hard and encrusted patina in the colours green, grey and white. The fin... |
2,400 - 3,000 |
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| 45 |
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Nigeria, Yoruba/Oyo. Male Ibedji on a base with two engraved rings, with sacrification pattern on the cheeks and for... |
600 - 800 |
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| 46 |
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Nigeria, Yoruba/Oyo. Female Ibedji, on a base with two engraved rings. Sacrification pattern on the cheeks, forehea... |
600 - 800 |
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| 47 |
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Nigeria, Yoruba. A pair of bronze figures. Two slender long figures, male and female, are mounted on a wooden base, ... |
4,000 - 5,000 |
1 Bid
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| 48 |
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Nigeria, Yoruba. Ceremonial staff, janiform. This top of a ceremonial staff has a kneeling female figure holding a b... |
7,000 - 9,500 |
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| 49 |
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Cameroon, Mambila. A trumpet in the form of a human figure with a long dress (resonance body). The eyes, typically w... |
1,600 - 1,900 |
11 Bids
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| 50 |
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Cameroon, Mambila. This standing ancestor figure has large white coloured round eyes with protruding black pupils. T... |
800 - 1,000 |
1 Bid
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