Africa, Asia and civilisations.

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Laurent WILBERT (20th, Haiti). Painting on canvas signed lower left. 63 x 52 cm.

AFRICAN FOLK ART. Barber shop sign. Wooden panel painted with three choices of men's hairstyles. Size: 110 x 70 cm. Provenance: Estate of Mr B, Tours. Note "Hairdresser signs are certainly one of the most authentic urban survivals of traditional African art. They describe the 'being' of the contemporary in the same way that masks and hairstyles expressed the ancestral soul. On the fringes of official trends, the panels are a sensitive reflection of socio-cultural change and express the profound aspirations of populations in the throes of change". Literature: "Ici bon coiffeur", hairdresser signs in Africa. LERAT/SEISER.

SENTANI LAKE, Indonesia. Bark liber, natural pigments. Maro" tapa on a beige background with black line decoration enhanced with yellow, red and white. Size: 60 x 57 cm. Framed 79 x 75 cm. Provenance: Estate of Mr B, Tours.

Michel (20th century, Haitian school). Acrylic on canvas signed lower right. Framed size: 101 x 71.5 cm

TIBET, 20th century Thangka of Buddha, depicted seated in padmasana on a lotus, holding a cup, surrounded by lama, tsongkapa and worshippers. Dimensions of the gouache: 79.5 x 52 cm. Total dimensions: 107 x 75 cm. (wear). Expert : Cabinet DELALANDE- Qinghua YIN

JAPAN, late 19th, early 20th century. Pair of diorama glass-fixed paintings decorated with landscapes and photographs of people. Size: 62 x 85 cm.

JAPAN, late 19th century, early 20th century. Painting fixed under glass decorated with a lake landscape, photographs of characters and boats. Size: 72.5 x 102.5 cm. Expert : Cabinet DELALANDE- Qinghua YIN

ETHIOPIA. Large Coptic painting on parchment or canvas in several historiated registers recalling the legend of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon. 20th century. Size: 109.5 x 89.5 cm. Provenance: Estate of Mr B, Tours.

ETHIOPIA. Coptic painting on parchment annotated on the back: the empress Nenelta. Size: 26.5 x 23 cm. Framed: 40.5 x 32.5 cm. Provenance: Estate of Mr B, Tours.

GHANA FOLK ART. "Everlasting Hair cut". Sign for a hairdressing salon, signed and located lower right. Wooden panel painted with three choices of men's hairstyles. Size: 74x57, 5 cm. Note: "Barbershop signs are certainly one of the most authentic urban survivals of traditional African art. They describe the 'being' of the contemporary in the same way that masks and hairstyles expressed the ancestral soul. On the fringes of official trends, the panels are a sensitive reflection of socio-cultural changes and express the deep aspirations of populations in the throes of change". Literature: "Ici bon coiffeur", hairdresser signs in Africa. LERAT/SEISER.

INDO-PERSAN school (XXth). Two handwritten pages illustrated in gouache with animated scenes. 17.5 x 9.5 cm on sight and 12.5 x 7.5 cm on sight.

Asian school. Flowers. Print with red stamp. 55 x 102 cm.

20th century INDIAN school. Palace scene after a Jaipur miniature. Embroidered canvas. Son of Indra workshop in Pondichery. 86 x 117 cm. (Attached lot of Indra's workshop documents).

NIGER/MAURITANIA/MALI. Rare set of crosses of various Tuareg peoples in foreign silver and gilt metal framed in an embossed leather box. 24 x 33 cm.

LEGA, Democratic Republic of Congo. Kisumbi" headrest for members of the Bwami society. Diameter: 11 x 17.5 x 17 cm. Base incomplete. Provenance: Alfred BAUWENS Collection, Brussels, Belgium. By direct descent to the present owner.

Neck rest, BANIO/ ME'EN, Omo valley, Ethiopia. Wood, fine patina, fibres. Size: 25.5x17 cm. Provenance: Alfred BAUWENS Collection, Brussels, Belgium. By direct descent to the present owner. Literature: De l'usage des repos-têtes en Afrique, de la préhistoire jusqu'à nos jours. "Sur la piste de l'éléphant... et celle d'Abou Ballas". Claude-Henri PIRAT.

Neck rest, HAMAR/BASHADA, Ethiopia/Kenya. Wood, fine patina, leather. Size: 19.5x18 cm. Provenance: Alfred BAUWENS Collection, Brussels, Belgium. By direct descent to the present owner. Literature: De l'usage des repos-têtes en Afrique, de la préhistoire jusqu'à nos jours. "Sur la piste de l'éléphant... et celle d'Abou Ballas". Claude-Henri PIRAT.

WE, Ivory Coast. Hardwood, vegetable fibres, dark patina, pigments. Powerful dance mask depicting a human face with a prominent forehead and vertical midrib, slit eyes and a blunt nose. Height: 21 cm (without fibres).

Dance mask, BAMILEKE, Cameroon. Wood, dark patina. Height: 44 cm.

LEGA or neighbouring groups (SHI/NYUNDU), Democratic Republic of Congo. Wood, pigments, feathers, fibres. Idumu" mask from the "Bwami" rank society. Height: 38 cm. Small chips. Literature: "Congo Masks" by Marc Léo FELIX. Provenance: Alfred BAUWENS Collection, Brussels, Belgium. By direct descent to the present owner.

DAN, Ivory Coast. Hardwood, black patina, white metal, black fur. Old "Gagon" dance mask representing a cynocephalus with a very elongated snout and slit eyes with a white metal border. Height: 19 cm. The lower jaw is missing. Provenance: Alfred BAUWENS Collection, Brussels, Belgium. By direct descent to the present owner.

BEKOM, Kingdom of KOM, Cameroon. Hard, dense wood, reddish-brown patina, shiny highlights. Ngon" princess dance mask, powerful and expressive face, eyes and teeth whitened with kaolin. Height: 36 cm. (Old local restorations). Provenance: Former Paolo MORIGI collection.

NDENGESE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Light wooden statue depicting the ancestor Toshi with a flared headdress, often topped with a horn, and bearing scarification marks. H. 65 cm. (minor damage).

Rare BOBO dance mask, Burkina Faso. Wood, polychrome natural pigments. Height: 34 cm. Slight cracks, restoration. Provenance: Paris private collection.

BAMANA, Mali. Wood, dark brown patina. Two vertical zoomorphic "Tyi Wara" dance crests depicting a complex symbolic combination of two animals, the horns evoking the "Daje" horse antelope. H. 60 cm and 60.5 cm. (Restorations and cracks).

KUBA, Democratic Republic of Congo. Wood, brown-red patina. A delightful old pyriform powder flask, the body finely engraved with geometric and interlacing motifs, the lid carved with three seated figures, back to back. First half of the 20th century. Height: 18 cm. Minor chips. Provenance: Alfred BAUWENS Collection, Brussels, Belgium. By direct descent to the present owner.

LOBI, Burkina Faso. Carved wood with a rich patina. Thungbubiel" pectoral pendant reserved for high-ranking men during ceremonies and for valorous elephant hunters. Size: 21x10 cm.

Stylized anthropomorphic harp case, FANG or NGBAKA. Wood, skin. Height: 18.5 cm. Provenance: Alfred BAUWENS Collection, Brussels, Belgium. By direct descent to the present owner.

YAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo. Hardwood, brown-red patina, shiny highlights. Ngoombu" healer's "N-kooku" slotted drum. First half of the 20th century. Height: 37 cm. Provenance: Alfred BAUWENS Collection, Brussels, Belgium. By direct descent to the present owner.

KUBA/DENGESE, Democratic Republic of Congo. Hardwood, black patina. Circular bowl with handle in the shape of a closed human hand. An interlacing motif engraved on the reverse. First half of the 20th century. Size: 28 x 18 cm. Small chip. Provenance: Alfred BAUWENS Collection, Brussels, Belgium. By direct descent to the present owner.

KUBA, Democratic Republic of Congo. Wood, light patina. Portrait of the "Ndop" king adorned with his attributes. Work from the 1960s/70s by the Kinshasa School of Art, signed under the base F. BOPE. Height: 40 cm. Cracks.

BAKONGO, Democratic Republic of Congo. Nkisi" magic fetish in stone, carved with a standing figure with a magic abdominal charge and feathers on the head. Height: 18 cm. Provenance: Alfred BAUWENS Collection, Brussels, Belgium. By direct descent to the present owner.

FANG (style), Gabon. Wood, dark brown patina. Figurative spoon with hollow spoon surmounted by a female statue, hands resting on the belly. Length: 27.5 cm. Provenance: Alfred BAUWENS Collection, Brussels, Belgium. By direct descent to the present owner.

BAMOUN, Cameroon. Sultan's dignitary pipe bowl in terracotta with black patina, modelled in bas-relief with decorative motifs relating to the cosmogony of the Bamoun Kingdom. Length: 21 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Châteauroux (Estate).

MOSSI, Burkina Faso. Wood, polychrome pigments. Monumental "Karanga" dance mask consisting of a convex oval face surmounted by a long concave wooden blade decorated with geometric motifs. Length: 161 cm. Missing.

ANGORAM, East-Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Palm bark, natural pigments. Bark panel painted by men to decorate men's houses. Size: 103 x 35 cm. Provenance: Estate of Mr B, Tours.

Inner Niger Delta, Mali. Kneeling mother figure in terracotta, heels to buttocks. 20th century. Size: 37 cm as seen. Minor accidents and missing pieces, re-sticking. Provenance: Collection of the sculptor Michel Audiard.

GURAGE, Ethiopia. Wood, patina, leather, fabric. Krar" lyre used in certain ceremonies that mark the rhythm of the tribe's life. Length: 67 cm. Provenance: Estate of Mr B, Tours.

Votive panel from the House of Men, Papua New Guinea. Wood, pigments. Size: 109 x 35 cm. Provenance: Estate of Mr B, Tours.

Gope" votive board, PAPUA GOLF, New Guinea. Wood, polychrome natural pigments. Size: 117 x 34 cm. Provenance: Estate of Mr B, Tours.

DOGON, Mali. Wood, pigments, fibres. Kanaga" type dance mask with an architectural face surmounted by a double cross reminiscent of the Lorraine cross. Height: 106 cm. Width: 63 cm. Restorations. Provenance: Estate of Mr B, Tours.

AIRE IATMUL, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Wood, natural pigments. Suspension hook with standing female figure, hands on hips and eyes inlaid with cypraea shells. Height: 100 cm. Erosion and missing parts. Provenance: Estate of Mr B, Tours.

Monoxyle forge bellows with pots and rods and two blowpipes. Heavy hardwood, leather and iron. Height: 64 cm. Provenance: Paris private collection.

LOBI, Burkina Faso. Hardwood, sacrificial patina. Bateba" sculpture representing a standing male figure, head turned to the left and arms raised to the sky. Height: 44 cm. Provenance: Paris private collection.

Hardwood pestle with brown patina, Mali or Burkina Faso. Length: 73 cm. Provenance: Paris private collection.

MAURITANIA or NIGER. Wood, ink, patina of use. Alluha" Koranic board from a "Madrasa or Juttâb" school with writings of Koranic verses. Size: 39.5 x 13.5 cm. Slight cracks. Provenance: Paris private collection.

BAS-SEPIK, Papua New Guinea. Wood, dark patina. Naviform food bowl, the handles carved in the shape of stylised animal heads. Length: 78 cm. Provenance: Estate of Mr B, Tours.

PUNU, Gabon. Hardwood, dark brown patina, pigments. Ancient dignitary's cane with a long straight twisted shaft ending in a female head with a face enhanced with pigments. First half of the 20th century. Length: 111 cm. Abrasions and cracks.