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Carved hardwood H:43cm and 48cm ca. 1900 Bulol pair, in the rare Seated male-Standing female configuration. Narra wood with "ricewine" patina. The first Seated male-Standing female pair was published by Schoffel in 1981 in his “Primitive Arts of South East Asia”. The significance of the configuration has not been studied or explained, although rare, old pairs of this type have been found. The carving of this pair shows the influence of the representational Taguiling-style. Provenance: Martin Bumanlag, Ifugao Floy Quintos Rudolf Kratochwill/Maria Closa

Carved hardwood H:43cm and 48cm ca. 1900 Bulol pair, in the rare Seated male-Standing female configuration. Narra wood with "ricewine" patina. The first Seated male-Standing female pair was published by Schoffel in 1981 in his “Primitive Arts of South East Asia”. The significance of the configuration has not been studied or explained, although rare, old pairs of this type have been found. The carving of this pair shows the influence of the representational Taguiling-style. Provenance: Martin Bumanlag, Ifugao Floy Quintos Rudolf Kratochwill/Maria Closa

Carved hardwood H: 48 cm Late 19th century or earlier This important piece displays many common traits of early, archaic bulul. The round face is lively and expressive and the eyes include inlaid shells. The body is short and stocky with a straight back. The ritual patina is solid and shows many decades of use as a ritual rice wine vessel. Provenance: Jose Lamyod, Ifugao George Schenk Floy Quintos Rudolf Kratochwill Literature: de Monbrison et al., p. 218; Andersen p. 122 Published: Arts of Asia, June/July 2017

Carved hardwood H: 48 cm Late 19th century or earlier This important piece displays many common traits of early, archaic bulul. The round face is lively and expressive and the eyes include inlaid shells. The body is short and stocky with a straight back. The ritual patina is solid and shows many decades of use as a ritual rice wine vessel. Provenance: Jose Lamyod, Ifugao George Schenk Floy Quintos Rudolf Kratochwill Literature: de Monbrison et al., p. 218; Andersen p. 122 Published: Arts of Asia, June/July 2017

Carved hardwood H: 58 cm and 59 cm Mid-19th century This pair of seated bululs carved from narra wood is a superb and important example of an archaic style exemplifying the Banaue-Central Ifugao area. The arms resting on the knees, the torso and its straight back, the arms and legs and mortar-shaped base create a box-like impression. The thickly encrusted patina and the wear on the base are evidence of long years of ceremonial use. The female’s head is adorned by a stylised topknot, and the use of porcelain shards as inlays for the eyes and mouth is a common convention. Other materials for the eyes could include bones, stones, small seeds and bead fragments. Provenance: Francis Balogan, Ifugao Rudolf Kratochwill Literature: de Monbrison et al., pp. 218, 238; Andersen, p. 113 Published: Apollo, June 2017 Apollo, July 2017

Carved hardwood H: 58 cm and 59 cm Mid-19th century This pair of seated bululs carved from narra wood is a superb and important example of an archaic style exemplifying the Banaue-Central Ifugao area. The arms resting on the knees, the torso and its straight back, the arms and legs and mortar-shaped base create a box-like impression. The thickly encrusted patina and the wear on the base are evidence of long years of ceremonial use. The female’s head is adorned by a stylised topknot, and the use of porcelain shards as inlays for the eyes and mouth is a common convention. Other materials for the eyes could include bones, stones, small seeds and bead fragments. Provenance: Francis Balogan, Ifugao Rudolf Kratochwill Literature: de Monbrison et al., pp. 218, 238; Andersen, p. 113 Published: Apollo, June 2017 Apollo, July 2017

Carved hardwood H:48cm and 48.5cm ca. 1950s A variant of the Taguiling/ Boboyongan style. Narra wood, partly encrusted patina. The pair stands on elegantly fluted bases. Provenance: Rudolf Kratochwill

Carved hardwood H:48cm and 48.5cm ca. 1950s A variant of the Taguiling/ Boboyongan style. Narra wood, partly encrusted patina. The pair stands on elegantly fluted bases. Provenance: Rudolf Kratochwill

Carved hardwood H: 70 cm 19th century or earlier A large example of an archaic seated bulul from the Banaue-Central Ifugao area. The piece may have had more encrustation in the past, but it has been cleaned. There is a loss on the arms. Provenance: Private Philippine collection Salcedo Auctions Literature: Anderson, p. 117 Published: Salcedo Auctions Orientations, November/December 2017, p. 133

Carved hardwood H: 70 cm 19th century or earlier A large example of an archaic seated bulul from the Banaue-Central Ifugao area. The piece may have had more encrustation in the past, but it has been cleaned. There is a loss on the arms. Provenance: Private Philippine collection Salcedo Auctions Literature: Anderson, p. 117 Published: Salcedo Auctions Orientations, November/December 2017, p. 133

Carved hardwood H: 54 cm 19th century A remarkable seated bulul with a hand resting on the cheek, the base is square instead of mortarshaped. This bulul is credited to Taguiling, but it is possible that it is even earlier. Most likely it was part of Taguiling’s early output. While later pieces seem whimsical and even humorous, this piece is elegant and aloof. Worth noting are the detailed fingers, knuckles, toes and ears. While the nose is aquiline, the entire countenance is markedly different from the Taguiling oeuvre. Overall, the piece is more finely finished and elegantly conceived than others credited to the same school. Provenance: J. Marchais Alain Schoffel Schoffel de Fabry Literature: de Monbrison et al., pp. 224 ff.; Anderson, pp. 118 ff. 181

Carved hardwood H: 54 cm 19th century A remarkable seated bulul with a hand resting on the cheek, the base is square instead of mortarshaped. This bulul is credited to Taguiling, but it is possible that it is even earlier. Most likely it was part of Taguiling’s early output. While later pieces seem whimsical and even humorous, this piece is elegant and aloof. Worth noting are the detailed fingers, knuckles, toes and ears. While the nose is aquiline, the entire countenance is markedly different from the Taguiling oeuvre. Overall, the piece is more finely finished and elegantly conceived than others credited to the same school. Provenance: J. Marchais Alain Schoffel Schoffel de Fabry Literature: de Monbrison et al., pp. 224 ff.; Anderson, pp. 118 ff. 181

Carved hardwood H: 46 cm 19th to early 20th century This hardwood piece from Lagawe (Bunney style) shows the seated figure at its simplest and most elemental. Cubist in style, the body has been reduced to a series of planes and lines, especially on the arms which have been reduced to a series of rectangular cubes, the hands and fingers denoted by the incisions. The torso and legs, set firmly ‘in’ the ground, form a rectangular box, while the body appears to be built around the negative space. The facial features are highly concentrated in the center of the oversized ovoid face. Provenance: Private collection of Tadashi Morita, Tokyo Yann Ferrandin, Paris Literature: Anderson, pp. 106 ff. Published: Arts of Asia, January/February 2017, p. 45 Orientations, November/December 2017

Carved hardwood H: 46 cm 19th to early 20th century This hardwood piece from Lagawe (Bunney style) shows the seated figure at its simplest and most elemental. Cubist in style, the body has been reduced to a series of planes and lines, especially on the arms which have been reduced to a series of rectangular cubes, the hands and fingers denoted by the incisions. The torso and legs, set firmly ‘in’ the ground, form a rectangular box, while the body appears to be built around the negative space. The facial features are highly concentrated in the center of the oversized ovoid face. Provenance: Private collection of Tadashi Morita, Tokyo Yann Ferrandin, Paris Literature: Anderson, pp. 106 ff. Published: Arts of Asia, January/February 2017, p. 45 Orientations, November/December 2017

Carved hardwood H:32 cm 19th century to first part of 20th century A fine simple and dynamic carving. Rare ornamentations (designs) on the base. Carved red wood with a thin encrusted patina. Good condition, very small abrasions. Provenance: Private collection of Mr Morita, Japan Yann Ferrandin, Paris

Carved hardwood H:32 cm 19th century to first part of 20th century A fine simple and dynamic carving. Rare ornamentations (designs) on the base. Carved red wood with a thin encrusted patina. Good condition, very small abrasions. Provenance: Private collection of Mr Morita, Japan Yann Ferrandin, Paris

Carved hardwood H: 62 cm and H: 59 cm ca. 1920 A rare example of a dancing pair of bululs with attached arms and faces influenced by the Hapao style in the neighbouring region. Carved from narra wood, the piece has a natural patina. Provenance: Rudolf Kratochwill Literature: Anderson, p. 123; Joaquin G. Palencia, Arts of Asia, November/December 1989; Quintos, Provenance: Ramon Tapales, pp. 39, 86-87

Carved hardwood H: 62 cm and H: 59 cm ca. 1920 A rare example of a dancing pair of bululs with attached arms and faces influenced by the Hapao style in the neighbouring region. Carved from narra wood, the piece has a natural patina. Provenance: Rudolf Kratochwill Literature: Anderson, p. 123; Joaquin G. Palencia, Arts of Asia, November/December 1989; Quintos, Provenance: Ramon Tapales, pp. 39, 86-87

Carved hardwood H: Approximately 66 cm 17th Century or earlier Encrusted patina Fred ten Houten (Winterswijk, January 10, 1916 - Sri Lanka, October 6, 1995) was a Dutch traveler and art collector. Biography Fred van Houten, who was fascinated by the exotic world outside of Europe, made a long world trip from August 1937 to September 1939 when he became available for his inheritance from his father's legacy. With a German cruise ship, he left Antwerp from the east coast of Africa to Cape Town, from which he traveled to South Africa. Around the turn of the year, he went to South America with a Japanese passenger ship. From Belem he made long trips in the Brazilian interior, among other things across the river Araguaia. From North America, he left for Java, where he stayed for several months, even in Batavia, and through India and the Middle East, he returned to the Netherlands after two years. Through the imminent war, Ten Houten quickly returned to Dutch India, but because of the Japanese occupation he could no longer go and was employed at the Birmaspoorweg. He survived, returned to the Netherlands and became an international commercial traveler. He lived in Venezuela and Belgium Congo, where he took orders at mission posts and hospitals in the country. In July 1960, Fred ten Houten would be the last European who left the Congo before the chaos took possession of the country's independence struggle. From 1960, Ten Houten export manager for Nutricia was traveling around the world to bring milk powder and instant baby food to the man. He came a lot in India and Nigeria. From 1963 he became increasingly in Ceylon, where he settled in Kandy after retirement. In 1986 he returned to the Netherlands for health reasons and settled permanently in Zuidhorn. Fred ten Houten died in 1995 and was buried in Sri Lanka. Collection Already on his first trip, Fred gathered on wooden items. In Porto Amelia, Mozambique, he said, the poor inhabitants did everything to get old clothes and in return for a number of clothing, he acquired a battle ax, a bow with arrows, a spear, an ebony sculpture and a twometer snake skin . In South Africa he came into contact with "The King of the Pondo" and received from him jewelry, including rings and metal ankles. The rest of his life continued to collect Ten Houten while abroad, but he also bought artifacts in the trade. He would gather a large collection of ethnographics from West and Central Africa, Borneo, Luzon and Taiwan. In 1971 he brought his 1200 artifacts as a long-term loan to the Museum of Gerardus van der Leeuw in Groningen, the reason why he later settled in Zuidhorn, not far from his collection. After the death of Fred ten Houten in 1995, the collection returned to the family and spread through sales. Since then, art objects from the former Ten Houten collection have been offered for sale at Dutch art galleries and traders in ethnography. All works of art are guaranteed antique, greater than 100 years of age. Provenance: Thomas Murray Collection of Fred ten Houten, Netherlands

Carved hardwood H: Approximately 66cm 17th Century or earlier Encrusted patina Fred ten Houten (Winterswijk, January 10, 1916 - Sri Lanka, October 6, 1995) was a Dutch traveler and art collector. Biography Fred van Houten, who was fascinated by the exotic world outside of Europe, made a long world trip from August 1937 to September 1939 when he became available for his inheritance from his father's legacy. With a German cruise ship, he left Antwerp from the east coast of Africa to Cape Town, from which he traveled to South Africa. Around the turn of the year, he went to South America with a Japanese passenger ship. From Belem he made long trips in the Brazilian interior, among other things across the river Araguaia. From North America, he left for Java, where he stayed for several months, even in Batavia, and through India and the Middle East, he returned to the Netherlands after two years. Through the imminent war, Ten Houten quickly returned to Dutch India, but because of the Japanese occupation he could no longer go and was employed at the Birmaspoorweg. He survived, returned to the Netherlands and became an international commercial traveler. He lived in Venezuela and Belgium Congo, where he took orders at mission posts and hospitals in the country. In July 1960, Fred ten Houten would be the last European who left the Congo before the chaos took possession of the country's independence struggle. From 1960, Ten Houten export manager for Nutricia was traveling around the world to bring milk powder and instant baby food to the man. He came a lot in India and Nigeria. From 1963 he became increasingly in Ceylon, where he settled in Kandy after retirement. In 1986 he returned to the Netherlands for health reasons and settled permanently in Zuidhorn. Fred ten Houten died in 1995 and was buried in Sri Lanka. Collection Already on his first trip, Fred gathered on wooden items. In Porto Amelia, Mozambique, he said, the poor inhabitants did everything to get old clothes and in return for a number of clothing, he acquired a battle ax, a bow with arrows, a spear, an ebony sculpture and a twometer snake skin . In South Africa he came into contact with "The King of the Pondo" and received from him jewelry, including rings and metal ankles. The rest of his life continued to collect Ten Houten while abroad, but he also bought artifacts in the trade. He would gather a large collection of ethnographics from West and Central Africa, Borneo, Luzon and Taiwan. In 1971 he brought his 1200 artifacts as a long-term loan to the Museum of Gerardus van der Leeuw in Groningen, the reason why he later settled in Zuidhorn, not far from his collection. After the death of Fred ten Houten in 1995, the collection returned to the family and spread through sales. Since then, art objects from the former Ten Houten collection have been offered for sale at Dutch art galleries and traders in ethnography. All works of art are guaranteed antique, greater than 100 years of age. Provenance: Thomas Murray Collection of Fred ten Houten, Netherlands

Carved hardwood H: 49cm ca. 1900 Pine Wood with encrusted Patina Provenance: Rudolf Kratochwil Exhibited: Drawing Room Gallery Manila, November 2017

Carved hardwood H: 49cm ca. 1900 Pine Wood with encrusted Patina Provenance: Rudolf Kratochwil Exhibited: Drawing Room Gallery Manila, November 2017