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Antiquities | Ethnographic | Folk Art

Artemis Gallery

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Classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, Europe, Near East, Far East, Mexico, Central America, South America, North America, African / Tribal, Oceanic; plus the third part of a 1000 piece collection of Folk Art with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit The Fowler Museum at UCLA.

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Tall Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Black Top Grain Measure: Egypt, Nagada II (Naqada), ca. 3500 to 3200 BCE. This is an ovaloid hand-coiled pottery grain measure with a round base and a flat rim, decorated with an orange-red pigment on its exterior aside from

0001: Tall Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Black Top Grain MeasureEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Egyptian Glazed Steatite Scarab - Twin Cartouches: Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Tuthmosis III, 1479 to 1425 BCE. This is a very fine example of one of the most commonly-found Egyptian artifacts, a glazed scarab carved from steatite

0001A: Egyptian Glazed Steatite Scarab - Twin CartouchesEst. $500-$700

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Egyptian Scarab Swivel Ring - Thutmose III: Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1479 to 1401 BCE. A white stone scarab with an inscription for Thutmose III (also Tutmosis), who is known as the "Napoleon of Egypt", famous for his victories on the

0001B: Egyptian Scarab Swivel Ring - Thutmose IIIEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Large Egyptian Blue Faience Amulet of Bes: Egypt, possibly Amarna period, ca. 14th century BCE. This is a beautiful small amulet, in excellent condition, showing the god Bes posed with knees bent and obvious large phallus. He has a beard

0002: Large Egyptian Blue Faience Amulet of BesEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Egyptian Green Faience Ushabti: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. Green faience shabti painted with black details. Ushabti were placed in tombs as grave goods, created to do manual labor for the deceased in

0002A: Egyptian Green Faience UshabtiEst. $700-$900

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Wonderful Egyptian Faience Bes Amulet w/ Glyph Band: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. This is a beautiful small amulet, in excellent condition, showing the god Bes with hieroglyphs on his back (a pressing is attached to the front

0003: Wonderful Egyptian Faience Bes Amulet w/ Glyph BandEst. $1,500-$2,200Lot Passed

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Fine Egyptian Faience Ushabti - Extensive Hieroglyphs: Egypt, Late Period, probably 26th (Saite) Dynasty, ca. 664 to 525 BCE. A very fine faience ushabti (shabti), pale green, with extensive hieroglyphs. Ushabti were placed in tombs as grave goods,

0004: Fine Egyptian Faience Ushabti - Extensive HieroglyphsEst. $800-$1,200

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Egyptian Faience Bastet Amulet: Egypt, Late Dynastic period, ca. 712 to 332 BCE. This is a small, perfectly-shaped faience amulet with a loop for suspension. The standing figure is in the shape of a standing cat-headed goddess,

0004A: Egyptian Faience Bastet AmuletEst. $400-$600

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Rare Egyptian Steatite Scarab w/ Nubian Head: Egypt, Late Dynastic period to Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 750 to 30 BCE. A small steatite (soapstone) carved scarab with the unusual addition of a carved Nubian face on its back where its wings

0004B: Rare Egyptian Steatite Scarab w/ Nubian HeadEst. $600-$900

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Amusing Egyptian Faience Phallic Amulet of Ptah: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period to Late Dynastic Period, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. This is a small faience amulet that is guaranteed to spark discussion. It shows a seated figure of Ptah, the creator god

0004C: Amusing Egyptian Faience Phallic Amulet of PtahEst. $500-$700

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Egyptian Bronze Seated Statuette - Harpocrates / Horus: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 330 BCE. A seated bronze figure of the child god Harpocrates, sitting nude, legs together with feet on an integral square base, right

0004D: Egyptian Bronze Seated Statuette - Harpocrates / HorusEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Egyptian Faience Ushabti - Late Dynastic Period: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 31, ca. 662 to 320 BCE. Faience ushabti - servant for the deceased in the afterlife, standing mummiform holding crook and flail, pillar down back

0005: Egyptian Faience Ushabti - Late Dynastic PeriodEst. $500-$750

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Egyptian Polychrome Pottery Shabti, ex-Sotheby's: Egypt, probably late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Periods, ca. 1290 to 30 BCE. This is a fairly unique shabti, made of pottery and painted in several colors, with bright blue and black pigment remaining.

0006: Egyptian Polychrome Pottery Shabti, ex-Sotheby'sEst. $550-$775

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Tall Egyptian Bronze Standing Osiris Figure: Egyptian, Late Dynastic (26th to 30th Dynasty), ca. 664 to 342 BCE. A solid cast bronze votive statuette depicting Osiris, the god of the afterlife, standing mummiform, wearing his distinctive atef

0008: Tall Egyptian Bronze Standing Osiris FigureEst. $1,800-$2,200Lot Passed

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Large Egyptian Faience Winged Scarab: Egypt, Late Dynastic period, ca. 712 to 332 BCE. A large faience winged scarab, with carved details of head, body, and legs, pierced for suspension. Amulets of the scarab were hugely popular for over

0009: Large Egyptian Faience Winged ScarabEst. $400-$600

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Tall Egyptian Polychrome Clay Ushabti: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. This is a large pottery painted ushabti (shabti). Ushabti were placed in tombs as grave goods, created to do manual labor for the deceased in

0010: Tall Egyptian Polychrome Clay UshabtiEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Bronze Amulet - Form of Osiris: Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic periods, ca. 662 to 30 BCE. This is a large cast bronze votive amulet of Osiris, standing, holding his implements, the crook and flail, at his shoulders. Osiris, the

0011: Egyptian Bronze Amulet - Form of OsirisEst. $600-$900

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Egyptian Bronze Janus-Headed Statue - Anubis-Khnum: Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 330 to 30 BCE. A fantastic bronze sculpture showing the ram headed god Khnum, responsible for helping shape the forms of humans and animals at creation, on one side, and

0013: Egyptian Bronze Janus-Headed Statue - Anubis-KhnumEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Rare Romano-Egyptian Silver Amulet of Seated Pharaoh: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 30 BCE to 2nd century CE. A small silver amulet in the form of a seated pharaoh, shown with a sun-shaped disk on his large crown and the straight false beard that

0013A: Rare Romano-Egyptian Silver Amulet of Seated PharaohEst. $800-$1,200

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Rare Coptic Limestone Plaque Man w/ IHO & Cross: Egypt, Coptic period, ca. 200 to 400 CE. Very rare limestone tablet depicting what we assume is Christ standing with the hand of God coming down from the heavens. Inscribed on each side of the

0013B: Rare Coptic Limestone Plaque Man w/ IHO & CrossEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Rare Greek Geometric Period Terracotta Horses (2): 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

0014: Rare Greek Geometric Period Terracotta Horses (2)Est. $600-$800

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Cypriot Pottery Pedestal Plate - Bullseye Design: Cyprus, ca. 7th to 6th centuries BCE. This is a low, round-bodied pedestal plate with a bullseye design in its center and very small handles with pinhole loops attached to the rim. The foot is

0014A: Cypriot Pottery Pedestal Plate - Bullseye DesignEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

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Archaic Phoenician Glazed Steatite Scarab - Ipotane: Ancient Mediterranean, Phoenicia, Archaic period, 7th to early 5th century BCE. Wonderful steatite (soapstone) scarab with a design of an ipotane, with the hindquarters of a horse and a human front

0014B: Archaic Phoenician Glazed Steatite Scarab - IpotaneEst. $500-$700

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Greek Corinthian Pottery Aryballos - Ibex: Greece, Corinthia, ca. 6th century BCE. A very attractive terractorra ryballos - a vessel used to hold scented oils and perfumes in the bath - decorated with an ivbex/antelope in red/black pigments,

0015: Greek Corinthian Pottery Aryballos - IbexEst. $800-$1,000Lot Passed

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