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Three Ashanti Chief's Crowns
Ghana, early 20th century

Johan Christiaan Alexander Willem Mulder (1895-1988)

‘African women’

 

Quirijn Maurits Rudolph Verhuell (1787-1860) Two gentlemen in a Mauritian landscape, Port Louis in the background

Quirijn Maurits Rudolph Verhuell (1787-1860)
Two gentlemen in a Mauritian landscape, Port Louis in the background

 

A terracotta sculpture of a dodo

20th century, sculpted by Carlo Bellini for a terracotta factory in Tuscany

Ngombé (1942-1990)

‘Kneeling woman’

 

Charles H.D. Boland de Spa (1850-after 1903)

‘The Lion Family’

 

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Charles Henry Joseph Cordier (1827-1905)

‘African Venus’ (1851)

’Saïd Abdallah of the Mayac Tribe, Kingdom of Darfur’ (1848)

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A rare large Chinese export porcelain ‘Table Bay’ or 'Cape of Good Hope' dish

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Dominique Van Den Bossche (1854-1906)

'Fille Sanco, 1905'

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An extremely rare and splendid Algerian set of silver and red coral inlaid pistols and a toe-lock gun
Late 18th century, the gun dated 1182AH in Arabic (1768)
(sold)

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Johann Christian Frederici (1766 - 1804)

Prospect van het eyland, en de rheede van St. Iago. Geteekend van Johann Christian Friderici / Verbeelding van de inwoonders op St Iago

Extremely rare and large view on the island and roadstead of St. Lago / depiction of the inhabitants on St. Lago

Porto Praia, Cape Verde, 1783

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Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht (1858- 1933)
Boer warriors in South Africa, 1902
(sold)

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Johannes Schumacher (act. 1776-1777)
Vue du Cap de Bonne-Esperance de l’Ouest, Gezigt van de Kaap der Goede-Hoop, van het Westen; Vue du Cap de Bonne-Esperance de la Baie, Gezigt van de Kaap der Goede-Hoop, van de reede; Vue du Cap de Bonne-Esperance de l’Est, Gezigt van de Kaap der Goede-Hoop, van het Oosten
Three large bird’s eye views of the Cape of Good Hope, after drawings by Johannes Schumacher, now in the Swellengrebel Collection, engraved by Fringham, and published by T.H. Schneider, Amsterdam, circa 1777.

Marius Bauer (1867-1932) ‘Devotie in de Woestijn’ (Devotion in the Dessert near the pyrami

Marius Bauer (1867-1932)
‘Devotie in de Woestijn’ (Devotion in the Dessert near the pyramids of Gizeh, circa 1919)

Portrait Painting of an African Woman - Madeleine Lefebvre (1900-1976) ‘Portrait of a Congolese girl’

Madeleine Lefebvre (1900-1976) ‘Portrait of a Congolese girl’

Finely pencilled in black, the Dutch flags in red and blue enamels. The border decorated i
Finely pencilled in black, the Dutch flags in red and blue enamels. The border decorated i


A rare pair of Chinese export porcelain ‘Table Bay’ dishes


Qianlong period, 18th century

A commemorating glass with engraving of a farmer ploughing, an East Indiaman and a text re

A commemorating glass with engraving of a farmer ploughing, an East Indiaman and a text reading: Het Lan’s Wel Varen An De Caap

(the country’s prosperity at the Cape of Good Hope)

Maurice Jaubert de Becque (1878-1938) ‘Chimpansee’
Maurice Jaubert de Becque (1878-1938) ‘Walking elephant’

Maurice Jaubert de Becque (1878-1938)
‘Chimpansee’

Maurice Jaubert de Becque (1878-1938)

‘Walking elephant’

Nine framed pencil and watercolour sketches depicting various African tribes by J. White, Esq
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A rare and exquisite pair of Chinese export porcelain ‘Table Bay’ dishes Qianlong period, 1735-1750
(sold)

Nine framed pencil and watercolour sketches depicting various African tribes by J. White, Esq
Nine framed pencil and watercolour sketches depicting various African tribes by J. White, Esq
Nine framed pencil and watercolour sketches depicting various African tribes by J. White, Esq
hardwood (Alstonia spp.) and leather ‘Chokwe’ throne chair with brass nails

A hardwood (Alstonia spp.) and leather ‘Chokwe’ throne chair with brass nails

Nine framed pencil and watercolour sketches depicting various African tribes by J. White, Esq., together with a book containing 41 tinted lithograph plates, after these and other sketches by J. White, and 21 pages with descriptions of the various tribes of South Africa

 

A ‘chair of importance’ with carved human figures Ivory Coast, Guro peoples, 20th century

An Ivory Coast Guro ‘chair of importance’ with carved human figures
(sold)

Mohammad Ali Pasha and the sale of a white enslaved family

French School (circa 1820)
Un esclave avec son famille est présenté devant Mécmet-aly

(sold)

Portuguese Colonial Angola Ivory Sedan Chair Hand-Grips

Portuguese-colonial Angolan Ivory carved Sedan Chair hand Supports, marked ***A ***R DIAZ

Vûe et description des Forts que les Hollandois, Anglois et Danois ont sur la Côte de Guin
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A drawing of a Dodo
Second half 18th century

Vûe et description des Forts que les Hollandois, Anglois et Danois ont sur la Côte de Guinee, pour l’intélligence du Commerce que ces Nations font en ce païs-la
(sold)

Hardman - African Eve (Portrait of a Black African Woman)
Philip Reeves (Nairobi 1952) A Massai/Rendille tribe girl from Kenya
Winifred Elizabeth Beatrice Hardman (1890-1972)  ‘Zulu Dancers’

Winifred Elizabeth Beatrice Hardman (1890-1972)

‘Zulu Dancers’

 

Winifred Elizabeth Beatrice Hardman (1890-1972)

‘Eve (The Snake)’

(sold)

Philip Reeves (Nairobi 1952)
A Massai/Rendille tribe girl from Kenya

 

Willem Troost (1812-1893)  Elmina Castle on the Gold Coast

Willem Troost (1812-1893)

Elmina Castle on the Gold Coast

(sold)

 

A Kingdom of Benin 'Prestige Chair' Late 19th early 20th century

A Kingdom of Benin 'Prestige Chair'
Late 19th early 20th century

 

A collection of Ndebele beadwork

South Africa, circa 1920 till 1980
 

 

Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (1886-1957) 'Gereformeerde Kerk, Zuid Africa'

Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (1886-1957)
'Gereformeerde Kerk, Zuid Africa'

(sold)

G.R. Petereit (Late 19th/early 20th century) “Groote Schuur”

G.R. Petereit (Late 19th/early 20th century)
“Groote Schuur”

A collection of Ndebele beadwork  South Africa, circa 1920 till 1980
A collection of Ndebele beadwork  South Africa, circa 1920 till 1980
A collection of Ndebele beadwork  South Africa, circa 1920 till 1980
A collection of Ndebele beadwork  South Africa, circa 1920 till 1980
A collection of Ndebele beadwork  South Africa, circa 1920 till 1980
A collection of Ndebele beadwork  South Africa, circa 1920 till 1980

A collection of Ndebele beadwork

South Africa, circa 1920 till 1980
 

 

Bronze sculture of an African Man, Zulu Dancer, Dignified
Eduard Frankfort (1864-1920)  “On safari, South Africa”

Eduard Frankfort (1864-1920)

“On safari, South Africa”

 

A pair of charming Ivory Coast polychrome wood sculptures of dressmakers

A cold-painted bronze sculpture of a dancing man 

 

A pair of charming Ivory Coast polychrome wood sculptures of dressmakers

 

Frans Oerder (1867-1944) “Coconut rope weaver”

Frans Oerder (1867-1944)
“Coconut rope weaver”

 

Dutch School (18th century)  “Arrival of a Dutch East Indiaman in Table bay”

Dutch School (18th century)

“Arrival of a Dutch East Indiaman in Table bay”

(sold)
 

 

South African Child's Chair or Riempie Stoel

A Charming South-African blackened cedarwood and 'riempie' child's chair

William James Cohen Stuart (1857-1935) “Het Hollandsche Oefenescader liggende te Simonsbaai, 1876/77”, with the names of the ships, Zilveren Kruis, Curaçao, Leeuwarden and Van Galen.
An impressive and important ambonya, stinkwood and pine Rococo Cape cabinet with ormolu mounts
A superb and Cape cabinet with silver mounts