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Pierre de Loës
Chairman
Chairman
Lot 56
closed
Mambila Statuette, Nigeria/Cameroon
Wood with a lacquered black patina, remnants of polychromy
Estimate: 750 - 1,200 EUR
Lot 64
sold
Chinesco/Nayarit Sitting Figure
Terracotta with a red ochre slip
Estimate: 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
Lot sold: 2,000 EUR
6 bids | Reserve met
Lot 60
closed
Dan Mask, Ivory Coast
Hardwood lacquered in black with a patina, metal
Estimate: 750 - 1,200 EUR
Lot 41
closed
Chief's Scepter, Santa Cruz Island, Salomon Islands
Hardwood, honey-coloured patina
Estimate: 1,000 - 1,800 EUR
Lot 27
closed
Mossi Doll "Bilga"
Hardwood with a black lacquered patina
Estimate: 750 - 1,250 EUR
Lot 63
sold
Pair of riders, Tang Dynasty, China
Mixed media
Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 EUR
Lot sold: 110,000 EUR
19 bids | Reserve met
Lot 61
closed
Bilga Fertility Doll, Mossi, Burkina Faso
Wood
Estimate: 750 - 1,600 EUR
Lot 32
sold
Rider and mount, Fanti, Ghana
Wood with a light patina, likely originally painted with kaolin and highlighted with black details
Estimate: 750 - 1,200 EUR
Lot sold: 750 EUR
2 bids | Reserve met
Lot 23
closed
Ashanti Funerary Head, Ghana
Terracotta with a red ochre slip
Estimate: 750 - 1,000 EUR
Lot 58
sold
Ogbodo Enyi Mask, Igbo/Izzi, Nigeria
Wood, black and white polychrome
Estimate: 1,500 - 2,500 EUR
Lot sold: 2,750 EUR
7 bids | Reserve met
Lot 54
sold
Bust of a Statuette, Fang
Hardwood with a lacquered black and oily patina
Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
Lot sold: 4,750 EUR
6 bids | Reserve met
Lot 40
closed
Large hermaphroditic figure with raised arms, Dogon Sculpture, Mali
Hardwood with a natural patina
Estimate: 1,250 - 1,800 EUR
Lot 62
sold
"Kabedja" Statue, Hemba/Luba, Democratic Republic of Congo
Wood with black patina
Estimate: 1,750 - 3,000 EUR
Lot sold: 2,000 EUR
3 bids | Reserve met
Lot 20
closed
Ashanti Funerary Head, Ghana
Terracotta with an ochre slip
Estimate: 750 - 1,200 EUR
Lot 13
closed
Fetish Statuette, Bena Lulua, Congo
Hardwood with a beautiful and aged brown patina
Estimate: 1,500 - 2,500 EUR
Lot 34
closed
Dance Crest, Mama, Nigeria
Wood covered with red ochre dye
Estimate: 1,500 - 2,200 EUR
Lot 7
closed
Miniature Fetish, Kongo-Vili
Hardwood with a very beautiful and aged nuanced brown patina
Estimate: 1,250 - 1,800 EUR
Lot 29
closed
Lobi Fetish from Burkina Faso, known as Bateba Ti Puo
Hardwood with an aged brown patina
Estimate: 750 - 1,000 EUR
Lot 42
closed
Oceanic Club, Samoa Islands
Hardwood, braided coconut fiber, honey and brown patina
Estimate: 1,250 - 1,800 EUR
Lot 6
closed
Fetish, Tabwa (?), Congo
Hardwood with an aged brown patina
Estimate: 750 - 1,400 EUR
Lot 44
sold
Luba, Democratic Republic of Congo
Hardwood with an aged and beautiful honey-colored patina, Kichizô Inagaki base
Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 EUR
Lot sold: 8,000 EUR
7 bids | Reserve met
Lot 16
closed
Representation of a Rider and His Mount, Dogon, Mali
Bronze with a brown patina from oxidation
Estimate: 750 - 1,250 EUR
Lot 17
closed
Ashanti Funerary Head, Ghana
Terracotta with an ochre slip
Estimate: 750 - 1,000 EUR
Lot 14
sold
Statuette representing a drum player, Bembe, Congo
Hardwood with a beautiful and aged brown nuanced patina, with faience fragments
Estimate: 1,000 - 1,800 EUR
Lot sold: 1,250 EUR
3 bids | Reserve met
Lot 30
sold
Kumu Mask, Ituri Region, Congo
Softwood with polychrome decoration in red ochre, black, and white, and a beard made of plant fibers
Estimate: 750 - 1,200 EUR
Lot sold: 750 EUR
2 bids | Reserve met
Lot 37
sold
Pilon Statue 'Debelé' Sénoufo, Ivory Coast
Hardwood, black lacquered patina
Estimate: 1,250 - 2,500 EUR
Lot sold: 1,250 EUR
2 bids | Reserve met
Lot 36
sold
Sculpture representing a “begging monkey”, Baulé, Ivory Coast
Hardwood, sacrificial coating, fabric, grey patina, Kichizô Inagaki base
Estimate: 3,000 - 4,500 EUR
Lot sold: 3,000 EUR
3 bids | Reserve met
Lot 50
closed
Ashanti Stool, Ivory Coast
Estimate: 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
Lot 12
sold
Bembe, Democratic Republic of Congo
Hardwood, black patina
Estimate: 1,000 - 1,800 EUR
Lot sold: 1,250 EUR
3 bids | Reserve met
Lot 2
sold
Songye, Democratic Republic of Congo
Hardwood with a black oily patina, brass nails on the head, and rows of blue trade beads as a necklace
Estimate: 1,250 - 1,800 EUR
Lot sold: 2,500 EUR
8 bids | Reserve met
Lot 52
closed
Bronze Head, Yoruba(?) Nigeria
Bronze with oxidised patina
Estimate: 750 - 1,000 EUR
Lot 53
sold
Representation of a Leopard, Benin
Bronze with a black oxidised patina
Estimate: 1,500 - 2,500 EUR
Lot sold: 1,500 EUR
3 bids | Reserve met
Lot 35
closed
Senoufo Mask Helmet, Ivory Coast
Hardwood, greyish patina
Estimate: 1,250 - 2,000 EUR
Lot 22
closed
Ashanti Funerary Head, Ghana
Terracotta with a grayish and ochre slip
Estimate: 750 - 1,000 EUR
Lot 4
sold
Bena Lulua Fetish Statuette, Congo
Hardwood with a beautiful and aged brown patina
Estimate: 750 - 1,250 EUR
Lot sold: 750 EUR
2 bids | Reserve met
Lot 3
closed
Yaka, Democratic Republic of Congo
Hardwood with a patina, along with fabric, feathers, and rattan
Estimate: 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
Lot 10
sold
Luba Statuette, Congo
Hardwood with a beautiful brown/red patina
Estimate: 750 - 1,250 EUR
Lot sold: 750 EUR
2 bids | Reserve met
Lot 48
closed
Divination tray, Yoruba, Nigeria
Wood, patina
Estimate: 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
Lot 1
sold
Female statuette, Pende, Democratic Republic of Congo
Hardwood with a beautiful and aged dark patina
Estimate: 750 - 1,250 EUR
Lot sold: 750 EUR
2 bids | Reserve met
Lot 38
sold
Veranda Post, Yoruba, Nigeria
Hardwood carved with multiple registers of figures, remnants of polychromy, patina
Estimate: 1,750 - 3,000 EUR
Lot sold: 2,250 EUR
5 bids | Reserve met
Lot 55
sold
Lega Mask, Democratic Republic of Congo
Wood with black patina
Estimate: 1,500 - 2,500 EUR
Lot sold: 2,250 EUR
5 bids | Reserve met
Lot 19
closed
Ashanti Funerary Head, Ghana
Terracotta with a whitish and ochre slip
Estimate: 750 - 1,000 EUR
Lot 18
closed
Ashanti Funerary Head, Ghana
Terracotta with a red ochre slip
Estimate: 750 - 1,000 EUR
Lot 59
closed
Representation of a bird, Lobi, Burkina Faso
Wood
Estimate: 750 - 1,250 EUR
Lot 9
closed
Lumbo Female Statuette, Gabon
Hardwood with a beautiful and aged patina, shaded in brown and honey tones, with eyes represented by faience fragments
Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 EUR
Lot 45
sold
Chokwe Scepter, Angola
Hardwood with a beautiful and aged patina from use; Kichizô Inagaki base
Estimate: 5,000 - 7,500 EUR
Lot sold: 7,000 EUR
7 bids | Reserve met
Lot 65
sold
Chinesco/Nayarit figurine of a squatting woman (type D)
Terracotta with a red ochre slip
Estimate: 750 - 1,200 EUR
Lot sold: 1,000 EUR
3 bids | Reserve met
Lot 11
sold
Divination Statuette, Senoufo, Ivory Coast
Hardwood, brown patina
Estimate: 750 - 1,200 EUR
Lot sold: 750 EUR
2 bids | Reserve met
Lot 26
closed
Double Palm Wine Cup, Suku, Congo
Estimate: 750 - 1,250 EUR
Lot 21
closed
Ashanti Funerary Head, Ghana
Terracotta with an ochre slip
Estimate: 750 - 1,000 EUR
Lot 15
sold
Burkina Faso. Mossi or Nuna.
Hardwood with a very beautiful and aged patina
Estimate: 750 - 1,250 EUR
Lot sold: 750 EUR
2 bids | Reserve met
Lot 25
sold
Téké Fetish, Democratic Republic of Congo
Mixed media
Estimate: 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
Lot sold: 1,500 EUR
4 bids | Reserve met
Lot 33
closed
Dance Mask, We, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Wood and brown patina
Estimate: 1,500 - 2,000 EUR
Lot 28
sold
Old Songye Comb, Congo
Hardwood with an exceptional nuanced brown patina
Estimate: 750 - 1,400 EUR
Lot sold: 1,250 EUR
4 bids | Reserve met
Lot 47
sold
Bembe, Democratic Republic of Congo
Hardwood, blonde patina, eyes inlaid with faience
Estimate: 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
Lot sold: 2,750 EUR
4 bids | Reserve met
Lot 24
sold
Altar statue, Igbo, Nigeria
Polychrome terracotta
Estimate: 750 - 1,500 EUR
Lot sold: 1,000 EUR
3 bids | Reserve met
Lot 57
sold
Maternity figure seated on a small traditional bench, Fanti, Ghana
Mixed media, including kaolin, black paint
Estimate: 750 - 1,250 EUR
Lot sold: 1,000 EUR
3 bids | Reserve met
Lot 5
sold
Lwena/Chokwe Statuette, Angola
Hardwood with a light brown patina
Estimate: 750 - 1,250 EUR
Lot sold: 750 EUR
2 bids | Reserve met
Lot 51
sold
Double ritual bell, Bamoun, Cameroon
Forged iron and braided rattan
Estimate: 750 - 1,000 EUR
Lot sold: 750 EUR
2 bids | Reserve met
Lot 39
sold
Stilt Stirrup, Marquesas Islands, 19th century
Wood with a dark and glossy patina
Estimate: 6,000 - 9,000 EUR
Lot sold: 9,000 EUR
9 bids | Reserve met
Lot 8
closed
Senufo Divination Statuette, Côte d’Ivoire
Wood with a black lacquered patina
Estimate: 1,500 - 2,250 EUR
Lot 49
closed
Dogon ladder, Mali
Wood, light and glossy patina
Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 EUR
Lot 31
closed
Fetish, Songye, Democratic Republic of Congo
Hardwood, featuring a head adorned with a horn attached with resin, plant fibers, and glass beads
Estimate: 750 - 1,000 EUR
Lot 43
sold
Massue, Kanak Club, New Caledonia
Hardwood with a beautiful dark brown patina, tinged with red; handle wrapped in braided plant fibers
Estimate: 1,500 - 2,000 EUR
Lot sold: 1,500 EUR
2 bids | Reserve met
Lot 46
sold
Chokwe Scepter, Angola
Hardwood with brown-black patina, Kichizô Inagaki base
Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
Lot sold: 5,500 EUR
8 bids | Reserve met
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