Ancient / Ethnographic Art Around The World

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Ancient / Ethnographic Art Around The World

Artemis Gallery

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Join us Oct. 27 and travel back in time and around the world as we present a wide array of classical antiquities from ancient Egypt, Greece, Italy, as well as other important European cultures, including Viking / Celtic; Pre-Columbian art from Mexico, Central and South America; Tribal / Ethnographic Art from Africa, India, Asia and the South Pacific; Native American, Spanish Colonial and Folk Art. Much, much more!

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Ancient Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Spear Point: Egypt, late Pre-Dynastic, ca. 4000 to 3100 BCE. A clearly knapped lithic spear point, done in a smooth beige stone with an almost milky surface. Made to be lashed to a longer stick, possibly used for

0001: Ancient Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Spear PointEst. $400-$600

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Rare Egyptian Steatite Quadruple Scarab: Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1150 to 1070 BCE. An extremely rare scarab in traditional beetle form, positioned side-by-side four across, made of glazed steatite. Underside inscribed with repeating "enra"

0002: Rare Egyptian Steatite Quadruple ScarabEst. $900-$1,200Lot Passed

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Gorgeous Egyptian Faience Necklace w/ 6 Poppy Amulets: Egypt, Late Dynastic period, ca. 712 to 332 BCE. This is a beautiful small necklace composed of multi-colored faience seed beads and seven poppy seed amulet beads made from stone (each one surrounded

0002A: Gorgeous Egyptian Faience Necklace w/ 6 Poppy AmuletsEst. $1,700-$2,500

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Large & Fine Egyptian Faience Amulet of Taweret: Egypt, probably late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Periods, ca. 1290 to 30 BCE. A gorgeous and well-preserved faience amulet of the goddess Taweret with a roll at the top pierced for suspension. She stands,

0002B: Large & Fine Egyptian Faience Amulet of TaweretEst. $600-$900

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Elegant Egyptian Wood & Gesso Uraeus: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 712 to 332 BCE. A finely gessoed and carved wooden uraeus, a representation of the sacred serpent worn on the headdresses of Egyptian deities and sovereigns. Some

0002C: Elegant Egyptian Wood & Gesso UraeusEst. $500-$700

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Egyptian Wood & Painted Gesso Mummy Mask: Egypt, Late Period, ca. 712 to 300 BCE. This painted wooden sarcophagus mask displays quintessential Egyptian beauty - the huge, black outlined eyes, the smaller nose and mouth. It is an elegant and

0002D: Egyptian Wood & Painted Gesso Mummy MaskEst. $900-$1,200

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Custom Necklace w/ Ancient Egyptian Eye of Ra Amulet: Egypt, late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Periods, ca. 1290 to 30 BCE. A faience Eye of Ra amulet set on a modern leather stringing and a braided leather round backing. The Eye of Ra - also known as the Eye

0002E: Custom Necklace w/ Ancient Egyptian Eye of Ra AmuletEst. $750-$1,100Lot Passed

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Custom Necklace w/ Ancient Egyptian Faience Beads: Egyptian, late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Periods, ca. 1290 to 30 BCE. A modern stringing of a double strand of small ancient seed and long faience beads, in a variety of blues, greens, browns, and creams

0002F: Custom Necklace w/ Ancient Egyptian Faience BeadsEst. $700-$1,050

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Egyptian Wood & Gesso Child's Mummy Mask: Egypt, Late Period, ca. 712 to 300 BCE. This painted wooden sarcophagus mask displays quintessential Egyptian beauty - the huge, black outlined eyes, the smaller nose and mouth. It is an elegant and

0002G: Egyptian Wood & Gesso Child's Mummy MaskEst. $1,200-$1,500

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Custom Necklace w/ Ancient Egyptian Faience Beads: Egyptian, late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Periods, ca. 1290 to 30 BCE. A thick black leather cord holds six strands of varied blue and blue green faience large seed beads that dangle alongside a round

0002H: Custom Necklace w/ Ancient Egyptian Faience BeadsEst. $1,400-$2,100Lot Passed

Custom Necklace w/ Ancient Egyptian Eye of Ra Pendant: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 500 BCE. A large collection of small ancient faience seed beads, with modern brass connectors, and a dangling faience Eye of Ra (also kown as the Eye of Horus or

0002I: Custom Necklace w/ Ancient Egyptian Eye of Ra PendantEst. $2,500-$4,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Bronze Amulet of Standing Osiris: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 712 to 332 BCE. This is a small cast bronze amulet showing Osiris. He is depicted in his standing form, mummified, with his hands emerging from his wrappings to hold

0002J: Egyptian Bronze Amulet of Standing OsirisEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

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Egyptian Bronze Standing Mummiform Osiris: Egypt, Late Dynasty, 26th to 30th Dynasty, ca. 664 to 343 BCE. A finely cast solid bronze standing mummiform Osiris - god of the afterlife as well as deity of transition, regeneration, and

0003: Egyptian Bronze Standing Mummiform OsirisEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Neolithic Vinca Bird-Headed Goddess, ex-Royal Athena: Central Europe, Vinca culture, ca. 5700 to 4500 BCE. An anthropomorphic / zoomorphic pottery figurine with smoothed feathers and a bird-like face, arms/wings outstretched, and a concave base.

0003A: Neolithic Vinca Bird-Headed Goddess, ex-Royal AthenaEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Custom Necklace w/ Ancient Papyrus in Circular Pendant: Ancient Egypt, probably Hellenistic or Ptolemaic periods, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A simple, elegant, modern necklace design, with a thin chain made of several strands of narrow silver wire holding a

0003C: Custom Necklace w/ Ancient Papyrus in Circular PendantEst. $750-$1,100

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Unusual Egyptian Wooden Panel w/ Ba Bird: Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 300 to 32 BCE. A wooden panel painted with an Egyptian Ba Bird, a human-headed falcon wearing a tri-partite black wig with long lappets, magnificent wings delineated with

0003D: Unusual Egyptian Wooden Panel w/ Ba BirdEst. $500-$700

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50+ Egyptian Faience Beads & Amulets, ex-Sothebys: Egypt, all periods, ca. 2000 BCE to 0 CE. A collection of over fifty small beads, some faience, some stone, some glass, and some pottery, all from ancient Egypt and in a variety of shapes and sizes.

0003E: 50+ Egyptian Faience Beads & Amulets, ex-SothebysEst. $300-$500

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Cypriot Striped Pottery Jar - 4500 year Old!: Cyprus, Early Bronze II Period, ca. 2900 to 2650 BCE. A tapered bulbous pottery bottle with petite slab-made, perforated shoulder lugs allowing for suspension and a subtly flared rim atop of a short

0003F: Cypriot Striped Pottery Jar - 4500 year Old!Est. $400-$600

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Greek Bronze Aryballos: Greece, ca. 600 BCE. A small cast bronze aryballos, a vessel with a small, round/ovoid body and a narrow neck terminating in a flared, very narrow spout. This example has a handle with slight

0004: Greek Bronze AryballosEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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Western Greek Archaic Pottery Female Protome: Ancient Greece, Archaic, ca. 650 to 480 BCE. A mould-made terracotta female head protome of the Archaic period, wearing a stephane, a himation drawn up and over her head, with a crimped fringe of

0004A: Western Greek Archaic Pottery Female ProtomeEst. $600-$900

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Mycenaean Pottery Three Handled Jar: Greece, Mycenaean Period, Late Bronze Age II, ca. 1450 to 1200 BCE. A truly beautiful and ancient pottery vessel with wave patterns around the body, three loop handles (one now gone) and a rounded,

0004B: Mycenaean Pottery Three Handled JarEst. $3,000-$4,000Lot Passed

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Greek Attic Pottery White-Ground Lekythos: Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 6th century BCE. This is a slender cylindrical veseel with a pronounced, flat foot, a thin neck rising to a flared, flat rim, a small strap handle, and a tapered body

0005: Greek Attic Pottery White-Ground LekythosEst. $600-$900

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Classical Ancient Greek Terracotta Goddess Head: Greece, ca. 4th century CE. A gorgeous pottery head of a goddess. She has a sensitive and naturalistic face, clearly from the Classical period; she wears a headdress and large earrings (one of which

0005A: Classical Ancient Greek Terracotta Goddess HeadEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

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Lovely Greek Pottery Askos - Siren Form: Ancient Greece, Classical period, ca. 400 BCE. A wonderful pottery askos (vessel used to store perfumed oils) with a narrow opening and subtly flared rim, the neck and body depicting a Siren, her

0005B: Lovely Greek Pottery Askos - Siren FormEst. $600-$900

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The following are the TERMS OF SALE for bidding in Live Auction, Thursday, October 27, 2016. AUCTION will start at 8 a.m. MT, 10 p.m. EST, 7 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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