Late Summer Clearance Ancient / Ethnographic

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Late Summer Clearance Ancient / Ethnographic

Artemis Gallery

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Looking for a bargain on authentic ancient and ethnographic art? These lots are going, going, gone! Join us for our special Late Summer Clearance auction featuring aggressively discounted pricing on every lot. We must make room for new incoming collections and all starting prices have been reduced up to 75% from their original reserves. Don't miss this fabulous sale!

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Egyptian Cedar Mummy Mask, Realistically Carved: **Originally Listed At $3500** Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasties 21 to 25, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. A strikingly veristic mummy mask, skillfully carved from a piece of cedar wood,

0001: Egyptian Cedar Mummy Mask, Realistically CarvedEst. $5,000-$7,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian 26th Dynasty Faience Ushabti: **Originally Listed At $600** Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasty 26, ca. 662 to 525 BCE. A large ushabti glazed with a beautiful seafoam green faience, presented in the form of a

0002: Egyptian 26th Dynasty Faience UshabtiEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Egyptian Wood Ptah Sokar Osiris Figure: **Originally Listed at $1500** Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic to Greco-Roman periods, ca. 712 to 30 BCE. An amazing, rare artifact from a culture whose enigmatic funerary rituals hint at a truly lost

0002A: Egyptian Wood Ptah Sokar Osiris FigureEst. $2,500-$3,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Alabaster Stone Vessel: **Originally Listed At $300** Egypt, Late Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 672 to 332 BCE. A lovely near miniature vase carved from banded alabaster, of a cylindrical form with a slightly flared

0003: Egyptian Alabaster Stone VesselEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

Late Roman / Coptic Carved Bone Idol: **Originally Listed at $100** Egypt, Late Roman/Coptic Period, ca. 3rd to 4th centuries CE. A hand-carved anthropomorphic idol with a square head, short limbs, and torso marked by incised lines. The

0003A: Late Roman / Coptic Carved Bone IdolEst. $150-$300Lot Passed

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Egyptian Byzantine Glass Bracelet, Swirled Design: **Originally Listed at $200** 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 -

0003B: Egyptian Byzantine Glass Bracelet, Swirled DesignEst. $300-$450

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Egyptian Alabaster Offering Vessel - Old Kingdom: **Originally listed at 300** Ancient Egypt, Old Kingdom, ca. 2300 BCE. A miniature alabaster vessel, painstakingly carved by hand. The piriform vessel sits on a flat foot and has a large, round rim

0004: Egyptian Alabaster Offering Vessel - Old KingdomEst. $500-$700Lot Passed

Superb Hallstatt Gilded Bronze Spiral Bracelet: **Originally Listed At $1800** 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

0006: Superb Hallstatt Gilded Bronze Spiral BraceletEst. $2,500-$3,000Lot Passed

Cypriot Painted Bi-chrome Terracotta Jug: **Originally Listed at $150** Ancient Greece, Cyprus, early Iron Age, ca. 900 to 600 BCE. A near-miniature bichrome red-on-white pottery jug vessel, its ovoid body hand-painted with a lively

0006A: Cypriot Painted Bi-chrome Terracotta JugEst. $250-$375Lot Passed

Greek Archaic Bronze Attachment - Duck Motif: **Originally Listed at $250** Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 6th century BCE. A cast bronze attachment for a vessel - probably a lid - with a seated duck (or possibly swan/goose) on one side. The shape

0006B: Greek Archaic Bronze Attachment - Duck MotifEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

Archaic Greek Terracotta Goddess Protome: **Originally listed at 175** Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 600 BCE. A large mold-made ceramic figure of a woman with a large headdress, probably a goddess. Size: 4" W x 5" H (10.2 cm x 12.7 cm)The

0007: Archaic Greek Terracotta Goddess ProtomeEst. $250-$350Lot Passed

Roman Bronze Near-Miniature Aryballos: **Originally Listed At $650** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A petite cast bronze aryballos, a near-miniature vessel for holding oil, with a globular body and a narrow neck

0008: Roman Bronze Near-Miniature AryballosEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Lovely Etruscan Bucchero Pottery Kyathos: **Originally Listed At $500** Classical World, Etruria, ca. early 6th century CE. A small kyathos, a drinking cup with a tall handle, in the glossy black style of Bucchero ware. This particular

0009: Lovely Etruscan Bucchero Pottery KyathosEst. $900-$1,400Lot Passed

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Miniature Greek Blackware Footed Nestoris: **Originally Listed at $150** Greece, Magna Graecia/South Italic colonies, ca. 430 to 420 BCE. A miniature nestoris, a form inspired by the trozzella of Messapia. It has a biconical body with two

0009A: Miniature Greek Blackware Footed NestorisEst. $300-$500

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Western Greek Pottery Protome Bust of a Goddess: **Originally Listed At $200** Western Greece, ca. 5th to 4th century CE. A pottery bust of a woman - probably a goddess - with flowing hair and veil and a realistic if a bit sulky face. The protome

0010: Western Greek Pottery Protome Bust of a GoddessEst. $400-$600

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Greek Blackware Terracotta Bowl - Impressed Decoration: **Originally Listed at $200** Magna Graecia, South Italy, Campania, ca. 4th century BCE. A lovely blackware bowl on a concave round foot, the central tondo adorned with an impressed radiating

0010A: Greek Blackware Terracotta Bowl - Impressed DecorationEst. $300-$450

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Greek Black Glazed Olpe - Silvery Iridescence!: **Originally Listed at $200** Greece, Magna Graecia, ca. 5th to 4th Century BCE. Lovely pottery pouring vessel covered in deep black lead glaze now with silvery iridescent surface. Wide body, short

0010B: Greek Black Glazed Olpe - Silvery Iridescence!Est. $300-$450Lot Passed

Miniature Greek Blackware Hydria: **Originally Listed at $200** Greek Empire, Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, ca. 325 BCE. Miniature pottery wine vessel called a hydria designed specifically as a funerary offering. Twin upturned

0010C: Miniature Greek Blackware HydriaEst. $300-$450Lot Passed

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Miniature Greek Apulian Red-Figure Vessel w/ Palmette: **Originally Listed at $200** Magna Graecia, South Italy, Apulian, ca. 340 to 320 BCE. A sweet and petite miniature ceramic pitcher with a bulbous body, tapering neck that rises to a slightly flared

0010D: Miniature Greek Apulian Red-Figure Vessel w/ PalmetteEst. $300-$450

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Greek Apulian Lady of Fashion Plate: **Originally Listed At $900** Greece, Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A Greek red-figure plate on a raised foot featuring a "Lady of Fashion" wearing a saccos (head scarf)

0011: Greek Apulian Lady of Fashion PlateEst. $1,400-$2,000

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Greek Hellenistic Marble Head of Female: **Originally Listed at $3000** Ancient Greece, Hellenistic, ca. 3rd century BCE. A finely carved 3/4 round marble head of a female, perhaps a deity such as Aphrodite, but possibly a more pedestrian

0011A: Greek Hellenistic Marble Head of FemaleEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Eastern Greek Greyware Pottery Pouring Vessel: **Originally Listed at $300** Eastern Greece, Hellenistic Anatolia, ca. 4th to 3rd century CE. An attractive pottery vessel with a bulbous body, a trefoil spout, and a trifurcated strap handle

0011B: Eastern Greek Greyware Pottery Pouring VesselEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

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Near-Miniature Greek Campanian Pottery Kantharos: **Originally Listed at $200** Magna Graecia, South Italy, Campania, ca. 4th to 3rd century CE. A petite pottery vessel, skillfully wheel-thrown with remarkably thin walls and an elegant form with

0011C: Near-Miniature Greek Campanian Pottery KantharosEst. $300-$450

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Greek Boetian Tanagra Pottery Female Figure: **Originally Listed At $3000** Central Greece, Boetia, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. An expertly rendered, hollow-cast female standing figure mounted upon a square pottery base. The elegant figure

0012: Greek Boetian Tanagra Pottery Female FigureEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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The following are the TERMS OF SALE for bidding in our Live Online Auction, Thursday, August 17th, 2017: AUCTION will start at 8 a.m. MT, 10 p.m. EST, 7 a.m. PST - Live Online / Absentee / Phone 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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