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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Furniture, Works of Art and Tribal Art | |||
| Auctioneer: | Woolley & Wallis | Location: | Salisbury, Wiltshire UK |
| Contact: | Tel: 01722 424500 Fax: 01722 424508 | ||
| Date: | 8th January 2013 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Friday 4th January 10am to 4.30pm Saturday 5th January 10am to 1pm Monday 7th January 10am to 4.30pm Tuesday 8th January 8.30am to 10am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 17 | |||
| 801 | |||
| A Dan female mask, with carved line decoration and applied aluminium, with an ebonised finish with white pigment across the eyes and the central forehead ridges, paper inventory label 3410, 11½in (29.3cm) high. Provenance: William Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased 1944 Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. £400-600 |
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| 802 | |||
| A Dan mask, with an ebonised patina with white across the coffee bean eyes, above wide nostrils and a lips with small tongue, white inventory number 18, 9in (23cm) high. Provenance: Purchased by William Ohly, Paris Exhibition, 1928. Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. £1,500-2,500 |
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| 803 | |||
| A Pende mask, with an applied cloth and fibre headdress, with a carved wood face with check scarifications with an ochre ground with ebonised and white pigment highlight, with a fibre beard, white inventory number 19, 14in (35.6cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased in the 1960's. £400-600 |
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| 804 | |||
| An Ibo mask, with part ribbed horns, thin elliptical eyes and 'C' scroll ears above an open mouth with teeth and a small chin, part ebonised with traces of white pigment, Berkeley Galleries label and inventory label 4814A, 11½in (29cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased March 1953. £400-600 |
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| 805 | |||
| A Hemba standing male figure, with a four part stylised knot to the back coiffure, his chin supported by both hands, raised on a domed circular base, white inventory number 24, 12½in (31.8cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased April 1962. £300-500 |
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| 806 | |||
| A Songye fetish figure, with a stepped coiffure and previously with an inset horn, with a square chin and scarifications to the body, white inventory number 29, 11in (28cm) high, on a later stand. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased from Dr Saxl, February 1966. £400-500 |
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| 807 | |||
| A 19th century Angi female figure, with a five crest coiffure, and with rounded breasts and buttocks and with body scarifications, with neck and waist beads, left foot probably later, with inventory number 10, 17in (43cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased from James Keggie, October 1958. £1,000-1,500 |
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| 808 | |||
| A Yoruba carved wood standing female figure with child, part ebonised with white pigment, with stylised coiffure with clasp to reverse, with a bar strap supported on her breasts and with a knotted sash around her waist with her hands palm and knuckle side on, her child with a single flat crest coiffure and with a strapped triangular pendant, with bead necklace (loose), with inventory number 16, twice and inscribed SEALY, 23in (58.5cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased from G. Bloch, 1960's. £400-600 |
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| 809 | |||
| A Yoruba mother and child group, seated with a high crested coiffure, the child suckling whilst holding the other breast and with it's legs crossed over, and with a bead necklace, red and ebonised staining, white inventory number 22, 16½in (42cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased February 1962 £300-400 |
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| 810 | |||
| A Yoruba kneeling offering figure, with a child on her back and it's hands on her breasts, with beads, white inventory number 1, 13½in (34.2cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased June 1953. Notes in stock book state 'Ayasse, Ilorin, confiscated by E.C. Pickwood, 1922.' £300-400 |
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| 811 | |||
| A Yoruba brass rattle staff, the Janus head with fine cable borders and a pierced finial, the central shaft with interlaced bands to a pierced triangular base with similar decoration, the head and base with ringlets for bells, missing, 17½in (44.5cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. £800-1,200 |
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| 812 | |||
| A Benin cast bronze belt mask, with a stepped coiffure and ribbed tendril eyebrows and hair, one eye with an iron pupil, the other disfigured (gunshot?), with ring fixings to top and base, possibly 18th century, 7in (17.8cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased December 1964. £300-400 |
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| 813 | |||
| A Yoruba brass edan staff, cast as a seated male holding a pair of rods, his head with tight curl beard and coiffure, with piercing for bells, the rectangular support with similar piercings and inventory number 299, on an iron rod, 12¾in (32.5cm) high, on a later stand. (2) Provenance: Ex Gamage Collection, April 1960. Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. £300-500 |
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| 814 | |||
| A Yaure mask, with paddle type ears with remains of white pigment, fine grooved coiffure and coffee bean eyes, with a flat beard with incised decoration, right side part missing, as are the lower scroll parts, white inventory number 205, 14in (35.5cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased August 1967. £1,500-2,500 |
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| 815 | |||
| An Idoma wood maternity figure, River Confluence Valley, with allover chip decoration, with a single crest coiffure and pouting lips, her back with a child having two pair of arms, white inventory number 281, remains of a handwritten paper label and black inventory number 34, 12in (30.5cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased from James Keggie, September 1972. £300-400 |
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| 816 | |||
| A Fang female wood figure, Tsogo, with her hands over her abdomen, with a red pigment and with ebonised coiffure with white highlight, white inventory number 29a, 12in (30.5cm) high, on a later oak stand Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Bought from Dr Saxl, February 1966. £200-300 |
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| 817 | |||
| A Bambana Ntomo mask, with a five point headdress above pierced eyes and mouth, white inventory number 20, 13¾in (35cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased from McMullan, 1960's. £300-400 |
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| 818 | |||
| A Baule beauty mask, with a triple crest coiffure and with remains of three horns, with remains of pigment decoration to the forehead, white inventory number 206, 19th century, 9in (23cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. £150-250 |
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| 819 | |||
| A Yaure mask, with ribbed horns and narrow ears with white pigment, with a shaped coiffure outline and scarifications either side of the slit eyes, with a pierced and pointed beard, paper label for RATTON, PARIS and white inventory number 15, 15in (38cm) high. Provenance: Ratton, Paris. James Keggie, London. Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. £4,000-6,000 |
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| 820 | |||
| A Baule mask, with a crescent and serrated edge coiffure, with scarifications and applied metal over the eyelids and mouth, white inventory number 21, 11in (28cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased October 1964. £400-600 |
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| 821 | |||
| An Ibo mask, with horn headdress and angled and pierced elliptical eyes and with a pierced mouth with carved teeth, with carved and relief decoration with white, yellow, red and dark pigment, white inventory number 210, 13¾in (35cm) high. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased September 1966. £600-800 |
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| 822 | |||
| Berkeley Galleries Visitors Book. Recording visitors to the various exhibitions at the gallery from June 1934 to May 1946, though in no particular order or consistency. Names include artists, collectors, a few dealers and others included in the art world; Lucien Freud, Hugh Casson, Carel Weight, Julian Trevelyan, Paul Vezelay, Eileen Agar, Feliks Topolski, H.R. Trevor-Roper, Josef Herman, Phoebe Stabler, William Nicholson, Michael Ayrton, Ambrose Heal, Duncan Grant, Henry Moore, Cyril E Power. A few sketches and notes on the entrants. Included is a interesting Nazi Anti-Semitic sticker. Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. £200-300 |
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| 823 | |||
| An Ashanti bronze group, of a chief sitting on a chair and holding a horn, being carried by four men, 11in (28cm) high. Provenance: David Newman, London. £200-300 |
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| 824 | |||
| Two carved ivory models of Ashanti stools, 2in (5.2cm) wide, an ivory model of a headrest, indistinctly signed in pencil, and an African ivory bust and a mask, 2nd quarter 20th century. (5) £30-50 |
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| 825 | |||
| Three African bronze currency bangles, of crescent shape, the smaller with incised decoration, 11½ and 4½in (29 and 11.5cm) wide, a pair of brass bangles and a Cameroon bronze horse and rider, 14in (35.5cm) high. (7) £100-150 |
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| 826 | |||
| Literature: 'Made in West Africa' by Christine Price, 1976, 'Nigeria, The Land its Art and People, An Anthology', 'Nigeria - A history' by John Hatch, 'African Mythology' by Geoffery Parrinder and 'Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Collection of African Art, Sotheby's 27th June 1983'. (5) £20-30 |
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| 827 | |||
| A Yoruba carved wood group, the main kneeling female figure with an infant on her back with a drummer above, she supporting a chicken with cover, revealing a raised surface, the cover as a bowl, the whole being supported by a figure on forearms and knees, flanked by two kneeling males and female figure, 14½in (37cm) high. £200-300 |
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| 828 | |||
| An African divination set, comprising: an elephant's kneecap and five bone counters, 4¾in (11.8cm) high, 6¾in (17cm) wide. (6) £180-220 |
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| 829 | |||
| A Baule mask, with a stylized coiffure, 16in (40.6cm) high, another mask with termite damage, and a painted wood fetish figure, with applied nails. (3) £150-200 |
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| 830 | |||
| A Pomu mask, with flared headdress and ebonised, white and red pigment finish, 8¼in (21cm) high. £200-300 |
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| 831 | |||
| A Punu mask, with a five crest coiffure and black and white staining, 12¼in (31cm) high and another mask with twin crest and open mouth, 14½in (37cm) high. (2) £100-150 |
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| 832 | |||
| Three Baule masks, with differing coiffures, with dark patination and white highlights, approx 13¼in (33.5cm) h. £300-400 |
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| 833 | |||
| A Punu mask, with triple crest, 12½in (32cm) high and an Eket mask, with bead and brass decoration, 14in (35.5cm) dia. (2) £100-150 |
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| 834 | |||
| A pair of African carved ebony bookends, 8¼in (21cm) high, seven ebonised carved groups of figures and beasts, a paper knife and a lidded bowl. (10) £10-20 |
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| 835 | |||
| A pair of West African male and female stylized figures, with a mottled pigment finish, 17½in (44.5cm) high and two other carved African figures. (4) £80-120 |
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| 836 | |||
| A Dogon wood group, of four seated figures with a platform above and a further figure, 18in (25.7cm) high. £80-120 |
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| 837 | |||
| A Benin carved coconut container, Nigeria, relief decorated with figures one carrying an adze, 5in (12.7cm) high, 4½in (11.3cm) diameter. £30-50 |
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| 838 | |||
| A nok pottery vessel, with a relief mask, arms and remains of legs, with genitalia, 12¼in (31cm) high. £80-120 |
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| 839 | |||
| A nut shell bowl and cover, the cover with low relief carved panels, with birds and reptiles, 9in (23cm) high. £300-400 |
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| 840 | |||
| An African carved wood dispatch box, with a painted and relief decorated interior, the underside inscribed 'Made in P. M. Mengo K. M. Buganda', 8¾in (24.8cm) high, 20in (51cm) wide, 14in (35.5cm) deep. Provenance: Presented to Dr. John Phimister Mitchell by the Kabaka of Buganda on his retirement from his role as Medical Superintendent at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda. This is a copy of the dispatch box housed in the Bugandan Parliament. £100-150 |
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| 841 | |||
| A 19th century sailor's scrimshaw whale's tooth, one side decorated a three masted frigate, the reverse with an outline of a whale, 7¾in (19.6cm) high. £200-300 |
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| 842 | |||
| A 19th century whale's tooth, 7¾in (19.5cm) long. £100-150 |
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| 843 | |||
| Three carved whalebone models of fish, dolphin, tuna and a marlin with glass bead eyes, circa 1900, 12¼in, 31cm the longest. (3) £300-400 |
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| 844 | |||
| A Pitcairn Island carved wood tortoise, with inlaid eyes and stain decoration, the underside stamped PITCAIRN ISLAND, 9in (23cm) long. £100-150 |
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| 845 | |||
| A Pitcairn Island carved miro wood flying fish by Pervis Young, the wings stamped 'MADE ON PITCAIRN ISLAND BY PERVIS YOUNG', 8¾in (22cm) high, 14¼in (36.2cm) long, including stand. (2) £50-80 |
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| 846 | |||
| A painted terracotta mask of Jean-Jaques Dessalines the first Emperor of Haiti, wearing a bicorn hat, 9¼in (23.5cm) high and wide. £200-300 |
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| 847 | |||
| A Sepik River carved wood ancestor figure, with polychrome decoration, 20¾in (52.7cm) high. £100-150 |
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| 848 | |||
| A Dyak shield, 66in (167.6cm) high. £150-200 |
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| 849 | |||
| A root club, 20¾in (52.6cm) long and a wood club inlaid mother of pearl, 19in (48cm) long. (2) £150-200 |
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| 850 | |||
| A Trobriand Islands carved wood pig, with lime filled incised decoration, 8¾in (22.5cm) high, 22in (56cm) long, on a later stand. (2) Provenance: David Newman, London. £400-600 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Furniture, Works of Art and Tribal Art | |||
| Auctioneer: | Woolley & Wallis | Location: | Salisbury, Wiltshire UK |
| Contact: | Tel: 01722 424500 Fax: 01722 424508 | ||
| Date: | 8th January 2013 | Time: | 10:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Friday 4th January 10am to 4.30pm Saturday 5th January 10am to 1pm Monday 7th January 10am to 4.30pm Tuesday 8th January 8.30am to 10am |
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