Ancient, Ethnographic & Religious Art

17th C. Russian Icon - St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

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Ancient, Ethnographic & Religious Art

Artemis Gallery

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Featuring the private collection of the late Michael Reiniger from Chicago, IL. Mr. Reininger was an enthusiastic collector of classical antiquities, Pre-Columbian and Religious art, including Spanish Colonial and Russian icons. His taste was quite eclectic, but we think you?ll find the variety of his collection to be most appealing. All items legally acquired / legal to sell. All shipping is handled in-house for your convenience.

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Egyptian Bronze Standing Osiris: Egypt, New Kingdom or later, ca. 1550 to 331 BCE. This is a thin bronze statue of Osiris, the god of the afterlife, depicted here with his large headdress. Size: 0.8" W x 3.3" H (2 cm x 8.4 cm).

0001: Egyptian Bronze Standing OsirisEst. $400-$600

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Egyptian Alabaster Cosmetic Jar: Egypt, early Dynastic Period, ca. 4000 to 3500 BCE. Beautiful egg-shaped jar in translucent alabaster, two small lugs on the shoulder, once having a separately made rim. Size: 1" L x 1" W x 3.25" H

0001A: Egyptian Alabaster Cosmetic JarEst. $500-$700Lot Passed

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Egyptian Bronze Striding Pharaoh Amulet: Egypt, New Kingdom or later, ca. 1550 to 331 BCE This is a small bronze statue showing the "striding pharaoh" style; the pharaoh has a large headdress that includes a loop to fasten it to something.

0002: Egyptian Bronze Striding Pharaoh AmuletEst. $600-$900

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Romano Egyptian Limestone Bust: Egypt, under Roman rule, ca 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. Very attractive Limestone carving of a male's head. Oval face with short straight hairdo, large almond-shaped eyes and thin lips - with

0003: Romano Egyptian Limestone BustEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Lot of 3 Romano-Egyptian Textile Panels: Romano-Egyptian, ca. 2nd to 5th century CE. This is a trio of textile panels; two show human figures and the third shows small animals that look like sheep or goats. They are probably all examples of

0003A: Lot of 3 Romano-Egyptian Textile PanelsEst. $800-$1,200

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Coptic Painted Pottery Vessel - Fish, Bird, & Christ: Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, ca. 4th to 8th century CE. A beautiful and iconographically rich terracotta vessel with a depressed globular body, short neck, and flattened rim, hand painted in hues of red

0004: Coptic Painted Pottery Vessel - Fish, Bird, & ChristEst. $2,000-$4,000Lot Passed

Greek Geometric Period Lidded Pyxis in Bronze: Greece, most likely from Macedonia, Geometric Period, 8th century BCE. Gorgeous bronze pyxis with oblong body and decorative openwork flange at base, lid in the form of two bird heads, central

0005: Greek Geometric Period Lidded Pyxis in BronzeEst. $3,000-$4,000Lot Passed

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Greek Attic Pottery Fragment - Actor's Mask: Greece, Athens, Attic, ca. 510 to 490 BCE. A wondrous Attic pottery foot depicting an expressive actor's mask, created with the black figure technique. To create the dramatic visage on the tondo of

0006: Greek Attic Pottery Fragment - Actor's MaskEst. $500-$750

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Greek Pottery Protome of a Female Face: Greece, ca. 500 BCE. This is an orange-red pottery protome showing a face with elaborately styled, flowing hair and clear features including a realistic nose, eyes, and mouth. A protome is a three

0007: Greek Pottery Protome of a Female FaceEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Signed Attic Red Figure Vase Fragment - Hoplite: Ancient Greece, Athens, ca. 500 to 490 BCE. A brilliant red-figure section depicting a kneeling Hoplite from ancient Athens, with an inscription on the right side of the figure. The inscription is

0008: Signed Attic Red Figure Vase Fragment - HopliteEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Greek Cobalt Blue Core-Formed Glass Alabastron: Greek Empire, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. Beautiful glass perfume vial or alabastron, so named because many vessels in this form were made of alabaster, in deep blue glass with yellow trailing

0009: Greek Cobalt Blue Core-Formed Glass AlabastronEst. $2,500-$3,000Lot Passed

Greek Iron Kopis Dagger, ex-J. Piscopo: Greece, ca. 5th century BCE. This is the iron blade of a Greek dagger, known as a kopis. It has decorative inscribed lines along one curved edge of its blade and includes a slight guard and extended

0009A: Greek Iron Kopis Dagger, ex-J. PiscopoEst. $600-$800Lot Passed

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Greek Paestan Red Figure Skyphos: Magna Graecia, Western Italy, Paestan, ca. 400 to 350 BCE. Attractive red-figure skyphos (wine cup) most likely produced in Paestum (just south of Naples), depicting a standing male wearing a toga

0010: Greek Paestan Red Figure SkyphosEst. $1,800-$2,500

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Greek Apulian Red Figure Fragments: Modern day Italy, Apulia, ca. 430 to 300 BCE. These are three pottery fragments from large vases, all painted in the traditional style of Apulian Red-Figure. The main production center was at Taras,

0011: Greek Apulian Red Figure FragmentsEst. $500-$900

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Greek Pottery Statue of Demeter: Greece, South Italic colonies, ca. 4th century BCE. An elegant ceramic figure depicting Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest, corn, and grain. Although the figure is standing, we are viewing

0012: Greek Pottery Statue of DemeterEst. $600-$900

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Lovely Greek Gnatian Pottery Kylix - Grapevines: Magna Graecia, modern day Apulia, Italy, ca. 4th century BCE. This is a lovely delicate black kylix with incised and painted details. Kylix is the name -- used since antiquity -- for shallow-bowled

0013: Lovely Greek Gnatian Pottery Kylix - GrapevinesEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Large/Impressive Ancient Greek Transport Amphora: Greece, Greek Islands, ca. 3rd to 2nd BCE. A stunning pottery transport amphora dating to the period just after Alexander the Great. Tannish clay, elongated near-conical body with nearly horizontal

0014: Large/Impressive Ancient Greek Transport AmphoraEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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6 Roman and Greek Coins, Silver / Bronze: Greece and Rome, ca. 500 BCE to 400 CE. This is a collection of coins, some silver and some bronze, from different eras and places. One of them is an Antonius Felix from 58/59 CE. Size: 0.8" W (2

0015: 6 Roman and Greek Coins, Silver / BronzeEst. $500-$900

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Rare Celtic Iron Spear Head, ex-Piscopo: Europe, ca. 800 to 500 BCE. This is a hammered iron spear head with a tapered, leaf-shaped design, a slight ridge, and a slender conical socketed shaft for attaching to a piece of wood. Iron spear

0015A: Rare Celtic Iron Spear Head, ex-PiscopoEst. $600-$900

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Etruscan Bronze Statuette of Kouros: Europe, Central Italy, Etruria, Etruscan, ca. 5th century BCE. A very rare Etruscan bronze statuette depicting a kouros, or statue of a nude youth votive figure. The young man is depicted in a

0016: Etruscan Bronze Statuette of KourosEst. $3,000-$6,000

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Ancient Roman Carnelian Intaglio / Gold Ring: Roman Empire, ca. 1st century. Lovely carnelian intaglio depicting the God Mercury. He stands holding his coin purse in one hand snake staff in other. Set onto modern 18kt gold ring. Weight 9.8

0016A: Ancient Roman Carnelian Intaglio / Gold RingEst. $900-$1,200

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Rare Roman Marble Male Head & Nude Torso: Roman Empire, Hellenistic, ca. 1st century BCE. A carved marble sculpture depicting the head and torso of a nude male figure with an expressive and somewhat contorted posture. Notice that one of his

0016B: Rare Roman Marble Male Head & Nude TorsoEst. $2,500-$3,500

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Fine Roman Terra Sigillata Pottery Section: Roman Empire, ca. 1st century BCE to 3rd century CE. An impressive terra sigillata pottery section depicting two figures, one seated, the other standing with legs crossed at the knee. Bright red,

0017: Fine Roman Terra Sigillata Pottery SectionEst. $500-$750

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Rare Roman Iron Axe Blade, ex-Piscopo: Roman, ca. 0 to 450 CE. This is a hammered iron axe blade with a long, hooked blade, and an oval hole for a wood handle. Iron is very difficult to date, but we do know that the Romans admired the axe

0017A: Rare Roman Iron Axe Blade, ex-PiscopoEst. $500-$700

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