Debauchery / Excess Through The Ages

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Chancay Polychrome Vessel - Erotic Couple

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Louisville, CO, United States

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Debauchery / Excess Through The Ages

Artemis Gallery

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Sometimes we art enthusiasts just want to have fun, and our "WILD PARTY" auction invites you to do just that! This auction will venture outside the box by featuring works that pay tribute to human nature's fundamental desire to celebrate life and sometimes engage in unrestrained - bordering on reckless - activities. If the phrase "Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll" comes to mind, you are right on target. Yes, this auction will demonstrate that throughout the ages and across the globe, all peoples have indulged in various vices and sensual pleasures. Sounds like fun? If so, come explore your inner Party Animal on May 25th!

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Egyptian Ptolemaic Painted Sarcophagus Panel w/ Nut: Walk like an Egyptian… Egypt, Ptolemaic Dynasty, ca. 305 to 30 BCE. A vibrant rendering of the Goddess Nut painted on a wooden sarcophagus panel standing between stylized papyrus plants in

0001: Egyptian Ptolemaic Painted Sarcophagus Panel w/ NutEst. $20,000-$30,000Lot Passed

Tall Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Pottery Alabastron: Shaped like a . . . Ancient Egypt, Pre-Dynastic period, Naqada III, ca. 3200 to 3150 BCE. A red ware cylindrical vessel of the style known as alabastron with an elongated teardrop shape topped by a

0001A: Tall Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Pottery AlabastronEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

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Egyptian Bronze / Stone Mummy Mask Eyes: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 315 BCE. An alluring pair of arched bronze eye rims with extended cosmetic lines, inlaid with limestone sclera, painted with round

0001B: Egyptian Bronze / Stone Mummy Mask EyesEst. $1,800-$2,500

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Greek South Italic Blackware Drinking Cup: Raise a glass! Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 430 to 300 BCE. A well-proportioned and symmetrical blackware skyphos for drinking wine with twin horizontal loop handles. The underlying

0001C: Greek South Italic Blackware Drinking CupEst. $200-$300

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Romano Egyptian Pottery Shrine w/ Apis Bull: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 30 BCE to 2nd century CE. A votive figure, mold-made from coarse red clay, with a design of the sacred bull god, Apis. He wears a crown commonly associated with

0001D: Romano Egyptian Pottery Shrine w/ Apis BullEst. $700-$900Lot Passed

Hellenistic Greek Silver Kylix (for drinking wine): Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 323 BCE to 30 BCE. A gorgeous kylix, vessel for drinking wine, with a shallow, flanged body, no rim, and diminutive foot made from an expertly-curved thin strip of

0002: Hellenistic Greek Silver Kylix (for drinking wine)Est. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Greek Blackware Drinking Cup - Incised Interior: Greece, ca. 3rd to 2nd centuries BCE. An interestingly-shaped kylix (drinking cup) with a wide, round body, twin horizontal loop handles, and a low, round foot. On the interior, in the tondo, is an

0003: Greek Blackware Drinking Cup - Incised InteriorEst. $500-$700

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Greek Blackware Stemmed Kylix / Drinking Cup: Greece, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. This is a fine example of a kylix (drinking cup) with finely shaped squared-off handles, a wide, evenly sloping bowl, and a delicate round foot joined to the body

0004: Greek Blackware Stemmed Kylix / Drinking CupEst. $600-$800

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Pair Ancient Greek Bronze Pectoral Phalera: Obviously modeled from the human form... Ancient Greece, ca. 5th to 4th century CE. A stupendous pair of bronze appliques - a Greek form of phalera (disks worn on the breastplate) or possibly

0004A: Pair Ancient Greek Bronze Pectoral PhaleraEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Greek Daunian Bichrome Kylix / Drinking Cup: Greek, Southern Italy, Apulia / Daunian, ca. 300 BCE. A pretty, petite kylix, a drinking cup, with two flat handles extending from near the rim and a pronounced foot. The buff orange body has darker

0004B: Greek Daunian Bichrome Kylix / Drinking CupEst. $200-$300

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Greek Terracotta Statuette - Seated Nude Male / Silenus: Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. A hollow pottery statuette - made to be attached to a larger piece - depicting a seated male figure. He wears nothing but a cape and hat, with

0005: Greek Terracotta Statuette - Seated Nude Male / SilenusEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Hellenistic Greek Terracotta Statue - Aphrodite & Eros: Figures of love and sex in ancient Greece! Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. 323 to 31 BCE. A mold-made hollow ceramic depiction of the goddess Aphrodite (goddess of love, beauty, sexuality, and

0005A: Hellenistic Greek Terracotta Statue - Aphrodite & ErosEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Greek Hellenistic Terracotta Figure - Tragic Actor: Ancient Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. 2nd century BCE. Standing upon a circular base, a striking terracotta figure donning a flowing robe over 'her' ample (perhaps pregnant) form, carrying a bag

0005B: Greek Hellenistic Terracotta Figure - Tragic ActorEst. $2,000-$2,500Lot Passed

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Greek Boeotian Blackware Kylix for Wine: Greece, Tanagra, Boeotia, ca. 4th century BCE. A gorgeous kylix (drinking cup) with finely shaped strap handles, a wide, deep bowl, and a wide, round foot. The piece has been fired to a glossy,

0006: Greek Boeotian Blackware Kylix for WineEst. $400-$600

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Roman Bronze Ring w/ Agate Gazelle Intaglio: Wear this if you don't trust the host with your jewels... Ancient Rome, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An oval agate (or similar stone) intaglio of golden hues, incised with a gazelle lying beneath a

0006A: Roman Bronze Ring w/ Agate Gazelle IntaglioEst. $500-$750

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Roman Pottery Oil Lamp - Nude Dancer: Rome, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A very fine example of a mold-made pottery oil lamp of a round form with a small, trifurcated loop handle extending from the bowl and a small pointed spout

0006B: Roman Pottery Oil Lamp - Nude DancerEst. $400-$600

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Roman Pottery Oil Lamp - Lovers' Embrace: Roman Empire, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. This diminutive terracotta vessel has a flat base, sloped sides, rounded shoulders with a faint repeating circular motif, a large fill hole

0006C: Roman Pottery Oil Lamp - Lovers' EmbraceEst. $500-$700Lot Passed

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Signed Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp - Erotic Entwinement: Roman Empire, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. This playful terracotta orange slip vessel displays a raised ring base with a concaved center showing the signature of ?T??T?. The lamp also

0006D: Signed Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp - Erotic EntwinementEst. $900-$1,200

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Roman Pottery Votive of Penis & Testes: Roman, probably Republican period, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. A mold made, ceramic votive figure of disembodied testes and a penis. Comes with custom stand. Size: 2.65" W x 3.3" H (6.7 cm x 8.4 cm);

0006E: Roman Pottery Votive of Penis & TestesEst. $350-$550

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Ancient Roman Bronze Finger Ring: Costume jewelry of the period... Rome, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A solid cast bronze ring of a signet form, the face showing signs of schematicized figural decoration, though difficult to

0006F: Ancient Roman Bronze Finger RingEst. $200-$300Lot Passed

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Pair Viking Bronze Rings - Contrasting Designs: Northern Europe, Viking culture, ca. 8th to 11th century CE. An attractive pair of bronze rings, one comprised of thick, twisted wires, the other presenting a mesmerizing openwork geometric design

0006G: Pair Viking Bronze Rings - Contrasting DesignsEst. $200-$300

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Pair of Viking Bronze Rings - Figural / Geometric: Dress up in your best costume jewelry! Northern Europe, Viking culture, ca. 8th to 11th century CE. Two bronze rings, both impressed with intriguing designs/iconography on their ovoid tables, the

0006H: Pair of Viking Bronze Rings - Figural / GeometricEst. $300-$450

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Beautiful Miniature Roman Amber Glass Jar: Rome, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. Small but mighty, a stunning, miniature, free-blown, translucent amber glass vessel with a spherical body adorned with pointed-wave and horizontal trailing, a short

0007: Beautiful Miniature Roman Amber Glass JarEst. $500-$700

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Roman 24K Gold Woman's Finger Ring: Rome, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A lovely 24 karat gold ring with a circular face. Both the face and the surrounding areas of the shank are decorated with a dotted motif that may

0007A: Roman 24K Gold Woman's Finger RingEst. $400-$600

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