Ancient / Ethnographic Spring Variety Sale

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Ancient / Ethnographic Spring Variety Sale

Artemis Gallery

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You'll find a little bit of everything in our 4/27 auction - Antiquities, Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Native American, Oceanic, Fossils, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, European works on paper, much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

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Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Redware Pottery Acorn Jar: Egypt, Pre-Dynastic Period, Nagada/Naqada, ca. 3600 to 3200 BCE. An incredible example of early Egyptian pottery, a redware vessel in an acorn form with a body of considerable girth, a diminutive

0001: Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Redware Pottery Acorn JarEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Redware Teardrop Acorn Vessel: Egypt, Pre-Dynastic Period, Nagada/Naqada, ca. 3600 to 3200 BCE. An incredible example of early Egyptian pottery, a redware vessel in a teardrop shaped, elongated acorn form with a diminutive neck,

0002: Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Redware Teardrop Acorn VesselEst. $1,900-$2,700Lot Passed

Egyptian Third Intermediate Period Faience Ushabti: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1077 to 943 BCE. An ushabti (shabti), made of faience that in places is aqua blue and in others is spring green, painted with black details and

0002A: Egyptian Third Intermediate Period Faience UshabtiEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

Egyptian Alabaster Miniature Amphora: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. A gorgeous miniature alabaster amphora with a series of gentle flanges just below the rim. The alabaster is a rich, creamy color and thin enough

0003: Egyptian Alabaster Miniature AmphoraEst. $1,400-$2,100Lot Passed

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Egyptian Blue Faience Ushabti w/ Painted Glyph Band: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. This is a very fine example of an ushabti (shabti) with a deep blue faience coating and some black decoration and writing. It has its arms

0004: Egyptian Blue Faience Ushabti w/ Painted Glyph BandEst. $3,000-$4,500

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Egyptian Pottery Jarlet - Protective God Bes: Egypt, Late Period, Dynasties 26 to 31, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A fine brownware pottery molded juglet depicting the head of Bes, a protector deity, with small perforated lug or handle to the left side

0004A: Egyptian Pottery Jarlet - Protective God BesEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Egyptian Linen / Gesso Sarcophagus Foot Panel: Egypt, Late Dynastic period, ca. 712 to 332 BCE. A section of a sarcophagus panel created to cover the feet of the mummy, made from cartonnage - gesso (a mixture of chalk, pigment, and gypsum) over

0004B: Egyptian Linen / Gesso Sarcophagus Foot PanelEst. $1,900-$2,700Lot Passed

Two Egyptian Gessoed Sarcophagus Sections - Winged Isis: Egypt, Late Dynastic period, ca. 712 to 332 BCE. An exquisite pair of gessoed cartonnages - layers of linen or papyrus covered with plaster, formed into panels to line the inside of a sarcophagus or

0005: Two Egyptian Gessoed Sarcophagus Sections - Winged IsisEst. $2,500-$3,500Lot Passed

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Coptic Egyptian Textile Polychrome Roundel: **First Time At Auction**Egypt, Coptic, ca 2nd to 5th century CE. A beautifully composed Coptic textile roundel comprised of finely woven wool fibers in hues of deep purple or plum, forest green,

0005A: Coptic Egyptian Textile Polychrome RoundelEst. $400-$600

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Romano-Egyptian Terracotta Statue - Twin Harpocrates: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A mold-made votive statue of two Harpocrates figures standing on either side of a tall pillar. Each depiction of the god is nude

0005B: Romano-Egyptian Terracotta Statue - Twin HarpocratesEst. $900-$1,200Lot Passed

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Stunning Romano Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Dish: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 30 BCE to 2nd century CE. What an amazing deep blue color - despite our photographer's expert skills, no photographs can entirely capture how brilliant the color of

0005C: Stunning Romano Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience DishEst. $2,400-$3,600

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Egyptian Coptic Bone Idol: Egypt, Coptic culture, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A highly abstract anthropomorphic figure carved and polished from bone. The "head" area is triangular, and the torso long and

0006: Egyptian Coptic Bone IdolEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Egyptian Coptic Female Bone Idol: Egypt, Coptic culture, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A delightful female idol carved from a hollowed-out bone. The face is dominated by huge, round eyes and a small nose and mouth. Incised

0007: Egyptian Coptic Female Bone IdolEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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Pair Coptic Carved Bone Combs, purportedly ex-Sotheby's: Egypt, Coptic period, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A wonderful matched pair of carved bone combs - though one is larger than the other, both are delineated with nearly identical designs. The decorative

0007A: Pair Coptic Carved Bone Combs, purportedly ex-Sotheby'sEst. $800-$1,200

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Egyptian / Byzantine Glass Bracelet - Gorgeous!: Egypt, Byzantine Empire, ca. 5th to 8th century CE. A multi-colored glass bracelet with a striated pattern in shades of spring green, vermilion red, and black and bordering bands of twisted yellow

0007B: Egyptian / Byzantine Glass Bracelet - Gorgeous!Est. $400-$600

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Egyptian Byzantine Glass Bracelet, Swirled Design: Egypt, Byzantine Empire, ca. 5th to 8th century CE. A multi-colored glass bracelet with a swirling pattern in shades of buttercup yellow and black on spring green - making for a dramatic effect that

0007C: Egyptian Byzantine Glass Bracelet, Swirled DesignEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Greek Cypriot Bi-chrome Terracotta Oil Vessel: Greece, Cyprus, Early Bronze II Period, ca. 2900 to 2650 BCE. A bulbous, hand-built pottery bottle with a bulbous body, twin small perforated shoulder lugs, a tubular neck and slightly flared rim.

0007D: Greek Cypriot Bi-chrome Terracotta Oil VesselEst. $400-$600

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Mycenaean Twin-Handled Terracotta Vessel: Ancient Greece, Mycenaean, ca. 1500 BCE. A wheel-made pottery vessel of a classic Mycenaean form with a globular body, petite round foot, and twin handles that meet at a central spout. The vessel is

0007E: Mycenaean Twin-Handled Terracotta VesselEst. $900-$1,350

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Large Greek Mycenaen Bichrome Pottery Stirrup Vessel: Ancient Greece, Mycenaean, ca. 1500 BCE. A wheel-made pottery stirrup jar of a classic Mycenaean form with a bulbous body, a flat foot, conjoined twin handles, and a side spout. The vessel is hand

0008: Large Greek Mycenaen Bichrome Pottery Stirrup VesselEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Greek Mycenaean Decorated Terracotta Cup: Greek Isles, ca. 1300 BCE. Rare pottery cup in buff clay decorated with horizontal and vertical lines with wavy lines around rim, lower section in solid added bands of color. Interestingly, the

0008A: Greek Mycenaean Decorated Terracotta CupEst. $500-$750

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Mycenaean Pottery Vessel - Bulls & Birds - TL Tested: Greece, Late Mycenaean to Archaic, ca. 1200 to 600 BCE. A beautiful, wheel-made, polychrome amphora in the Mycenaean pictorial style with an elegant body and equidistantly placed twin handles

0009: Mycenaean Pottery Vessel - Bulls & Birds - TL TestedEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Superb Hallstatt Gilded Bronze Spiral Bracelet: Central Europe, Austria / Hungary, ca. 800 to 450 BCE. One of the most beautiful of the variety that we have seen - a spiral bracelet so well made that it is still flexible after nearly 3000 years

0010: Superb Hallstatt Gilded Bronze Spiral BraceletEst. $2,500-$3,000Lot Passed

Cypriot Blacktop Redware Pottery Bowl: Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Levant Iron Age II, ca. 1000 to 800 BCE. A sweet and simple terracotta dipper with a small pierced projection lug and a deep round bowl. The body has a well-burnished red slip

0011: Cypriot Blacktop Redware Pottery BowlEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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Greek Cypriot Polychrome Target Flask: Ancient Greece, Cyprus, ca. 800 BCE. As evidenced by the series of concentric circles in a style often referred to as a "target" flask, this vessel was manufactured in Cyprus, but for export to the

0011A: Greek Cypriot Polychrome Target FlaskEst. $500-$750

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The following are the TERMS OF SALE for bidding in Live Auction, Thursday, April 27, 2017. AUCTION will start at 8 a.m. MT, 10 p.m. EST, 7 a.m. PST - Live Online / Absentee Bidding only. Please read the following "Terms of Sale" carefully. These terms are applicable to all bidders in this auction, collectors and dealers alike. Please do not bid in this auction if you do not agree to all of the terms listed below. Your submission of bids in this auction constitutes your acceptance of these "Terms of Sale." 1. All items in this auction have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. 2. This is an auction sale, not an approval sale. By bidding in this auction, the bidder personally guarantees payment. The auctioneer has final discretion in all matters. In case of dispute, the lot(s) in question may be resold. Lots will be sold in their numerical sequence unless the auctioneer directs otherwise. 3. 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