Press release - Baaf – The Brussels Ancient Art Fair

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PRESS KIT
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Contents
Pages 4/5
Press release
Pages 6/7
List of the exhibitors
Pages 8/13
The events
Pages 14/15
The collectors turn
Pages 16/18 The committee of direction
Pages 20/47
Presentation of the exhibitors
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At the same time in Brussels
Page 49Practical information
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Press release
BAAF (Brussels Ancient Art Fair)
The Grand Sablon district of Brussels will come alive with three fairs June 10th to 14th:
BRUNEAF, celebrating its 25th edition (African, Oceanic and Indonesian art)
BAAF, 13th edition (archaeology: Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Middle East and Europe)
AAB, 3rd edition (Asian art: China, Japan, India, the Himalayas, South and Southeast Asia).
All three specialised fairs are equally demanding regarding the quality and authenticity
of the pieces they show.
About 100 International antiques dealers, among the leaders in their specialties, will be in
Brussels. The city will be a destination and meeting place for art lovers, museum curators
and collectors from around the world cannot afford to miss.
BRUNEAF (Brussels Non European Art Fair)
The oldest of the three fairs, it was created in 1990 by Pierre Loos and is celebrating its 25th
anniversary this year. Brussels, the European capital, has also always been the capital of primitive
art. BRUNEAF provides stunning proof of this. The fair will open under the most auspicious
circumstances following the 2014 edition which was one of renewal with a brand-new team in
charge, the creation of an art acceptance committee and great commercial success. “We have
history, tradition, and a wonderful past”, points out Didier Claes. We are celebrating this anniversary
with a guest of honour, the Sindika Dokolo Foundation, which supports contemporary African art.
We are also paying tribute to the collectors who have trusted us over the years with an exhibition at
the sumptuous Ancienne Nonciature. It will bring together nearly 150 pieces bought at the fair over
the past 25 years”. With more than 50 international dealers, BRUNEAF remains the most important
fair dedicated to primitive art. The biggest names will be attending again this year. They include
Joaquin Pecci (Belgium), Kevin Conru (United Kingdom), the Berz gallery, the Brant Mackley (USA)
gallery, Bernard Dulon (France) and Angel Martin (Spain). Although African art reigns supreme,
there will be wonderful discoveries to be made in Oceanic art (the Coppens Tribal Art and Kapil
Jariwala galleries), Indonesian art (Dalton Somaré) and pre-Colombian art (the Deletaille gallery).
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“I took part in BRUNEAF before creating BAAF”, explains Jacques Billen, an Egyptian art specialist.
Then I suggested creating a fair in Brussels solely dedicated to archaeology and organised by the
dealers of the galleries around the Grand Sablon”. That’s how this fair for Greek, Roman, Etruscan,
Egyptian and Middle Eastern antiquities was born.
The core of exhibitors from New York, Paris and Amsterdam (about 15) has been stable from one
edition to the next. The president is only interested in bringing together dealers who belong to
the IADAA (International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art). “It’s both a quality and an ethical
label”, notes Jacques Billen. The focus of the 13th edition is on appraisals with a review board of
archaeologists, scientists and museum curators. “At BAAF, we are in direct contact with collectors
and we spend time with them. That’s the advantage galleries have over auction houses. We play a
didactic, advisory and support role. We are the architects of their collections”, adds the president.
Some collectors are extremely erudite and come to find a rare jewel. They’re passionate about the
history. Others are first won over by the beauty of an object and its decorative value. “There is no
standard profile. We also see young contemporary art collectors fall in love with an archaeological
piece”.
AAB (Asian Art in Brussels)
The Asian Art in Brussels fair established a solid footing in Brussels in 2013. “It’s one of the most
important Asian art fairs in the world”, points out its president, Carlo Cristi, a dealer specialising
in the art of India, Tibet and Central Asia. About twenty international dealers, regulars of the New
York, Hong Kong and London fairs, are meeting in the Sablon district in Brussels for the third
consecutive year.
They include China specialists Gisèle Croës, Wei Asian Art and Jacques How Choong, Japanese
art dealers Kitsune Gallery, Kyoto Gallery and the Karim Grusenmeyer, Lamy and Michael Woerner
galleries for Southeast Asia. AAB is pleased to welcome 3 new exhibitors specialized in the
field of Japanese paintings and graphics : Ibasho (Antwerp), Hotei (Leiden) and Oranda Jin (‘s
Hertogenbosch). Each dealer reserves their best pieces for the fair – all are thoroughly vetted by
a committee of experts from around the world – with the goal of surprising and amazing a very
demanding audience.
Amateurs and collectors alike will also be able to attend a series of conferences for the ArtConnoisseurs
programme during the fair. It will be held at the Cinquantenaire Museum this year. An exhibition will
also reveal a superb private collection of 17th, 18th and 19th century Moghul and Sikh weapons and
armour in the beautiful Art Nouveau setting of the Frison Hotel. This fair shouldn’t be missed for its
opportunities to buy, and to discover and learn.
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List of the exhibitors
77 international exhibitors including:
47 dealers BRUNEAF
12 dealers BAAF
17 dealers AAB
10 countries represented
BRUNEAF
• AMBRE CONGO – Pierre LOOS & Thomas BAYET, Brussels-Belgium
• BERZ Gallery of African Art – Andrew J. BERZ, Pacifica-USA
• Roger BOURAHIMOU, Brussels-Belgium
• H. Kellim BROWN / African Sculpture, Brussels-Belgium
• didier CLAES, Brussels-Belgium
• Classic Primitives Gallery / Renaud RILEY, Brussels-Belgium
• Congo Gallery / Marc FELIX & Joëlle FIESS, Brussels-Belgium
• Kevin CONRU, London-United Kingdom
• COPPENS Tribal Art, Brussels-Belgium
• DALTON SOMARE, Milano-Italy
• Jo DE BUCK, Brussels-Belgium
• Bernard de GRUNNE, Brussels-Belgium
• DELETAILLE, Brussels-Belgium
• Bernard DULON, Paris-France
• Michael EVANS, Dijon-France
• Brant MACKLEY, Hershey-USA
• Galerie FLAK, Paris-France
• Bruno FREY, Arnay le Duc-France
• GROUP 2 VANHEVEL, Brussels-Belgium
• Alain GUISSON, Brussels-Belgium
• Galerie L’IBIS / Lucien VIOLA
• JACARANDA Tribal / Dori ROOTENBERG, New-York-USA
• Kapil JARIWALA, London-United Kingdom
• Tao KEREFOFF, Paris-France
• Philippe LAEREMANS, Brussels-Belgium
• Olivier LARROQUE, Nîmes-France
• Galerie Abla & Alain LECOMTE, Paris-France
• Angel MARTIN, Madrid-Spain
• Patrick & Ondine MESTDAGH, Brussels-Belgium
• Galerie MONBRISON, Brussels-Belgium
• Galería Guilhem MONTAGUT, Barcelona-Spain
• Alain NAOUM, Brussels-Belgium
• Sanne NIES – SALON Tribal Art, Eindhoven-The Netherlands
• Joaquin PECCI, Brussels-Belgium
• Galerie Punchinello / Jacques LEBRAT, Paris-France
• Lucas RATTON, Paris-France
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SCHILLER ART GALLERY, Brussels-Belgium
Adrian SCHLAG, Brussels-Belgium
Serge SCHOFFEL, Brussels-Belgium
David SERRA, Barcelona-Spain
Pablo TOUCHALEAUME, Paris-France
Rut VAN CAELENBERGH, Brussels-Belgium
Frank VAN CRAEN, Brussels-Belgium
André & Jolie VANHECKE / THE AFRICAN, Brussels-Belgium
Yannik VAN RUYSEVELT, Brussels-Belgium
VISSER Gallery, Brussels-Belgium
Vasco & Co/ Emilia Da Paz, Brussels-Belgium
BAAF
• AKANTHOS ANCIENT ART, Antwerp-Belgium
• ANTIKEN-KABINETT, Frankfurt/Main-Germany
• ARCHEA ANCIENT ART, Amsterdam-The Netherlands
• ARTEAS, London-United Kingdom
• CYBÈLE, Paris-France
• ROSWITHA EBERWEIN ANTIKE KUNST, Göttingen-Germany and Paris-France
• GALERIE JÜRGEN HAERING, Freiburg i. Breisgau-Germany
• GALERIE HARMAKHIS, Brussels-Belgium
• THE MERRIN GALLERY, New-York-USA
• GALERIE GÜNTER PUHZE GMBH, Freiburg-Germany
• GALERIE TARANTINO, Paris-France
• DOMINIQUE THIRION ARS ANTIQUA, Brussels-Belgium
• ART LOSS REGISTER, London-United Kingdom
• BIAPAL, Brussels-Belgium
AAB
• ASTAMANGALA / Sjoerd DE VRIES, Amsterdam-The Netherlands
• BUDDHIST ART, Berlin-Germany
• Carlo CRISTI / Asian Arts Company, Baulers-Belgium
• Gisèle CROËS, Brussels-Belgium
• Martin DOUSTAR / Ancient & Tribal Art, Paris/Brussels
• DUCHANGE et RICHÉ, Brussels-Belgium
• FAMARTE / Farah Massart, Knokke-Belgium
• Karim GRUSENMEYER, Brussels-Belgium
• HOTEI, Japanese Prints, Leiden-The Netherlands
• Jacques HOW CHOONG, Brussels-Belgium
• IBASHO, Antwerp-Belgium
• KITSUNE / Arie Vos, Brussels-Belgium
• KYOTO GALLERY / Tony CAMMAERT, Brussels-Belgium
• Galerie LAMY / Georges Lamy, Brussels-Belgium
• ORANDA JIN / Jon de Jong, AD ‘s-Hertogenbosch-The Netherlands
• WEI ASIAN ARTS / Howard WEI, Brussels-Belgium
• Michael WOERNER, Hong Kong-Bangkok
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The events
BRUNEAF celebrates 25 years
with two large-scale events and a series of conferences:
The “Uzuri wa Dunia” exhibition (Beauties of the World in Swahili)
Ancienne Nonciature, Sablon, Brussels
BRUNEAF will present on the occasion of its 25th anniversary an important exhibition by revealing
masterpieces of African, oceanian and pre-Colombian art stemming from Belgian collections.
The anniversary will be celebrated in the Ancienne Nonciature, a venue that truly reflects the
importance of the event. Built in the 19th century, the former Vatican embassy is the ideal setting
for an exceptional exhibition.
A catalogue of the event will be available soon.
UZURI
DUNIA
WA
BELGIAN TREASURES
10 - 14 June 2015
By BRUNEAF
Ancienne Nonciature
7 Rue des Sablons
1000 Brussels
Chibinda Ilunga, peuple Chokwe, Angola. Bois, clous et
cheveux, H 25 cm. Coll. privée. Crédit photo Hughes Dubois
Figure de reliquaire Fang, Gabon, Début 19e
siècle. Crédit photo Hughes Dubois
Statue Mbole, RD Congo. Bois, H 85 cm
Collection privée. Crédit photo Hughes Dubois
Guest of Honour: Fundação Sindika Dokolo
BRUNEAF is very proud to welcome a prestigious guest of honour: the Sindika Dokolo Foundation
of Luanda. The transmission of African culture in all of its different forms has always been one of
the association’s primary goals. It made sense for BRUNEAF to support a Foundation, particularly
one based in Africa.
The Sindika Dokolo African Collection of Contemporary Art was created in Luanda, in Angola, in
April 2004, by the Congolese businessman Sindika Dokolo and the Angolan artist Fernando Alvim.
It consists, in part, of the Hans Bogatzke collection, which Sindika Dokolo acquired in June 2005,
and which, a year later accounted for about half of the Dokolo collection. This isn’t a collection
of African art, but rather an African art collection, complemented by an extensive collection of
classical art.
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The Foundation
The Sindika Dokolo Foundation has implemented a responsible and culturally-aware policy over
the past four years by conceptualising and producing cultural, economic and political instruments
and mechanisms to promote the development of contemporary African art. The goal of its
promoters is to reverse the current trend which consists in exhibiting African art outside of Africa
but never exhibiting it on the continent. This collection is installed in Africa, where it belongs. The
Foundation’s policy also consists in collaborating with western museums to enhance the visibility
of contemporary African art on the continent. Western institutions that exhibit the collection must
also contribute to displaying in at least one African country.
Following the disappearance of major African works of art, a side effect of colonisation, the
collection’s intent is to ensure that history doesn’t repeat itself with contemporary art. Its goal is to
ensure the presence of African art on African soil. Many of the most important African artists taking
part in exhibitions around the world are virtually unknown in Africa.
By showing their works to Africans, the Foundation hopes to increase knowledge of contemporary
African art across the continent.
To illustrate its philosophy, the Foundation has supported the creation of a contemporary art
centre in Luanda which will be an important partner in the international art scene. The creation
of the Sindika Dokolo African Collection of Contemporary Art, active participation in the Luanda
cultural movement, the hosting of the first Luanda Triennale, where many of the works in its catalogue were exhibited, and the design and construction of the first African pavilion at the 52nd
Venice Biennale are all unprecedented cultural events in African and world art.
The Foundation now owns over 500 works by 140 artists from 28 different African countries. The
Foundation has been buying new works on a regular basis at a pace of about 100 a year. Given
the Foundation’s prospects, it is becoming increasingly urgent to create a definitive physical
centre, a building with a cultural and multidisciplinary purpose to ensure the continuity of the movement and of artistic activity in Luanda and in Angola and to help develop a strategy with other
African cities and nations as well as a network of partnerships with international institutions.
We believe that it is vital to think about and plan the historical and scientific dimension of the
African aesthetic. We are therefore committed to making a contribution to ensure the cohesion of
the parameters which define the Angolan spirit and aesthetic.
We believe that it is essential that citizens and institutions support the African core of the Sindika
Dokolo Foundation’s contemporary art and culture to contribute to the pacification and self-confidence of Angolans and to the development of their nation.
Conferences
“Tshokwe Art”
by Julien Volper, Cultural Anthropology Division, Ethnography, MRAC Tervuren
“African Art from Yesterday to Today”
by Marc Leo Felix and Roger-Pierre Turine
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AAB proposes an exhibition and a lecture around Moghul and Sikh arms ands
armours:
Exhibition « Fight Pray Love »
Hôtel Frison, rue Lebeau 37, Brussels
The exhibition: Fight – Pray – Love will focus on Moghul and Sikh arms and
armours from an important private European collection. A catalogue will be
presented in conjunction with the exhibition and a lecture will be held by the
renown specialist Robert Elgood.
The exhibition focus on the role of weaponry in acts of workships and rituals; its
sacred role in the quotidian world and in religious ceremonies and the techniques;
the design and decoration symbolism intervening in its manufacture, and on
the wider role this material and metaphysical phenomenon has had to play.
The exhibition will be held in an exceptional “Art Nouveau” building from the
Belgian architect Victor Horta in 1894.
« North Indian weapons and warriors », lecture by Robert Elgood
Saturday 13 June, 5pm. Hôtel Frison, rue Lebeau 37, Brussels
Muslims and Hindus had differing attitudes to arms and their place in the social structure but
both delighted in producing the most magnificent arms possible. For Hindus warriors these were
spiritually charged objects which the Goddess was persuaded to enter every year in the Durga Puja
festival to make them efficacious.. For Muslims arms were part of religious duty but also about
prestige and political power which was passed from the ruler to privileged subjects in the khilat
system where by accepting gifts of personal items they became ‘limbs’ of the ruler, personifying his
authority. This lecture will discuss a rich and varied selection of objects chosen for their beauty and
for what they tell us about the people who owned them, how they thought and behaved.
Robert Elgood has a BA in Islamic History from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London
University; and a DPHIL from Oxford University in Indian Anthropology. He was consultant in Indian and
Islamic arms at Sotheby’s London in the 1980s and Research Fellow, Eastern European, Islamic and Asian
Arms and Armour at the Wallace Collection 2006 - 2012.
The art fairs AAB and BAAF are happy to announce the third edition of
“ArtConnoisseurs - a rendezvous with Art, Knowledge and Beauty”, which will
be organised in collaboration with the Royal Museums of Art and History.
ArtConnoisseurs
Friday 12 June from 5 pm to 7 pm. Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire (Musée du Cinquantenaire)
On Friday the 12th of June, the Cinquantenaire Museum will host a series of lectures on Asian art
and Archaeology given by the museum’s specialists and by invited international scholars. As every
year, the lectures will be filmed and made available online on the websites of ArtConnoisseurs
(www.artconnoisseurs.eu), Asian Art in Brussels (www.asianartinbrussels.com) and Brussels Ancient
Art Fair (www.baaf.be). At this occasion, the museum will exceptionally open its reserves and offer
private guided tours conducted by its curators. A fundraising party will also be held after the
lectures to benefit various projects of the museum.
The Concept: ArtConnoisseurs is a cultural programme taking place simultaneously to the fairs which are
held each June at the Sablon in Brussels. Since the last 3 years, , in order to add the pleasure of knowledge
to the events of the fairs, ArtConnoisseurs has received over 30 speakers of international standing in the
field of Archaeology, ancient and Asian art. Many videos of the conferences are available on the websites
of ArtConnoisseurs (www.artconnoisseurs.eu), AAB (www.asianartin brussels.com) and BAAF (www.baaf.be).
ArtConnoisseurs is the cultural event organised by Asian Art in Brussels (AAB), Brussels Ancient Art Fair
(BAAF), Brussels International Art Promotion and Logistics (BIAPAL) and the Institut Belge des Hautes Etudes
Chinoises (IBHEC)
Hidden Treasures from the Floating World
The Collection of Japanese Prints in the Royal Museums of Art and
History, Brussels
by Nathalie Vandeperre, Curator Far-Eastern Department (China, Japan,
Korea) - Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH), Brussels
Ukiyo-e prints were among the very first objects the RMAH acquired for its
Japanese section, with the purchase of 267 prints at Bing’s in Paris in 1889. The
most important acquisition no doubt was Edmond Michotte’s collection in 1905,
that counted over 4600 prints. After the exhibition of the Michotte collection
in 1911, the print collection grew but remained hidden in the storages until
the 1970’s when it was rediscovered by the American specialists Roger Keyes
and Jack Hillier. They identified unique Sharaku prints and found a selection of
Harunobu prints in an impeccable state of conservation, among many others.
With the restauration works of the Museum of Japanese Art in 2013, the prints
returned to the storages. This lecture will introduce the highlights of the ukiyo-e
collection, one of the treasures of the RMAH.
Nathalie Vandeperre is curator of the Far-Eastern department (China, Japan, Korea) of
the Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH) in Brussels. She heads the Museums
of the Far-East (Chinese Pavilion, Japanese Tower and Museum of Japanese Art) and
their export art collections. She recently curated two important exhibitions: Utamaro: the
twelve hours of the green houses, and other beauties (Museum of Japanese Art, 2012
(she also co-authored the catalogue of the exhibition); and Hokusai: views on Mount Fuji
and other landscapes (Museum of Japanese Art, 2013)
Recent publications: « The King’s dream » and « Collecting the Far-East » in Arts of Asia
nr.200, 2012 ; editor of « Hokusai, coup d’œil sur les deux rives du fleuve Sumida, suivi de
Le fleuve Yodo » by M. Forrer , Editions Hazan, 2012 ; and of « Keisai, le maître du dessin
abrégé. Tous les albums de style ryakuga » by M.Forrer, Editions Hazan, 2013
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From India to Continental Southeast Asia: the Diffusion of Buddhist
Iconography
by Pierre Baptiste, Senior curator - Southeast Asia, National Museum for
Asian Art – Musée Guimet, Paris
Under the Stars of Nut.
The Egyptian Coffins of the Royal Museums of Art and History.
by Luc Delvaux, Curator Dynastic and Greco-Roman Egypt, Royal Museums of
Art and History, Brussels
Friday 12 June at 5 pm
The Royal Museums of Art and History of Brussels preserves more than thirty
ancient Egyptian coffins, or fragments of coffins, dating from the Prehistory to
the Greco-Roman period. In November 2015 will start an important operation
of restoration of the series of coffins issued from the Second Cache of Deir elBahari (Bab el-Gasus), a mass grave dedicated to the Theban priests of Amun
and their families (21st Dynasty, c. 950 BC). In this context, a new reappraisal of
the whole collection of coffins of the Museum has been initiated, aiming mainly
at the study of their archaeological contexts. This search has greatly improved
our knowledge of the collection and brought new lights on its links with the main
archaeological sites of Egypt.
Thanks to the study of a selection of Buddhist art objects preserved in Thailand,
Cambodia and Vietnam, it is possible to explain and illustrate the close links
between these images (Dvaravati art, Preangkorian Khmer statuary, art of Champa)
and the Indian prototypes that generated them. These iconographical and
stylistic links will be illustrated and studied thanks to a florilege of masterpieces
from Southeast Asia statuary (c. 6th to 10th century).
In charge of the Southeast Asian art department of the Musée Guimet since 1996, Pierre
Baptiste is an art historian and researcher. Teacher at the Faculty of Archaeology of the
Royal University of Cambodia, Phnom Penh (1998-2002) and the Ecole du Louvre, Paris,
he directed the renovation of the Southeast Asian galleries at the Guimet (1996-2001).
Author of several essays, and articles devoted to the arts of Cambodia, Vietnam and
Thailand, he participated to the scientific direction of books in this field, such as (Missions
archéologiques françaises au Vietnam – 1903-1904, 2005 ; Catalogue des collections
khmères du musée Guimet, 2008). He curated exhibitions on several aspects of the arts
of Southeast Asia, suche as : Trésors d’art du Vietnam - La statuaire du Champa, 2004 ;
Dvâravatî : Aux sources du Bouddhisme en Thaïlande, 2009. He organised an exhibition
on Louis Delaporte and the so-called rediscovery of Angkor (Angkor Naissance d’un
Mythe – Louis Delaporte et le Cambodge, 2013) and recently curated an exhibition with
Vietnam on the iconography of the Dragon (L’Envol du Dragon – Art royal du Vietnam).
Isis the magician: from text to image
by Prof Dr Olivier Perdu, Chair of Pharaonic Civilization of the College de
France, Director of the Revue d’Egyptologie and Vice-President of the French
Egyptology Society.
Isis is one figure among the pantheon of pharaohs whose fame has spread widely
beyond the Nile Valley. She came to represent the universal goddess for the
Romans. Her popularity owes much to her role as spouse of Osiris and mother
of Horus, but also to her talents as a magician that she deployed to protect her
child. This facet of her personality, which has been abundantly commented upon
in the texts, is also illustrated in images whose range and originality still needs
to be further explored.
Crafting Chinese Buddhist Sculpture:
Case Studies from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Denise Patry Leidy, Curator (Chinese sculpture and decorative arts),
Department of Asian Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
From an early Buddha cast using the distinctively Chinese piece-mold technique
to a late seventh-century mandala, one of the earliest known examples of this
type, to wooden bodhisattvas with hidden mirrors, scientific examination has
yielded new information regarding the dating, meaning, and function of many of
the Chinese Buddhist sculptures in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art. This presentation will both introduce new material regarding some of the
most famous masterpieces in the collection and explore the ways in which this
information broadens our understanding of the practice of Buddhism in China.
Denise Patry Leidy has a PHD in Art History of the Columbia University of New York.
Curator since 1995 in the Department of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(Chinese sculpture and Decorative Arts), she is responsible for extensive collections of
sculpture, lacquer, ceramics and other decorative arts including bi-annual rotations of
lacquers and textiles in The Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for Chinese Decorative
Arts. Recent projects include « Silla : Korea’s Golden Kingdom » (with Soyoung Lee) and
the development of a « Treasure Room » for the third floor decorative arts galleries.
Author of many books, essays, exhibition catalogues and brochures and gallery
guides about Chinese, Korean and Central Asian Art, curator of major exhibitions in
the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other museums, she is a very active international
lecturer and collaborates at research projects and scholarly activities in her speciality :
the Buddhist art of Asia.
The Hellenistic and Roman gold of Mariemont: contrasting
perspectives on an unpublished collection
Hellenistic gold earing, Musée royal de
Mariemont, inv. Ac.70/31
© Musée royal de Mariemont
photo M. Lechien
by Annie Verbanck-Piérard, curator at the Royal Museum of Mariemont, Dr
Corinne Besson, and Dr Cyril Thiaudière, founders of Aurum Antiquum (*)
The communication will cover a lot of gold jewellery purchased by the Royal
Museum of Mariemont in 1970 and believed to date from the Hellenistic Age.
A multi-disciplinary stylistic and technical study has enabled a more precise
dating of the jewellery, some of which are from the Roman period. Several
analyses have focused on the composition and manufacturing techniques and
revealed the reworking, modern additions and pastiches which have changed
the original aspect of some of them. The presentation will also address the issue
of the jewellery’s museological display and highlight its history, both ancient and
modern.
This research was carried out in collaboration with Véronique Lamy, Maxime
Callewaert, François Mathys et al. (*) Aurum Antiquum : study and expertise office specializing in the field of antique
jewellery from the Mediterranean basin
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The collectors turn
An interview with collector Stanislas Gokelaere
/ BRUNEAF
Interview with collector Enrico Castellani
/ AAB
What, in your opinion makes BRUNEAF so special?
The fair has been a required stop for all serious collectors since the beginning. It’s very well organised
by a dealer association and provides an opportunity to see a remarkable concentration of quality
items in one place. I come to find one-of-a-kind pieces, unearthed by dealers who are always in
touch with the leading collectors. There are also often wonderful exhibitions organised during the
fair. They provide real added value. I’ve come to BRUNEAF every year since I started collecting
twenty years ago.
How did you become interested in Asian art and start collecting it?
I first became interested in Asian art in the mid-90s following a trip to central Java where I saw the
marvels of Indonesia for the first time. Visits to the temples of Borobudur and Prambanan took my
breath away. The experience convinced me that my lack of knowledge about Asian art and culture
(Indian, in particular) had kept me away from absolute beauty I had never seen before for far too
long. I also became interested in the Indian pantheon, cosmology and philosophy. I soon felt the
need to start a collection. I met some Italian dealers specialised in the art of Southeast Asia, the
Himalayas and India and I bought my first pieces from them. A few years later, I took the next step
and bought some pieces at Sotheby’s, in New York then from some major international dealers in
London and Belgium. It all happened very naturally.
What do you collect in particular?
I’m very eclectic. I collect primitive art, but also furniture from the 1930s to the 1960s and art from
the second half of the 20th century. I was born into that world and my parents were art dealers. I’ve
always been in a very favourable environment. What fascinates me most about African art is the
strength and energy of the objects, their plastic qualities. Brussels has always been an important
crossroads for art from central Africa, from Zaïre and Angola. It continues to one of the major
strengths of BRUNEAF today. In terms of modern and contemporary art, I tend to prefer strong
works with material density. The issue of density is very important for African statues and masks.
What makes an object exceptional in your eyes?
The energy it communicates. The quality of the sculpture too, its patina, its history; the history that
shaped the object, that gave it its DNA. I’m less interested in a work’s pedigree. Great collections
sometimes contain very poor pieces. I usually buy on the spur of the moment, but things have to
work together. A dialogue has to develop between the objects. A collection is dynamic. You buy
and sell, but it always has to be coherent.
Are there many major primitive art collectors?
No, it’s a very small circle. A fair like BRUNEAF encourages meetings and exchanges between
collectors. That’s very important. We talk about our tastes, our works and what we’ve found or
bought. It’s a great moment of sharing and conviviality.
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Which countries, cultures, civilisations and periods are you most interested in?
I have a passion for Indian art in particular. This includes art from other regions in which India
extended its influence such as Central Asia, the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. Nepal, Tibet,
Cambodia, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia…all of these countries bear witness to and
provide fascinating examples of India’s contribution to art. In other words, I’m interested in all preIslamic cultures from these areas from the 2nd century BC to the 15th century AD, although my
interest in Tibetan art covers more recent periods.
What are your criteria for acquiring a work?
If you set aside the fundamental questions of authenticity, price and, of course, the provenance
of the pieces, I’m primarily interested in the aesthetics. My choices are based on a personal taste
for certain styles and certain cultures such as Pala art from Nepal, Gilgit and Kashmir, the Bactrian
region of central Asia, Tibet, central Java and Srivijaya, Khmer art...
What do you like about the Asian Art fair in Brussels?
It brings together major dealers from different countries, the vetting of the art objects is very
convincing, there are quality conferences given by eminent experts and the fair, concentrated in a
small district, takes place in a very relaxed atmosphere. I think all that helps make it successful. But,
its other main asset, which makes the event truly unique, is the fact that it is combined with BRUNEAF
and BAAF, two other fairs which take place in the same place at the same time. Although I don’t
collect primitive art and I’m not a specialist in Mediterranean archaeology, the mix is extremely
interesting. Holding the three events at the same time, each with their own specificities and appeal,
is a pleasure for all who attend, whether they’re a collector or a dealer.
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The committee of direction
The BRUNEAF committe
Ondine & Patrick Mestdagh
Didier Claes
Member of the Chambre Belge des Experts en Œuvres d’Art de Belgique (C.B.E.O.A.) [Belgian Chamber of Artwork
Experts]
Member of the Chambre Royale des Antiquaires de Belgique (C.R.A.B./K.K.A.B.) [Belgian Royal Chamber of Antiques
Dealers]
Member of the Syndicat National des Antiquaires français (S.N.A.) [French National Association of Antiques Dealers]
Vice-president and Treasurer, Brussels Non European Art Fair, (BRUNEAF)
Vice-President, Brussels Antiques & Fine Arts Fair (BRAFA)
Patric Didier Claes specialises in Central African art Exposed from a young age to the culture and
traditions of Africa, he first travelled to the Congo on his own in 1989, where he took the opportunity to
further his knowledge. For ten or so years, he supplied antiques dealers in Brussels and Paris. In 2000, he
again headed off to participate in numerous fairs, such as the «International Tribal & Textile Arts Show»
in de New York, BRAFA, BRUNEAF and «Grands Antiquaires» in Brussels, as well as «Kaos-Parcours des
Mondes» and the Salon du Collectionneur au Grand Palais, in Paris. Since 2005, he has also been a
member of the Belgian Chamber of Artwork Experts and participates in various other projects. In 2007,
he was the co-curator of the exhibition Mestach l’Africain, then curator of the exhibition Congo mythical
masks in June 2009, in Brussels. In 2011, he curated the exhibition Arts d’Afrique. Voir l’invisible at the
Musée d’Aquitaine in Bordeaux and director of the work Empreintes d’Afrique: l’art tribal au fil des fleuves
at the «5 continents» events. Opened in 2002 in the Sablon quarter of Brussels, his gallery occupies a
prestigious spot devoted to the presentation of exceptional quality works of art from major collections.
The gallery boasts a client list including American and European collectors as well as international
museum institutions.
Marc Leo Félix
Vice-president and Secretary of the Belgian Association of Dealers in Non European Art (BADNEA) a!nd Brussels Non
European Art Fair, (BRUNEAF) from 1990 to 2009
Founder and Director of Congo Basin Art History Research Center
Commissioner of international exhibitions
Expert in art of Congo during international fairs
Editor and author of books concerning the art of Central Africa
Member of the Society of the Africanists
Adviser in art of Black Africa with universities and Chinese museums
Member of the Board of Directors of the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) Phoenix, Arizona
After reading Latin and Greek at Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege, Art studies at the Académie Royale des
Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Marc Felix also pursued studies in History of art, with particular focus on nonEuropean art at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts and History. He made his first trip to the Congo between
1959 and 1960, before enrolling in the Royal Military Academy (Infantry) in 1961. In 1962, he opened
an ethnic and tribal art store in Brussels. Between 1964 and 1966, he lived in the Middle East to study,
amongst other things, the cultural relationships between southern Arabia and East Africa. Between 1966
and 1971, he lived in Nigeria, Gabon and Cameroon. From 1972 until the end of the 1990s, his numerous
trips to East Africa, South-east Asia and Central Melanesia allowed him to become an expert in tribal art
and cultural relations in these areas. His ethnographic work includes work on musical instruments and
their recordings in Africa, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and New Guinea. In partnership with the French
dealer, Philippe Guimiot 1972-1975, Felix opened the Galerie Continents in Brussels, specialising in
ethnic art. In 1975, he opened his own gallery, Arts Tribal, specialising in tribal art from the Congo, until
2001. Travelling regularly to the United States of America, he became a consultant for major museums,
universities and collectors on the subject of Congolese tribal art. In 1985, he established the Congo Basin
Art History Research Center in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire). After the riots
in 1991, the Center moved to Brussels, where it is still very active. He has written approximately twenty
major works on Central African art and published numerous papers, articles and essays. He is the founder
and director of Congo Arts, a gallery specialising in themed exhibitions of art and ritual handicrafts from
Central Africa. Felix has organised over forty exhibitions on Congolese tribal art in Austria, Belgium,
Congo, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, USA and Taiwan. Over the
course of his career, he has acted as expert for numerous international tribal art museums and exhibitions.
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Member of the Chambre Royale des Antiquaires de Belgique (C.R.A.B./K.K.A.B.) [Belgian Royal Chamber of
Antiques Dealers]
Co-President, asbl Sablon Quartier des Arts et du Commerce [Sablon District Arts and Business, non profit organisation]
Vice-president and Treasurer, Brussels Non European Art Fair, (BRUNEAF
Ondine and Patrick Mestdagh have been based in the heart of the Sablon quarter of Brussels for
fifteen years. Passionate about design, they act on «impulse». On their numerous travels, their
attention has been caught by non-European objects, from Oceania to Africa, as well as Indonesia and
North America. By exploring many cultures, they love to mix beauty with everyday items.
The BAAF committe
Jacques Billen
President of BAAF since 2003
Member of the Chambre Belge des Experts en Œuvres d’Art de Belgique [Belgian Chamber of Artwork Experts]
(Board)
Antiques Dealers] (Board)
Member of Brussels Art Square/BAS (Board)
Member of the International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art (IADAA)
Member of the Syndicat National des Antiquaires (S.N.A.)
Jacques Billen established his gallery in 1988 in Sablon, the antiques quarter of his home town.
The gallery is called «Harmakhis» as a reference to the Great Sphinx of Giza, assimilated since the
New Empire to «Horus in the horizon». Indeed, before it went to join the collections of the Munich
Egyptian Museum, a sphinx with a mane of Pharaoh Amenemhat III (12th dynasty 1844-1797 B.C.)
served as the emblem of the gallery for many years and welcomed visitors. A graduate of History of
Art and Archaeology, and of Philology and Oriental History of the Université Catholique de Louvain,
Jacques Billen is first and foremost a specialist in Ancient Egyptian Art. In parallel with his career as
an antique dealer, Jacques Billen is also an expert in the field of Egyptian art. As such, he provides
valuable advice to a great many collectors and public institutions around the world, participating on
various expert committees for several well-known international fairs, including TEFAF (for close to
15 years). He has participated or is participating in the following fairs: Ars Antiqua Brussels, Brussels
Ancient Art Fair/BAAF, BRAFA, BRUNEAF, Cultura, Foire des Antiquaires de Belgique (Palais des
Beaux-Arts),TEFAF, Winter B Sablon.
Dominique Thirion
Treasurer
Antiques Dealers]
Member of the International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art (IADAA)
The gallery Ars Antiqua was established in 1982 and is dedicated to ancient coins and archaeological
artefacts.
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The AAB committe
Carlo Cristi
President
Carlo Cristi / Asian Arts Company
Carlo Cristi is a collector and dealer in Asian art: his passion for Himalayan art began in the 1970s, a
period during which he spent time in India, the Philippines and Indonesia. His main areas of interest are
bronze, wood and terracotta sculptures, paintings (tangkas) and Tibetan manuscripts and ancient central
Asian textiles. His clientele is comprised of museums, foundations and European, American and Asian
collectors. Since 1998, he has participated in the «International Asian Art Fair New York» now called
«Asia Week New York», in «Asian Art in London» since 2011 and since its launch at the «Brussels Oriental
Art Fair» which became «Asian art in Brussels» in 2013, for which Carlo Cristi is president. Thanks to
his wealth of experience and his network of contacts in the Asian art world, Carlo has made this event
a quality international fair with a committee of experts and a series of lectures presented by eminent
authorities in the field of Asian art.
Georges Lamy
Vice President
Galerie Lamy
Gallery specialising in Oriental Art (Middle Eastern, Chinese, Southeast Asian and Japanese). The main
focus of our collections is on China (Porcelain, Bronze, Silver and furniture with a preference for works of
art). A father and son business (Georges et Hugues Jean Lamy), established in 1996 in its current form
based on a long-standing passion for collecting by the father and the professional experience of the
son who, after graduating in sinology from the University of Ghent had eight of experience as a «Senior
Specialist» in the China department of Christies in Amsterdam and London. We are members of the
Chambre Royale des Antiquaires de Belgique [Belgian Royal Chamber of Antiques Dealers] (Director and
Treasurer), and the Syndicat National des Antiquaires de France [French National Association of Antiques
Dealers]. Georges Lamy is also vice president of Asian Art in Brussels and Hugues Jean Lamy is an
administrator of BRAFA (Brussels ART FAIR). We also participate at the FINE ART FAIR in HONG KONG.
Paola D’Alatri et Howard Wei
Treasury
Galerie Wei Asian Arts, Brussels
Passionate sinologues by training, we have lived, studied and travelled in China for more than thirty years.
Our initial research delved into the culture and classical Chinese art with two areas of particular interest:
Buddhist sculpture and works of art. In archaeology, we have concentrated on «barbarian» contributions,
little known by Chinese historians for many years. Since 2001, our gallery is located in the Sablon district
of Brussels. We have participated at various specialist fairs in Brussels (Bruneaf, Boa Fair et AAB), Paris
(Parcours des Mondes), New York (Asia Week), Madrid (Feriarte) and San Francisco. Our pieces are
carefully selected and are accompanied with a detailed description and an expert report. We rely on
internationally recognised laboratories for various scientific tests. We are founding members of Asian Art
in Brussels of which Paola is treasurer.
Arie Vos
Administrator
Galerie Kitsune Japanese Art
Galerie Kitsune specialises in Japanese art reflecting the spirit of Japan and its rich traditions. The works
of art represent daily life, simplicity...beauty without pretence and wabi-sabi. Arie Vos has managed the
gallery since 1998 and regularly organises themed exhibitions. During Asian Art In Brussels you will find
a selection of pieces related to the tea ceremony.
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Presentation of the exhibitors
AMBRE CONGO – Pierre LOOS & Thomas
BAYET
H. Kellim BROWN / African Sculpture
12 rue Ernest Allard
B-1000 Brussels – Belgium
32(0) 486 025 374
213 Riverside Drive
Ormond Beach, FL 32176 – USA
+1 973 932 5364
[email protected]
Adress during the fair: Galerie Ambre Congo, 17
impasse Saint Jacques
17 impasse Saint Jacques
32(0)2 514 02 09
32(0)475 966 354
[email protected]
Nyundu mask
DRC
Late 19th Cent. /Early 20th Cent.
Photo Paul Louis
Mangbetu Olifant, DRC
Photo Paul Louis
BERZ Gallery of African Art – Andrew J. BERZ
didier CLAES
1001 Bridgeway
Pacifica, CA 94965 – USA
+1 415 362 6601
[email protected]
www.berzgallery.com
Adress during the fair:Galerie Saint Jacques, 5
7 rue Van Moer
32(0)2 414 19 29
32(0)477 660 206
[email protected]
www.didierclaes.com
Standing fetish figure with fine details
Teke tribe, DRC
Early 20th Cent.
H : 35 cM
Ex private american collection
Photo Berz Gallery
Songye figure
DRC
19th Cent.
Wood, brass & raffia
H : 21 cm
Private collection, Brussels
Photo studio Philippe de Formanoir - Paso Doble
Roger BOURAHIMOU
Classic Primitives Gallery / Renaud RILEY
4 rue Van Moer
32(0)473 329 479
[email protected]
2 rue Van Moer
32 (0)479 504 390
[email protected]
www.2r-ritualgallery.com
Kota mask
Gabon
Wood, pigments
H : 55 cm
Collected around 1930
Ex private collection Nice
Photo Bernard de Keyzer
Mangbetu Box
DRC
Early 20th Cent.
Wood, glass beads
H : 40 cm
Photo Speltdoorn
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Congo Gallery / Marc FELIX & Joëlle FIESS
DALTON SOMARE
32(0)2 511 47 67
[email protected]
www.congogallery.be
Via Borgonuovo 5
20121 Milano – Italy
39(0)2 89 09 61 73
39 335 808 8149
[email protected]
www.daltonsomare.com
Adress during the fair: Galerie Janssens van der
Maelen, 23 rue Ernest Allard
Power figure Songye
DRC
18th /19th Cent.
Wood
H : 30 cm
Photo Paul Louis
Kaogle, Dan mask
Ivory Coast
Early 20th Cent.
Wood, black patina & metal, H : 23,5 cm
Ex coll. Willy Mestach, Brussels
Photo Dalton Somaré
Kevin CONRU
Jo DE BUCK
10a Snarsgate Street
W10 6QP London – UK
32(0)478 566 459
[email protected]
www.kevinconru.com
Adress during the fair: Zada Gallery, 20 rue des
Minimes
43 rue des Minimes
32(0)2 512 55 16
32(0)475 841 729
[email protected]
Bioma Sculpture
Papua New Guinea
Early 20th Cent.
Photo Hughes Dubois
Keaka Sculpture
Nigeria
Early 20th Cent.
H : 48 cm
Photo Anne Deknock
COPPENS Tribal Art
Bernard de GRUNNE
47 rue des Minimes
32(0)3 766 78 68
32(0)475 918 749
[email protected]
180 av. Franklin Roosevelt
32(0)2 502 31 71
32(0)2 503 39 69
32(0)475 616 214
[email protected]
Suspension hook
Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Early 20th Cent.
H: 39 cm
Old collection Philip Goldman, U.K
Studio Foto Baert
Ritual Ngbaka sceptre
DRC
End 19th/ Early 20th Cent.
H : 50 cm
Provenance : Ex collection J.H.W. Verschure, (1899-1977), Heer-surMeuse
Photo Studio Asselbergh - F. Dehaen
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DELETAILLE
Galerie FLAK
32 rue aux Laines
32(0)2 511 69 73
32(0)476 698 179
[email protected]
[email protected]
8 rue des Beaux-Arts
F-75006 Paris – France
33(0)1 46 33 77 77
33(0)1 46 33 27 57
33(0)6 84 52 81 36
[email protected]
www.galerieflak.com
Adress during the fair: Galerie Y. Vanuijtrecht, 7
rue Watteeu
Offering tray, Chimu Chucu culture
Peru
1300-1400 A.D.
Terracotta, pigments
Photo S. Hauwaert
Lwalwa mask
DRC, End 19th/ Early 20th Cent.
H : 30,5 cm
Ex collection Helen Mandelbaum, New York. Acquired 12 april
1967 Hélène Kamer’s gallery, New York. Photo Galerie Flak
Bernard DULON
Bruno FREY
10 rue Jacques Callot
33(0)6 07 69 91 22
33(0)1 43 25 25 00
33(0)1 43 25 14 16
[email protected]
www.dulonbernard.fr
5 rue Carnot
F-21230 Arnay le Duc – France
33(0)3 80 90 06 92
33(0)6 20 70 10 01
[email protected]
www.galerieh.free.fr
Adress during the fair: Galerie Ritter, 19 rue
Ernest Allard
Fon sculpture Abomey sculpture
Benin
End 19th Cent.
H : 63 cm
Collected by a French military
Provenance : Palais Royal d’Abomey
Photo Joseph Frey
Figure de reliquaire, Peuple Sango, Gabon, Fin XIXe siècle
Bois, métal, H: 17 cm
Provenance : Collecté in situ avant 1923 par un français et conservé par la famille depuis.
Photo Hughes Dubois
Michael EVANS
87 rue J.J. Rousseau
F-21000 Dijon – France
[email protected]
www.michaelevansfineart.com
Adress during the fair: 12 rue Watteeu
GROUP 2 VANHEVEL
119 avenue Louise
32(0)2 538 00 96
32(0)497 451 999
[email protected]
Adress during the fair: Congo Gallery, 2 impasse
Saint Jacques
Brant MACKLEY
3 W. Canal Street
PA 17033 Hershey – USA
[email protected]
www.brantmackley.com
Bemba figure, DRC, 19th Cent.
Publication & exposition :
« TABWA » au MRAC, Tervuren, Belgique et Washington D.C.,
Michigan, USA
Ancienne collection Lowen
Photo P. Lenaerts
Effigie de Shaman eskimo, Ivoire de morse, Circa 1890-1910
H : 13,5 cm l : 6,5 cm
Photo Carrie Haley
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Alain GUISSON
Kapil JARIWALA
93 rue des Minimes
32(0)475 63 63 68
[email protected]
2 Talfourd Place
London SE15 5NW – UK
44 (0)7957 842 976
[email protected]
Adress during the fair: Galerie Serge Schoffel,
14 rue Watteeu
Mangbetu Statue
DRC
Early 20th Cent.
H : 71 cm
Collected by Mr. Ernest-Henri Schreiber before 1911, probably in
Niangara,.
Photo Yannik Van Ruysevelt
Monnaie en plumes Tevau, Iles de Santa Cruz, Iles Salomon
Fin XIXe / Début XXe siècle
Photo Paul Louis
Galerie L’IBIS / Lucien VIOLA
Tao KEREFOFF
+212 661 145 595
+ 212 524 301 851
[email protected]
www.galerielibis.com
Adress during the fair: Galerie Patrick Lancz, 15
rue Ernest Allard
Paris – France
33 (0)6 606 404 05
[email protected]
www.taokerefoff.com
Adress during the fair: Galerie Bruno Couck,
13 rue Watteeu
Ivory Head of a Hippopotamus
Middle Kingdom, ca. 1900 B.C.
or Third Intermediate Period, ca. 700 B.C.
L.: about 1,5 cm
Provenance: Old European Collection
Photo Lucien Viola
Mossi whistle
Burkina Faso
Early 20th Cent.
Ex coll. Dr. J. & N. Ditenfass, New York
Photo Tao Kerefoff
JACARANDA Tribal / Dori ROOTENBERG
Philippe LAEREMANS
280 Riverside Drive, Suite 13E
New York, NY 1002 – USA
+1 212 713 0465
+1 646 251 8528
[email protected]
www.jacaranda.com
Adress during the fair: Galerie Jean Nelis, 2 rue
Coppens
27 rue des Minimes
32(0)2 503 00 13
32(0)475 262 118
[email protected]
www.laeremans-tribal-art.eu
Tsonga Shangaan headrest
RSA
Mid. to late 19th Cent.
Published in Africana Notes & News, Vol. 27 #5. Ex Rev. A.A. Jaques and by descent to his heirs
Photo Jacaranda
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Lukungu Lega mask DRC
Ivory - H : 17,5 cm
Ex coll. Benoît Rousseau
Photo Speltdoorn
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Olivier LARROQUE
Patrick & Ondine MESTDAGH
1 rue de Bernis
F-30000 Nîmes – France
33(0)6 800 800 93
[email protected]
29 rue des Minimes
32(0)2 511 10 27
32(0)475 467 315
[email protected]
www.patrickmestdagh.be
Wobe mask
Ivory Coast
H : 26 cm
Ex colonial collection
Photo Hughes Dubois
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Set of 3 short Fang swords, Gabon
H Tot: 50 cm
Photo Paul Louis
Galerie Abla & Alain LECOMTE
Galerie MONBRISON
4 rue des Beaux-Arts
F-75006 Paris
33(0)1 43 54 13 83
33(0)6 50 41 05 35
[email protected]
www.alain-lecomte.net
31 rue des Minimes
32(0)2 503 45 55
33(0)6 86 77 20 88
[email protected]
www.monbrison.com
Bayombe Sceptre, DRC
End 19th Cent. - H :
Publ. In vol. 2 de White Gold- Black Hands, Marc Leo Félix, p. 41
Photo Paul Louis
Bembe Sculpture
DRC
Photo Monbrison
Angel MARTIN
Galería Guilhem MONTAGUT
Calle Piamonte 21
E-28004 Madrid – Spain
34 915 215 354
34 915 225 531
34 639 140 163
[email protected]
www.angelmartin.es
Adress during the fair: Ambre Congo, 17
Boulevard dels Antiquaris
Paseo de Gracia 55-57 - Tiendas 11 y 22
E-08007 Barcelona – Spain
34 932 159 024
34 678 027 692
[email protected]
www.galeriamontagut.com
Adress during the fair: Ambre Congo,
Songye Sculpture
DRC
Wood, metal, horn & raffia, H : 60 cm
Photo Angel Martin
Punu/Tsangui mask
Punu people, Gabon
End 19th Cent.
H : 30 cm
Photo C. Insenser
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Alain NAOUM
30 Rue Sainte Anne
32 (0)474 401 543
[email protected]
www.naoum.com
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Galerie Punchinello / Jacques LEBRAT
16 rue du Parc Royal
33 (0)1 42 72 00 60
33 (0)1 42 72 04 86
33 (0)6 03 01 66 01
[email protected]
www.punchinello.fr
Pair of Suku figures
DRC
Early 20th Cent.
H : 29 cm
Photo Studio Philippe de Formanoir - Paso Doble
Taimen mask, Bhoutan, End 19th Cent.
H : 19 cm
Ex collection R. Vanuxem
Photo Michel Gurfinkel
Sanne NIES – SALON Tribal Art
Lucas RATTON
Prins Hendrikstraat 43
5611HJ Eindhoven – Netherlands
31 402 452 961
31 612 033 634
[email protected]
www.salonsalon.nl
Adress during the fair: Gallery Amelie H,
27 rue Watteeu
33 rue de Seine
33(0)1 46 33 06 24
33 (0)6 16 80 13 11
[email protected]
www.lucasratton.com
Adress during the fair: Galerie Futur Antérieur,
19 Place du Grand Sablon
Agni statue
Ivory Coast
Early 20th Cent.
H : 34 cm
Ex private collection, Germany
Photo Jorn Schanze
Sculpture Dogon, Mali, Début XXe siècle
H : 58,5 cm
Photo Hughes Dubois
Joaquin PECCI
SCHILLER ART GALLERY
38 rue des Minimes
33(0)2 513 44 20
32(0)475 439 412
[email protected]
www.joaquin.pecci.net
12 rue Van Moer
Tél. : 0496-23.88.54
[email protected]
Suku mask, DRC, Early 20th Cent.
Wood, old polychromy & raffia
H: 42 cm
Brought back in Germany before the 1930’s.
Provenance : old german collection
Photo Hughes Dubois
Yombe Sculpture
DRC
Wood
Early 20th Cent.
H : 21 cm
Photo Schiller
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Adrian SCHLAG
Pablo TOUCHALEAUME
31 rue des Minimes
34 617 666 098
[email protected]
www.tribalartclassics.com
21 rue Guénégaud
F-75006 Paris - France
+33 1 43 54 70 03
+33 6 89 90 75 70
[email protected]
Adress during the fair: 10 impasse Saint Jacques
Agni figure, attributed to «Meister der drei Kronen»
Ivory Coast
H : 43 cm
Dutch private collection
Buste de femme recouvert de serpents, Djenné, Mali,
XIe- XVIe siècle
Terre cuite, H:24 cm ; l: 16,5 cm
Provenance: Galerie Helene Kamer, 1983
Coll. privée, France
Photo Christian Baraja
Serge SCHOFFEL
Rut VAN CAELENBERGH
14 rue Watteeu
32(0)2 503 28 47
32(0)473 563 233
[email protected] www.sergeschoffel.com
40 rue des Minimes
32(0)476 435 876
[email protected]
www.vancaelenbergh.com
Gope
Purari Delta, Gulf of Papua, PNG
End 19th Cent.
Wood, pigments
H : 102 cm
Mossi mask
Burkina Faso
Photo Bernard de Keyzer
David SERRA
Frank VAN CRAEN
Avenida San Juan 2
E-08198 San Cugat del Valles
Barcelona – Spain
34 936 755 815
34 667 525 597
[email protected]
www.davidserra.es
Adress during the fair: Galerie de Caters, 19 rue
Watteeu
49 rue des Minimes
32 (0)3 877 44 21
32 (0)475 668 187
[email protected]
www.frankvancraen.be
Kongo-Vili magical figure
DRC, Early 20th Cent.
Wood, H : 22,5 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Spain.
Photo © Guillem F-H
Tsaye mask
DRC - Early 20th Cent.
Galerie Bernard Dulon ( exhib. Biennale Paris, Sept. 2012)
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André & Jolie VANHECKE / THE AFRICAN
Vasco & Co/ Emilia Da Paz
16 rue Sainte-Anne
32(0)479 33 93 43
[email protected]
48 rue des Minimes
32(0)2 502 35 74
32(0) 473 642 611
[email protected]
www.vascobooks.net
Imbangala sceptre Angola
Dundo Museum, Angola
Redinha 1955, n° 29
Photo Paul Louis
Yannik VAN RUYSEVELT
84 rue du Collège
32(0) 477 300 408
[email protected]
www.yannikvrphoto.com
Adress during the fair: Galerie Deletaille, 32 rue
aux Laines
Inua bird mask – Nunivak Island mask
Goodnews Bay, Alaska
Early 20th Cent. - Dim. : h: 39 x l: 54 cm
Ex collection ED. Kaysar
Photo Yannik Van Ruysevelt
VISSER Gallery
11 Rue Van Moer
32(0)2 503 49 42
32(0) 476 971 671
[email protected]
www.tribal-art-visser.com
Very fine Sepik spearthrower
PNG - Early 20th Cent.
Ex coll. Phillip Goldman, London
Photo Anne Deknock
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AKANTHOS ANCIENT ART
ARTEAS
Karl Stimm
Oever 7, B-2000 Antwerp - Belgium
T 32(0)3 2481855 I M 32(0)486282354
[email protected]
www.akanthos.be
Laura Bosc de Ganay
The Brentano Suite 25 - 2 Athenaeum Road
GB-London N20 9AE – England
T +44 2082114775 I M +33 607587876
[email protected]
www.arteasltd.com
Address during the fair: Ciel mes Bijoux, Rue
Ernest Allard 5
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Address during the fair: Galerie Theunissen & de
Ghellinck, Rue Watteeu 25
Chariot mount with horses and pomegranate
Roman, First century AD, found in Germany
Bronze - H. 16 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Germany
Acquired ca. 1970 / HWM MZ Rhineland
© Akanthos Ancient Art – BAAF 2015
Fragmentary cartonnage showing the goddess Nephthys
Egypt, Third lntermediate Period, ca. l0th-9th century BC
Gessoed and painted linen - H. 18.5 cm - W: 13 cm
Provenance: Former G.I. Collection, the Netherlands, 1980s
© Arteas – BAAF 2015
ANTIKEN-KABINETT
CYBÈLE
Bernd Gackstätter
Ganghoferstrasse 24
D-60320 Frankfurt/Main - Germany
T 49 (0)69 519015 I M 49 (0)1717124229
[email protected]
www.antiken-kabinett.de
Jean-Pierre Montesino
65 bis, Rue Galande
FR-75005 Paris - France
T +33 (0)1 43 54 16 26 I M +33 (0)6 03 03 29 45
[email protected]
www.galerie-cybele.com
Address during the fair: Costermans, Place du
Grand Sablon 5
Address during the fair: Galerie Arts 4, Rue des
Minimes 3
Bust of an important dignitary - Roman, 2nd century AD
Bronze - H. 9.7 cm
Provenance: Collection Fritz Wappler, acquired in the 1930s
© Antiken-Kabinett – BAAF 2015
Figure of the God Amun trampling the Nine Bows
Egypt, Third lntermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, ca. 1070–945 BC
Gilded silver - H. 5.4 cm
Provenance: Groth Collection, Zurich, Switzerland, 1980
© Cybèle – BAAF 2015
ARCHEA ANCIENT ART
ROSWITHA EBERWEIN ANTIKE KUNST
Vincent J. Geerling
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 37 ¹
NL-1017 DC Amsterdam - The Netherlands
T 31 (0)20 6250552
[email protected]
www.archea.nl
Roswitha and Antonia Eberwein
Bismarckstrasse 4, D-37085 Göttingen - Germany
22 rue Jacob, FR-75006 Paris - France
T +49 (0)55147083 I M +33(0)6 72 90 40 70
[email protected]
www.egypt-art.com
Address during the fair: Galerie Lorelei, Place du
Grand Sablon 3
Address during the fair: Costermans, Place du
Grand Sablon 5
Arm guard - Central Europe, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 1500 BC
Bronze - L. 25 cm
Provenance: Ex-German private collection, acquired in 1980
© Archea Ancient Art – BAAF 2015
Statue of a seated baboon - Egypt, New Kingdom, Late Period,
2nd half of the first milllenium BC
Limestone - H. 27.8 cm
Provenance: Former German private collection
© Roswitha Eberwein Antike Kunst – BAAF 2015
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GALERIE JÜRGEN HAERING
GALERIE GÜNTER PUHZE GMBH
Jürgen Haering
Marienstrasse 13
D-79098 Freiburg - Germany
T +49 (0)76125330 I M +49 (0)1752437489
[email protected]
Günter Puhze
Stadtstrasse 28
D-79104 Freiburg - Germany
T +49 (0)761 25476 I M +49 (0)171 201 28 61
[email protected]
www.galerie-puhze.de
Address during the fair: Galerie Ritter, Rue Ernest
Allard 17
Address during the fair: Harold t’Kint de
Roodenbeke, Rue Ernest Allard 31
Red-figure column-krater by the Eucharides Painter - Greek, Attic,
ca. 470 BC
Terracotta - H. 40 cm
Provenance: German private collection, acquired in 1987
© Galerie Jürgen Haering – BAAF 2015
Marble portrait of a man from the time of Trajan - Roman, First
century AD
Marble - H. 25.5 cm
Provenance: French collection, early 20th century
© Galerie Günter Puhze – BAAF 2015
GALERIE HARMAKHIS
GALERIE TARANTINO
Jacques Billen
Rue des Minimes 17
B-1000 Brussels - Belgium
T +32 (0)2 511 65 39
M +32 (0)475 650 285
[email protected]
www.harmakhis.be
Antoine Tarantino
38, rue Saint Georges, FR-75009 Paris - France
M +33 (0)6 15 44 68 46
[email protected]
www.galerietarantino.com
Sunk-relief depiction of Queen Hatshepsut
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty
Ca. 1490–1468 BC
Limestone, H. 26,5 cm
Former R. Collection, Paris, 1950s.
© Galerie Harmakhis — BAAF 2015
Oenochoe of Geometric style - Greek art, Attic, end of the 8th
century BC
Terracotta - H. 39 cm
Provenance: Former Philippe Stoll Collection, Strasbourg, France,
1950-60s
© Galerie Tarantino – BAAF 2015
THE MERRIN GALLERY
DOMINIQUE THIRION ARS ANTIQUA
Samuel Merrin & Moshe Bronstein
724 Fifth Avenue, 3rd floor
New York, NY 10019 - U.S.A.
T +1 212 757 2884 I M +1 917 838 0500
[email protected]
www.merringallery.com
Dominique Thirion
Rue des Minimes 35
T +32 (0)2 503 50 21
M +32 (0)477 465 907
[email protected]
www.thirion-ancient-art.com
Address during the fair: Galerie Theunissen & de
Ghellinck, Rue Watteeu 25
Address during the fair: Galerie Harmakhis, Rue
des Minimes 17
Maternity - Ancient Iran, Caspian Sea, art said to be from Amlash,
early 1st millenium BC
Bronze - H. 9 cm
Provenance: From an English private collection, acquired in the
1980s
© Dominique Thirion Ars Antiqua – BAAF 2015
Mask of Silenus - Hellenistic, ca. 1st century BC
Bronze - H. 20.2 cm
Provenance: New York private collection, 2009
© The Merrin Gallery – BAAF 2015
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IADAA, International Association of Dealers
in Ancient Art
Seestrasse 92
CH-8803 Rüschlikon / Zürich, Suisse
www.iadaa.org
THE ART LOSS REGISTER
William Webber
First Floor - 63-66 Hatton Garden
GB-London EC1N 8LE - United Kingdom
T +44 (0)207841 5780
[email protected] - www.artloss.com
Holding office at: Rue des Minimes 61
BIAPAL
Brussels International Art Promotion and
Logistics asbl-vzw
Olga Polunin & Matthieu Wolmark
Rue Charles Hanssens, 15
T + 32 498 34 66 75
[email protected]
www.biapal.be
Holding office at: Rue des Minimes 61
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Astamangala / Sjoerd De Vries
Gisèle Croës
Keizergracht 574
1017 EM Amsterdam, The Netherlands
T: +31 20 6234402
M: +31 621 546 317
[email protected]
www.astamangala.com
Adress during the fair: Rue des Minimes 52
Avenue Emile Duray 44
B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgique
T: +322 511 82 16
[email protected]
Two deer and wishing-jewel gilded copper repoussé, some paint
eyes, inlaid with turquoises, Mongolia early 20th cent.
high jewels 26 cm - deer 21 cm
Large bronze, gold and silver Daigou in the shape of a rhinoceros
Warring States period (481-221 BC)
Malachite encrustation, 24x8,5 cm
Buddhist Art
Martin Doustar / Ancient & Tribal Art
Berlin, Germany
Sur rendez-vous
T: +49 173 656 1260
[email protected]
www.buddhist-art.info
Paris - Bruxelles
T: +33 687293074
[email protected]
Buddha, Thailand Lopburi (Khmer Art in Thailand), 13th century,
Bronze, 16 cm
A monumental sandstone head of Shiva, Uttar Pradesh, India,
9th-10th cent.
55 cm
Carlo Cristi / Asian Arts Company
Duchange et Riché
12 Rue de Plancenoit
B-1401 Baulers (Nivelles), Belgique
T: +39 0332966114
M: +39 335 593 37 32
[email protected]
www.asianart.com/carlocristi
Adress during the fair: Galerie Champaka, rue
Ernest Allard 27
Rue Ernest Allard 45
B-1000-Bruxelles, Belgique
T: +322 512 42 18
M: +32 479 833 703
[email protected]
www.aabru.com
A large Porcelain Blue and White Jar and cover representing the
Lanting Gathering - China Kangxi period (1662-1722)
63 cm
Vajrasattva Gilt copper, semiprecious stones, Tibet, 14th Cent,
36 cm
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Famarte / Farah Massart
Jacques How Choong
Duindistelstraat 16
B – 8300 Knokke, Belgique
M: +32495 289 100
[email protected]
www.famarte.be
Adress during the fair: Galerie Lamy, Rue Ernest
Allard 32
Rue des Minimes 19
B-1000 Bruxelles Belgique
T: +33 6 2296 9583
[email protected]
Upper torso of a Devi North India, Madhya Pradesh or Rajasthan
11-12th Cent. AD, Chandella dynasty, sandstone
H 41,5 cm inclusive stand
Provenance Private UK collection
Gilt copper sculpture of seated crowned Buddha Tibet 14th
century
20cm high
Karim Grusenmeyer
Ibasho
Rue Lebeau 14
T: +322 514 03 37
M: +32 475 475 729
[email protected]
www.grusenmeyer.be
Tolstraat 67
B-2000 Anvers Belgique
T: +32 (0) 3 216 20 28
M: +32 (0) 473 139 328 (Annemarie Zethof)
M: +32 (0) 473 139 329 (Martijn Van Pieterson)
[email protected]
www.ibashogallery.com
Adress during the fair: Galerie Laurentin, Rue
Ernest Allard 43
Toshio Shibata, Okawa Village, Tosa County, Kochi Prefecture,
2007
C-print 44,4x56,4 cm
Durga Cambodia, Pre-Angkor period 8th Century Sandstone
H 22,7 cm
Private collection
Hotei - Japanese Prints
Kitsune / Arie Vos
Rapenburg 19
23111 GE Leiden
The Netherlands
[email protected]
www.hotei-japanese-prints.com
Adress during the fair: Galerie Laurentin, rue
Ernest Allard 43
Rue des Minimes 55
M: +32 476 87 85 69
[email protected]
www.kitsune.be
Katsushika Hokusai The sacred fountain at Jogaku, from the series
Eight Views of the Ryukyu islands, published by Moriya Jihei in
1832 Signed Zen Hukusai I-itsu Oban
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Maki-e Kogo (lacquered incense container) with a stylistic design
of sakura blossoms, momiji and matsumurae leaves Signed “Ichiu”
and enclosed in a tomobako
H 8,6 cm
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Kyoto Gallery / Tony Cammaert
Wei Asian Arts / Howard Wei
T: +32 71 703 701
M: +32 475 448 356
[email protected]
www.chateaudacoz.be
Rue Van Moer 5
T: +322 503 58 35
M: +32 485 960 695
[email protected]
www.asianart.com/wei
Imperial satsuma vase H 38 cm Meiji period
Avalokitesvara - Early Ming Dynasty
Wood with traces of lacquer 46 cm China
Galerie Lamy / Georges Lamy
Michael Woerner
T: +322 502 12 05
M: +32 475 604 053
[email protected]
Hong Kong - Bangkok
T: +49 172 660 45 22
M: +852 9874 1061
[email protected]
Adress during the fair: Architect’s House, Rue
Ernest Allard 21
Exposition thématique : Dong Son - Six Bronze
Age Masterpieces from Southeast Asia
A very rare Summer Palace style pavillon gilt silver filigree. The
internal dome decorated with Dragons and phoenix
H 32cm. Jiaqing période.
Head of Lokesvara, Khmer, Bayon, 13th century. Sandstone. 42 cm.
Ex Collection Hans Sion, Cologne, acquired circa 1929.
Oranda Jin/Jon de Jong
Kalverstraat 28
5223 ‘s-Hertogenbosch
The Netherlands
T: +31 73 6218951
M: +31 6 347 4444 2
[email protected]
www.orandajin.com
Adress during the fair: Galerie Antoine Laurentin,
Ogata Kôrin (1658-1716) Pair of hanging scrolls Crane and egret
Sealed Hokkvô Korin
technique on paper 104,4x43,4 cm damask mounting 196 x 58,4
cm
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At the same time in brussels
Giant Masks from the Congo
A Belgian Jesuit ethnographic heritage
From 12th of May till 2nd of September 2015
BELvue Museum, Brussels
Free entrance
Curator: Julien Volper
Lecture by Julien Volper, curator: Saturday 13 June, 3pm in the Borgendael
Practical information
Free parcours in galleries marked out by Sablon
From Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14th June 2015
Opening hours:
Wednesday 10th June: preview from 3 pm to 9 pm
Thursday 11th June: from 11 am to 8 pm
Friday 12th June: from 11 am to 7 pm
Saturday 13th June: from 11 am to 7 pm
Sunday 14th June: from 11 am to 5 pm
Locations:
Fairs: Galleries on and around Place du Sablon
found@bruneaf Exhibition: Ancienne Nonciature, Sablon, Brussels
Fight Pray Love Exhibition: Hôtel Frison, rue Lebeau 37, Brussels
Lectures:
ArtConnoisseurs: Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire
North Indian weapons and warriors: Hôtel Frison, rue Lebeau 37, Brussels
Website : www.3fairs.be
Contacts :
While working in the Belgian Congo, Jesuit missionaries also carried out ethnographic research
and collected objects. The historical and cultural context of this endeavour introduces this exhibit,
which features a set of masks used during themukanda male initiation rite among the Yaka and the
Suku. These masks are remarkable in their exceptional form and design. Most of these pieces have
never before been seen in public or in print.
The first part of the exhibit describes the work of the Jesuits in the Kwango mission and provides
the portrait of several Jesuit collectors. A wealth of documents – handwritten letters, published
excerpts, maps – sketches out the context in which pieces were collected and the collaboration that
began in the 1930s between the museum and the Jesuits. The RMCA holds a large collection from
the former Jesuit missionary museum in Heverlee in trust. The RMCA holds the large collection
from the former Jesuit missionary museum in Heverlee in trust and is in charge of its conservation,
archiving, restoration, and scientific analysis.
The second part presents the mukanda rite among the Yaka and Suku, as well as a few neighbouring
groups.
The main part of the exhibit shows a series of masks used during initiation rituals. Pieces from the
Heverlee collections are complemented with pieces from the collections of the RMCA.
A companion catalogue contextualises the pieces on display and provides more detailed discussion
of some complex themes.
The exhibit is a collaboration of the Royal Museum of Central Africa, the Society of Jesus, BELvue
Museum, and the King Baudouin Foundation. With the support of the National Lottery.
BRUNEAF
www.bruneaf.com
17 impasse Saint Jacques, B-1000 Bruxelles
Tel : + 32 (0)2 514 02 09
[email protected]
BAAF
www.baaf.be
17 rue des Minimes, B-1000 Bruxelles
Tel : +32 (0)4 92 96 88 42
[email protected]
AAB
www.asianartinbrussels.com
238 Boulevard Général Wahis, B-1030 Bruxelles
Tel : + 32 (0)2 503 58 35
[email protected]

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