Six Continents Highlights
Islamic and Oriental art from the estate of the Saeed Motamed Collection (1925–2013)
African and Oceanic art from the Zake Collection Heidelberg and an important private Rhineland collection
Antiquities and Oriental Art from two important private Rhineland collections
Kilim and flatweaves from an old European private collection
Indian and Asian art from an estate in Hamburg
European frames and mirrors from an important private collection Rhineland
Auction 25.2.2026 10 a.m.
Viewing: 23 and 24.2.2026 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A monumental Lucian red-figure oinochoe
Circle or successor of the Painter of Naples 1959, ca. 320 BC.
h. 50,5 cm
Important private collection Rhineland, acquired at Sotheby’s London12.12.1983, lot 413
A fine Iznik pottery dish with tulips and flowers
Ca. 1575
d. 29,5 cm
Important private collection Rhineland, acquired at Sotheby’s London, 29.4.1992, lot 66
A rare kilim
Karapinar region, Central Anatolia, circa 1800
313 x 153
From an important European private collection, assembled since the 1980s
A fine carved and gilt-wooden frame
Northern Europe, ca. 1660
41,5 x 55,5 cm/ 87,5 x 62 cm
Important private collection Rhineland, purchased at Sotheby’s London, 28.10.2004, lot 378
A Fanthe Mother figure
H. 54.5 cm
Collection of Helmut Zake (1918-1995), Heidelberg, German historian and founder of the Society for Ethnology and Tribal Art, by descent to a family member
A rare glass figurine of Thoth
Egypt
H. 6.7 cm
According to the owner, from the estate of Egyptologist Bolko (von) Stern, “Ägyptische Kulturgeschichte im Altertum” (Egyptian Cultural History in Antiquity), Leipzig 1896, acquired in Egypt around 1874
An important neck amphora
Early Corinthian, late 7th century BC
h. 37,2 cm
Important private collection Rhineland, acquired on 14.5.1960, lot 121 at Ars Antiqua AG Luzern, published in the sales catalogue Antike Kunstwerke, Auktion II, with text and image description on p. 46, by descent within the family to the present owner
A fine gilt-wooden frame
Probably Flemish, 18th cent.
32,5 x 27 cm
Important private collection Rhineland, purchased at Christie’s London, 31.10.1991, lot 43
A red-ground kilim
Western Anaolia, 1st half 19th cent.
415 x 142 cm
From an important European private collection, assembled since the 1980s
A head of the young Dionysus
Hellenistic, ca. 2nd century BC
h. 14 cm
Formerly from the collection of Prof. Dr. med. Dieter Klaus (1927-2025), acquired from Galerie Arete on December 1, 1992
Ningxia
China, first half 19th cent.
295 x 184 cm
Old private collection Hamburg, assembled before 2000
A large Etruscan-Corinthian amphora with depictions of animals
Etruscan-Corinthian, ca. 630 – 580 BC
h. 61 cm
Important private collection Rhineland, acquired before 1969, by inheritance within the family to the present owner
A Guro mask
h. 33,5 cm
Collection of Helmut Zake (1918-1995), Heidelberg, German historian and founder of the Society for Ethnology and Tribal Art, by descent to a family member
A good limestone relief with two women on a shell
Lower Egypt. late 2nd – early 3rd century AD.
52 x 41 cm
Important private collection Rhineland, acquired on 14.5.1960, lot 30 at Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, published in the catalogue Antike Kunstwerke, plate 12/13 top right with text description on p. 16, by descent within the family to the present owner
Wooden figure of Tabwa
H. 23 cm
Collection of Helmut Zake (1918-1995), Heidelberg, German historian and founder of the Society for Ethnology and Tribal Art, by descent to a family member
