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Auction 16 November 2019 93 Tribal Art Auction - Wurzburg

Bid on the lot list Zemanek-Münster : 16 November 2019 - 93 Tribal Art Auction - November 16, 2019 - 2 pm<br /><br />Preview:<br />13 to 15 November — 10 am to 7 pm; 16 November — 9 am to 2 pm<br /><br /><br />contact: info@tribalart.de<br />Tel: +49 931 17721<br /><br />www.tribalart.de Zemanek - Munster - Wurzburg

93 Tribal Art Auction

Saturday 16 November 2019 - 14:00 (CET)
Hoerleingasse 3-5 - 97070 Wurzburg, Allemagne
Zemanek-Münster
93 Tribal Art Auction
Result
486 Results
Lot n° 1 

TIBET

Scull bowl "kapala" with lid and stand three-part, human skull, lid with "vajra" knob, stand with skull motif, each made of silver sheet with hammered ornamental decor, skull bowl lined with silver, rep. (knob) In Tibetan monasteries it is used symbolically...

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Lot n° 2 

TIBET

Skull drum "chang teu" ("damaru") human skull, animal skin, green paint, metal, in fabric sheath, with broad fabric band H: 6 cm; W: 11,5 cm; L: 50 cm (cloth band), H: 2,4 inch; W: 4,5 inch; L: 19,7 inch Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 3 

CHINA

Gold Hilt decorated with "Panhui" pattern, eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 256 B.C.) gold, 22 carat, weight: 52,3 g, turquoises, openwork cast upper hilt of a dagger/ sword Short swords (or daggers) with straight blades convenient for close combat were...

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Lot n° 4 

Du Jin (ca.1465-1509), Zhenjiang/ Beijing, China

Hanging scroll ink/ coloured, on paper, perspective landscape representation with house and three figures, characters and red chop signature on top right, traces of old age, tears M: 176 cm x 63 cm, M: 69,3 inch x 24,8 inch Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 5 

Song Lun, China

"Zhongkui on a mule" ink/ coloured, on silk, characters and stamped signature at top right, silk brocade passpartout, glazed/ framed M: 24 cm x 35 cm/ 38,5 cm x 57 cm, M: 9,4 inch x 13,8 inch/ 15,2 inch x 22,4 inch Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 6 

CHINA

Scene from the Chinese folk epic "The Journey to the West" ink/ coloured, on paper, passpartout (yellowed and slightly stained), stamped in picture "15 Nov (19)02 Pekin Chine" at top right, glazed/ framed The painting shows the monk "Tang Seng",...

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Lot n° 7 

CHINA

"Meng Haoran" and "Bai Juyi" ink/ coloured, on silk, characters and stamped signature, silk brocade passepartout, framed Representation of two well-known Chinese poets of the Tang Dynasty "Meng Haoran" (~ 689 - 740) and "Bai Juyi" (772 - 846), made...

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Lot n° 8 

CHINA

Mandarin square, Quing dynasty, 19th century gold thread embroidery on black silk, pheasant in flight, surrounded by wave and cloud motifs, glazed A so-called "mandarin square", also known as a rank badge, was a large embroidered badge sewn onto...

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Lot n° 9 

CHINA

Three figures of chinese court officials wood, remains of lacquer, H: 43,5 cm - 46,5 cm, H: 17,1 inch - 18,3 inch Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 10 

CHINA

Daoist deity, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) bronze, residues of gilding and red lacquer, With both hands holding a dignitary staff "hu" in front of the breast. H: 25 cm, H: 9,8 inch Provenance: Van Ham, Cologne, 12 June 2019, lot 2047 A Continent:...

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Lot n° 11 

CHINA

Daoist Deity bronze, residues of gilding and red lacquer, inscribed "10304", crack/ defect in the casting With both hands holding a dignitary staff "hu" in front of the breast. H: 30,5 cm, H: 12,0 inch Provenance: Alain Bovis, Paris, France Continent:...

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Lot n° 12 

Taiwan, Paiwan

Two spoons wood, L: 28,5 cm/ 31 cm, L: 11,2 inch/ 12,2 inch Provenance: collected in situ, in the 1970s Private Collection, Berlin, Germany Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 13 

Japan

Merchants chest "choba dansu", Meiji period, late 19th century elm/ zelkova "keyaki", cast iron mounts and handles, finish in blackened burned lacquer, with three front drawers and compartment with sliding door "Choba dansu" were used by "chonin"...

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Lot n° 14 

Japan

Kitchen chest "mizuya dansu", Kyoto style, late Edo period, 19th century elm/ zelkova "keyaki", cast iron handles, finish in blackened burned lacquer, two part, front with six smaller sliding doors, two of them open worked, two large sliding doors...

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Lot n° 15 

Japan

Composite armour "yoroi", late Edo period, 19th century iron, lacquer, lacing, leather, wood, fabric, horse hair, black lacquered helmet "kabuto", backswept lateral protective elements "fukigaeshi" with family crest "mon", two-part half mask "menpo"...

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Lot n° 16 

Japan

Composite helmet "kabuto" with face protection "hoate" and neck protection "yodarekake", late Edo period, 19th century helmet with rivets, visor "mabizashi" and lateral protective elements "fukigaeshi", iron, black lacquer cover, bronze, crescent-shaped...

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Lot n° 17 

Japan

Helmet "kabuto" with face protection "hoate", neck protection "yodarekake" and "shikoro", late Edo period, 19th century iron, lacquer, lacing, fabric, horse hair, brass, number "11516" (hoate), slightly dam. (lacquer, lacing), base H: ca. 35 cm, H:...

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Lot n° 18 

Japan

Military helmet "jingasa", late Edo period, 19th century iron, fabric, black lacquer, with heraldic family emblem "mon" and dragon motive in gold lacquer, red lacquer inside with upholstery device and straps, residues of characters L: 35,5 cm; b:...

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Lot n° 19 

Japan

Matchlock rifle "teppo", late Edo period, 19th century wood, iron, brass, L: 128 cm, L: 50,4 inch Provenance: Jürgen Fricker, Dinkelsbühl, Germany Lit.: Barbier-Mueller, J. Gabriel & Roger Diederen (ed.), Samurai, Pracht des japanischen...

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Lot n° 20 

Japan

Longbow "yumi" and quiver "utsubo" with six arrows, late Edo period, 19th century longbow "yumi", wood, leather, cord wrapping in the handle area, l: 200 cm; quiver "utsubo", two-piece, wood, black lacquer, gold lacquer emblem, leather strap for support,...

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Lot n° 21 

Japan

Two walking sticks with ivory knob bamboo/ wood, blackened metal clamp and shoe, one knob carved with dragon motif, the second one carved figurally and with leaf work L: 92 cm und 84,5 cm, L: 36,2 inch und 33,3 inch Provenance: Jürgen Fricker,...

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Lot n° 22 

Japan

Stone "suiseki" grey stone with coloured inclusions, on wooden base "Suiseki" ("sui" = water; "seki" = stone) is the Japanese term for naturally shaped stones that resemble familiar natural sceneries (mountain, waterfall, island) or human or animal...

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Lot n° 23 

India, Maharashtra/ Karnataka

Convolute of eight small sculptures of Indian deities metals in different alloys, a) "Khandoba" with his wife "Mhalsa" riding on a horse, two-piece, h: 18,5 cm; b) eight-armed "Durga", h: 13,5 cm; additional: c) four-armed "Visnu", h: 6 cm; three figures...

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Lot n° 24 

India, Madhya Pradesh, District Bastar

Convolute of eight small sculptures bronze, two of the figures probably depict the goddess "Dantesvari", who is regarded as the family goddess of the former ruling house of Bastar and thus as the "state goddess". These figures were placed on shrines,...

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Lot n° 25 

INDIA

Fan and two textiles with Hand-held fan "pankha", grass fibre, fabric, silk, wood, m: 21,5 x 19 cm; textiles: m: 36,5 x 37,5 cm and 25,5 x 29,5 cm, each beadwork on fabric/ mashroo silk The square fabric may have served as wall decoration, while...

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Lot n° 26 

India, Naga

Pair of figures wood, pigments, metal, base Figures of the Naga are commemorative images of important persons with a well-defined identity. They were kept inside a dwelling or, more often, a "morung", the house of the clan's men. H: 55,5 cm and...

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Lot n° 27 

Nepal / Tibet

Thangka "Vaisravana" ("Kubera" or "Nam Tho Se"), 18th/ 19th century mineral pigments and gold / paper, silk brocade, wooden stick, silk taffeta, riding on a white snow lion, holding a (victory) banner and a mongoose spitting jewels picked up from a...

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Lot n° 28 

TIBET

Thangka of the tutelary spirit "Vajrabhairava", 19th century mineral pigments on primed fabric, silk, glazed/ framed The tutelary deity "Vajrabhairava" is painted dark blue, standing on a broad lotus before an aureole of flames. He has nine...

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Lot n° 29 

Bhutan

Thangka of the fourarmed "Avalokiteshvara", 18th/ 19th century mineral pigments on primed fabric, rubbed, traces of old age In Mahayana Buddhism, "Avalokiteshvara" is the bodhisattva of universal compassion. Above there is a picture of the Buddha...

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Lot n° 30 

Myanmar / Laos, Karen

Small frog drum "pha si" bronze, When there is a drought, the Karens take the drums into the fields where they are played to make the frogs croak because the Karens believe that if the frogs croak, it is sign that rain will surely fall. Therefore,...

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Lot n° 31 

Myanmar

Buddha head cast and gilt, mother-of-pearl inlay (eyes), wood, base Buddha Gautama Sakyamuni shows a youthful face with lowered lids, the small mouth is surrounded by a tender smile. The head and "ushnisa" (symbol of his ultimate wisdom) are covered...

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Lot n° 32 

LAOS

Standing Buddha, 19th century wood, remains of gilding, rest, pedestal Executed in a typical Laotian style, which features a slim and elongated body and extremely serene facial expression. H: 55 cm, H: 21,7 inch Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 33 

Laos / Thailand

Buddha Maravijaya, Chiang Saen style, 18th/ 19th century bronze, mother-of-pearl inlay, In meditation seat on Lothus throne, the right hand in "bhumisparsa mudra", the left in "dhyana mudra" in the lap. The "kasaya" garment appearing in the simplest...

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Lot n° 34 

Cambodia, Khmer

Figural Torso of "Vishnu", Angkor period, 12th century sandstone, custom mount (green marble) Youthful torso with bare chest, wearing an elaborate "dhoti" decorated with a vertical plaiting and frontal and rear sash ribbons in relief. H: 42 cm,...

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Lot n° 35 

THAILAND

Sitting buddha on lotus throne, around 1800 ceramic (celadon), light green crackled glaze, This beautiful ceramic figure shows the Buddha Shakyamuni with both hands in "dhyana-mudra" meditation gesture. H: 46 cm; W: 28 cm, H: 18,1 inch; W: 11,0...

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Lot n° 36 

THAILAND

Buddha head, Sukhotai period, 14th / 15th century stucco, collection number "SW579" H: 17 cm, H: 6,7 inch Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 37 

Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak

Squatting ape on fragmentary staff wood, pigments, brass, base H: 37,5 cm, H: 14,8 inch Provenance: Jan Kusters, Waalre, The Netherlands Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 38 

Indonesia, Lesser Sunda Islands, Flores

Seated female ancestral figure wood, H: 47 cm, H: 18,5 inch Provenance: Mark Johnson, Marina del Rey, USA (1980s) Michael Grebanier, San Francisco, USA Thomas Murray, Mill Valley, USA Joshua Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA Lempertz, Brussels,...

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Lot n° 39 

Indonesia - Moluccas

Clove model of a ship wood, cord, complete with rigging and sailors H: 45 cm; L: 59 cm, H: 17,7 inch; L: 23,2 inch Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 40 

Indonesia - South Nias

Rare megalithic ancestor figure "gowe ni?oniha", 2nd half 19th century lime stone, base Most megalithic sculpture is commemorative in nature, created to honour members of the nobility, a tradition inspired by the people?s strong belief in ancestor...

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Lot n° 41 

Indonesia - Nias

Ancestor figure "adu zatua" wood, This figure was originally part of a couple. The counterpart was auctioned at Zemanek-Münster on June 29, 2019 as Lot 1. H: 48 cm, H: 18,9 inch Provenance: Hein Westerop, The Netherlands (collected in Java or...

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Lot n° 42 

Philippines - Ifugao

Small figure of ritual deity "bulul" wood, encrusted patina, base H: 11,5 cm, H: 4,5 inch Provenance: Wouter Kleiman, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 43 

Indonesia - Sulawesi, Toraja

Exceptional sword with scabbard wood, sheet brass, damascene steel, base L: 70 cm, L: 27,6 inch Provenance: Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 44 

Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba-Batak, East Karo

Sword with sheath "kalasan" iron, horn (buffalo/ deer), eye-shaped decor at the hilt, stem ring and partial covering of the sheath from silver L: 65,5 cm, L: 25,8 inch Lit.: van Zonneveld, Albert G., Traditional weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago,...

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Lot n° 45 

Indonesia / Philippines / Malaysia

Sword with sheath "moro kris" iron, wood, plant fibre, ivory, knob in form of a stylized bird (parrot) L: 71 cm, L: 28,0 inch Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 46 

PHILIPPINES

Sword with sheath iron, wood, brass, fabric, L: 63,5 cm, L: 25,0 inch Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 47 

Indonesia - Sumatra

Sword with scabbard iron, horn, silver metal sheet, three piece sword scabbard covered with fine driven decoration L: 54,5 cm, L: 21,5 inch Continent: Asia

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Lot n° 48 

Indonesia - Borneo (Kalimantan), Mandau

Sword with sheath iron, wood, rattan, horn, On the scabbards back, we see a second, small scabbard made of palm leaf in which a small secondary knife "piso raout" is kept. L: 62,5 cm, L: 24,6 inch Lit.: van Zonneveld, Albert G., Traditional...

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Lot n° 49 

Indonesia - Nias

Sword with sheath "balato" steel, brass, wood, paint, rattan, hilt in shape of the mythical being "lasara", two parts wooden scabbard, held together by strips of plaited rattan, traces of corrosion (blade) L: 70 cm, L: 27,6 inch Continent: Asi...

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Lot n° 50 

Indonesia - North Sumatra

Sword with sheath "sikin panjang" blade "wilah", iron; hilt "hulu": buffalo horn ("lunkee"), stem ring with golden decor; scabbard "sarung": wood with floral engravings L: 74,5 cm, L: 29,3 inch Lit.: van Zonneveld, Albert G., Traditional weapons...

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