Online catalogue for the 63rd tribal art auction with special part 'wunderkammer'

201 Head of Buddha Sakyamuni

This object is not available any more.

Kambodscha, Khmer

light brown sandstone, regular, delicate cut facial features, the mouth with full lips indicating a smile, the face enclosed by small ears with long projecting ear ornaments, crowned by a high towering three-parted coiffure, a textured diadem above the forehead, slightly dam., minor missing part (neck/backside), on block-like wooden base; the ideal of cambodian statuary has nothing in common with the Western view of beauty. The sculptures, if they are of human or animal shape, were pure visions of divinity. The idealized physiognomy and its perfectness in form were not dedicated to earthly perfection.

H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch

Provenance
Nagel Stuttgart, Varia - Asiatica, 1998

Literature
Fahr-Becker, Gabriele (Hg.), Ostasiatische Kunst, Bd. 1, Köln 1998, p. 26 f.

Sold.

202 Knob

This object is not available any more.

Vietnam

bronze, in shape of a dragons head, strong traces of fusion and corrosion, on base; presumably excavation found.

H: 4,5 cm
H: 1.8 inch

Price: 500 - 1000 €

203 Male post figure

This object is not available any more.

Laos

wood, greyish brown patina, the lower area encrusted with clay, half circular post with board-shaped projection, an armless male figure in stylized form superimposed, flattened backside, the surface showing severe traces of weathering, arms presumably once mortised, on metal plate

H: 116 cm
H: 45.7 inch

Provenance
Private Collection, Berlin, Germany (1993)

Sold.

204 Buddhistic demon mask

This object is not available any more.

Bhutan

hardwood, polychrome paint, rectangular form, distorted facial features because of a wide opened teeth revealing mouth, diadem-like head crest with five miniature skulls, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of abrasion; presumably depicting the demon "gonpo", one of the terrible protectors of "mahakala", the tantric god of Buddhism and defender of law.

H: 35 cm, 17th - 18th century
H: 13.8 inch, 17th - 18th century

Provenance
Private Collection, Vienna, Austria

Literature
Chazot, Eric, Masks of the Himalayas, Ausst.kat., New York 1990, p. 8

Price: 3500 - 7000 €

205 Amulet container

This object is not available any more.

Tibet, Gau

silver (92 g), the front showing the goddess Palden Lhamo riding on her mule, closed by a copper plate on the rear, min. dam.; Palden Lhamo takes a foremost position in the Tibetan pantheon and is the guardian of the Tibetan capital Lhasa, as well as of the Dalai Lama. In most cases she is shown riding on her mule through a sea of blood and grease. She looks blackish blue with hanging breast, flaming eyes, moustache and projecting hair. Additionally she holds a long club and a cup made from a childs skull deriving from an incestous relationship. Five further skulls forming a kind of crown on her head.

H: 8 cm; B: 8 cm, 19th century
H: 3.1 inch; B: 3.1 inch, 19th century

Provenance
Private Collection, Vienna, Austria

Price: 2000 - 4000 €

206 Amulet pendant "kumusch doga"

This object is not available any more.

Turkmenistan

silver, gold-plated in parts, rectangular amulet case with triangular lid, several sickle- and sun-shaped applications, set with two flat cut carneols and 10 cabochons, five leaf-shaped pendants with small bells in pairs at the lower rim, attached to a three-strand necklace with pierced intermediate pieces, horn motif at the lid, very good condition; the originally included Koran sayings are generally removed before the amulets were sold.

M: 10 cm x 7 cm (Behälter), L: 34 cm (Kette)
M: 3.9 inch x 2.8 inch (Behälter), L: 13.4 inch (Kette)

Literature
Schletzer, D. & R., Alter Silberschmuck der Turkmenen, Berlin 1983, p. 111

Price: 600 - 1000 €

207 Amulet pendant "astschar bag"

This object is not available any more.

Afghanistan, Turkmenen, Jomud

silver, gold plated in parts, rectangular plate, decorated with delicate embossed ornaments, typical horn motif, set with cabochons - glass stones in dark red, blue and green (two of them renewed), closed flat amulet case backside, attached to a three-strand necklace with floral intermediate pieces, good condition

M: 7,8 cm x 4,8 cm (Behälter); L: 32 cm (Kette)
M: 3.1 inch x 1.9 inch (Behälter); L: 12.6 inch (Kette)

Literature
Prokot, I. & J., Schmuck aus Zentralasien, München 1981, ill. 134

Price: 500 - 1000 €

208 Boys amulet "ok yay"

This object is not available any more.

Afghanistan, Turkmenen, Jomut-Knabeb

silver, decorated with round and leaf-shaped gold-plated applications, set with six flat carneols, eleven pendants with leaf-shaped pads and chains, two eyelets for attachment on the upper rim, on base; present amulet depicts bow ("yay") and arrow ("ok"). It was sewn on the back of young boys clothing and should protect its wearer.

H: 14 cm; B: 12,5 cm
H: 5.5 inch; B: 4.9 inch

Literature
Wittich, Ute, Schönheit und Magie, Schmuck Ferner Länder, Hirnsturm 2008, p. 96
Rudolph, H., Der Turkmenenschmuck, Sammlung Kurt Gull, Stuttgart 1984, p. 78

Price: 600 - 1200 €

209 Spiral torc "kati ger"

This object is not available any more.

Afghanistan

silver alloy, open ring with simple geometrical engravings, applications on either side set with blue glass stones, pierced and fixed by silver bolts, the spiral originally wrapped with twisted wire (small remains preserved), one of the glass stones dam.; Janata assumes that the manufacturing centres of torcs like the present were situated in the Swat Valley of Pakistan. From there they were said to be merchandized to the Kafirs of Afghanistan. In pre-islamic Kafiristan just men of high rank, their women and daughters were allowed to wear such torcs.

D: 14,5 cm
D: 5.7 inch

Provenance
Nagel Stuttgart, Tribal Art, November 2003, lot 857

Literature
Janata, Alfred, Schmuck in Afghanistan, Graz 1981, p. 105, ill. 1

Price: 700 - 1400 €

210 Necklace with amulet case "bazband"

This object is not available any more.

Uzbekistan

silver amulet case, gold plated in parts, decorated in Niello technique, trimming with small turquoises, appliques in granulé at the lower rim, leaf-shaped ornaments with coral- and mother-of-pearl beads attached, both sides of the case decorated identical, hinged lid on the upper rim, attached to a four-strand silver necklace, decorated with ornaments decorated with turquoises and cabochons, in very good condition, intact; the amulet case was used for insertion of coran sayings. It was part of the bridal endowment of rich people and was worn on the breast or aside the hips. It was completed by a diadem, which was elaborate worked likewise.

L: 38 cm (Kette); M: 10 cm x 7 cm (Amulettbehälter), G: 198 g, late 19th century
L: 15 inch (Kette); M: 3.9 inch x 2.8 inch (Amulettbehälter), G: 198 g, late 19th century

Literature
Janata, Alfred, Schmuck in Afghanistan, Graz 1981, p. 168 f.

Price: 1900 - 3800 €