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Antiquities | Ancient | Ethnographic Art

Artemis Gallery

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Join us Thursday, March 31, 2016 for a one-day auction featuring authentic ancient and ethnographic art from around the world. Egyptian. Greek. Roman. Daunian. Etruscan. Near East. Far East. Asian. African / Tribal. Ethnographic. Spanish Colonial. Militaria. So much more. All price ranges, no hidden reserves.

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Egyptian Alabaster Mace - Unique Form: Egypt, Old Kingdom, ca. 2400 BCE. This is a small alabaster mace head with an interesting, pot-like shape. One side has a thick, red patina. Comes with a marble stand. Size with stand: 4" H x 3-1/2"

0001: Egyptian Alabaster Mace - Unique FormEst. $400-$600

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Gorgeous Egyptian Alabaster Vessel: Egypt, Old Kingdom, ca. 3000 to 2600 BCE. This is an absolutely gorgeous banded alabaster cylindrical vase; the bottom tapers to a point and the rim is thick and rolled. There are minor surface

0001B: Gorgeous Egyptian Alabaster VesselEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Flint Blade, ex-Piscopo: Egypt, late Pre-Dynastic, ca. 4000 to 3100 BCE. This is a percussion flaked knife made in the "classic" style with a long curved blade edge and a straight back edge. This knife has a handle and is

0001C: Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Flint Blade, ex-PiscopoEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Egyptian Turquoise Faience Amulet of Pataklos: Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1500 BCE. A glazed faience standing male dwarf figure of blue-green hues with black and cobalt blue highlights and a wide suspension loop on the back of the neck as it was

0002: Egyptian Turquoise Faience Amulet of PataklosEst. $1,800-$2,400Lot Passed

Lot of 2 Ancient Egyptian Stone Offering Vessels: Egypt, Middle to New Kingdom, Dynasties 15 through 19, ca. 1700 to 1100 BCE. Nice pair of offering vessels including a rare blue marble container which could either be an offering vessel or kohl jar.

0002A: Lot of 2 Ancient Egyptian Stone Offering VesselsEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Egyptian Bronze Sarcophagus Eyes / Eyebrows: 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

0003: Egyptian Bronze Sarcophagus Eyes / EyebrowsEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Egyptian Seated Bronze Harpocrates Amulet: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 315 BCE. Lovely ancient bronze of a seated Harpocrates. The youthful prince sits with legs together, sidelock and pharonic crown

0003C: Egyptian Seated Bronze Harpocrates AmuletEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Egyptian Wood / Gesso Sarcophagus Mask: Egyptian, Late Dynastic Period, dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 315 BCE. Lovely wood and gesso mask from a wooden sarcophagus. Fine carved facial features, painted eyes and original dowels.

0004: Egyptian Wood / Gesso Sarcophagus MaskEst. $1,500-$2,100Lot Passed

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Superb Egyptian Faience Isis Fragment: Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 315 BCE. What a masterpiece this was (and still is)! Large faience section of Isis, perhaps once holding the infant Horus on

0005: Superb Egyptian Faience Isis FragmentEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Translated Egyptian Faience Shabti for Paf Heri Hes: Egypt, 25th to 26th Dynasty, ca. 626 to 525 BCE. This is green-glazed faience shabti features incised hieroglyphic markings/decoration. It has its arms crossed over its chests and is holding hoes

0006: Translated Egyptian Faience Shabti for Paf Heri HesEst. $1,400-$2,100

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Romano Egyptian Plaster Animal Head, ex-Arnovick: Egypt, under Roman rule, ca 1st century BCE/CE. Unusual plaster model of what I am calling a lion, but could also be a large dog - in the mastiff family. Perhaps created as a sculptor's model, the

0006A: Romano Egyptian Plaster Animal Head, ex-ArnovickEst. $200-$300

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Cypriot Black Rim Redware Dipper: Cyprus, Levant Iron Age II, ca. 1000 to 800 BCE. This is a beautifully simple dipper with a small pierced projection and a deep round bowl. The body has a well-burnished red slip with a thin black

0006C: Cypriot Black Rim Redware DipperEst. $900-$1,400Lot Passed

Greek Geometric Bronze Bird Pendant: Greece, Geometric Period, ca second half of 8th century BCE. Standing bird in cast bronze with pointed beak, long flat tail, rotund body, two thin legs below and two circular openings on opposing

0007: Greek Geometric Bronze Bird PendantEst. $2,000-$2,500Lot Passed

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Greek Geometric Period Bronze Bird Pendant: Greece, Geometric Period, ca. 8th to 7th century BCE. Attractive bronze pendant in the form of an abstract bird. Long bronze decoration with long beak, neck, and tail, suspension loop in center of

0007A: Greek Geometric Period Bronze Bird PendantEst. $500-$750

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Rare Pair of Greek Geometric Period Horses: Ancient Greece, Crete, Geometric, ca. 7th to 9th century BCE. Two buff terracotta votive horses, standing in alert poses with abstract, stylized bodies and beautifully appliqued adornments. One dons

0007B: Rare Pair of Greek Geometric Period HorsesEst. $600-$800Lot Passed

Greek Bronze Animal Votive, Near-Miniature: Ancient Greece, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A near miniature ancient Greek bronze votive figurine depicting an animal, possibly a calf, upon an integrated base with outstretched front legs and

0008: Greek Bronze Animal Votive, Near-MiniatureEst. $2,000-$2,500Lot Passed

Ancient Greek Silver Child's Bracelet: Greece, ca. 8th to 6th century BCE. This is a small bracelet made of silver with abstractly-designed terminals. The bracelet size suggests that it was a child's. Tragically, a silver bracelet like

0008C: Ancient Greek Silver Child's BraceletEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Lot of 2 Greek Corinthian Aryballoi / Aryballos: Ancient Greece, Corinth, Korinthos, ca. 575 to 550 BCE. Two Corinthian aryballoi of a classic form comprised of a spherical body, rounded bottom, and a thick vertical handle joining the body to the

0009: Lot of 2 Greek Corinthian Aryballoi / AryballosEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Greek Corinthian Pottery Kothon / Exaleiptron: Ancient Greece, region of Corinth, ca. 6th century BCE. A bichrome pottery kothon vessel, also known as a plemochoe or exaleiptron, of a classic kothon form with a wide, short bulbous body,

0010: Greek Corinthian Pottery Kothon / ExaleiptronEst. $500-$700Lot Passed

Greek Corinthian Polychrome Aryballoi / Aryballos (3): Ancient Greece, Corinth, Korinthos, ca. 575 to 550 BCE. Three Corinthian polychrome aryballoi, the classic form comprised of a spherical body, rounded bottom, and a thick vertical handle joining the

0010C: Greek Corinthian Polychrome Aryballoi / Aryballos (3)Est. $900-$1,400Lot Passed

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Greek Attic Blackware Kylix / Skyphos: Ancient Greece, Athens, ca. Late 6th / 5th Century BCE. A finely executed blackware kylix or perhaps skyphos with a wide and deep cup, standing upon a raised ring base, with twin horizontal handles

0011: Greek Attic Blackware Kylix / SkyphosEst. $600-$900

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Greek Boeatian Pottery Protome - Demeter: Greece, Boeatian, ca. 6th century BCE. This is a buff terracotta votive offering of a female, mold made, depicting what may be the goddess Demeter or Persephone with a fine smiling mouth, chin,

0011B: Greek Boeatian Pottery Protome - DemeterEst. $800-$1,200

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Greek Attic Black Figure Lekythos - Battle Scene: Relisted due to Non-Paying Bidder. Greece, Athens, ca. 500 BCE. This is a slender cylindrical pottery lekythos (oil vessel) decorated in the black figure technique. It has a finely painted and

0011C: Greek Attic Black Figure Lekythos - Battle SceneEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

0012: Greek Terracotta Fragment Depicting a SphinxEst. $700-$1,200Lot Passed

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The following are the TERMS OF SALE for bidding in Live Auction, Weds., March 31, 2016. AUCTION will start at 9 a.m. MT, 11 a.m. EST, 8 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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