Artemis Gallery will hold Day 1 of an
important 2-day auction
featuring exceptional art from around the world on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 9:00 AM CDT. In this image: Anatolian Bronze Axe Head w/ Gold. Estimate $30,000 - $45,000.
Published & Translated Egyptian Wood Sarcophagus Panels
. Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 22nd Dynasty, ca. 1069 to 720 BCE. A stunning pair of hand-carved wooden sarcophagus side panels, each of a straight form with a slight curve at one end, meant for a woman named Khaasneith. Estimate $40,000 - $60,000.
Huge Egyptian Limestone Sarcophagus Head - 1941 Invoice
. Egyptian, Late Period to Early Ptolemaic, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A monumental carved limestone head from a relief or the lid of an anthropoid sarcophagus. Estimate $40,000 - $60,000.
Large Greek Attic Skyphos with Horses - Haimon Group
. Ancient Greece, Attic, Haimon Group, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A quite sizeable Attic black-figure skyphos decorated with four horses steered by a single horseman and flanked by stylized palmettes on each side (three with an added white dot at the centers). Estimate $6,000 - $9,000.
Published / Exhibited Greek Chalcidian Bronze Helmet
. Greece, Classical Period, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A striking Chalcidian helmet comprised of hammered tinned bronze, so named as this helmet form was initially depicted on pottery believed to derive from the Euboean city of Chalcis. Estimate $40,000 - $60,000.
Amazing Roman Green Mosaic Glass Bowl
. Rome, Imperial Period, late 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. An exquisite, marbled or marvered mosaic glass (also called color band glass) petite bowl of stunning teal, cerulean blue, kelly green, and seafoam green hues. Estimate $8,000 - $12,000.
Roman Marble Sarcophagus Panel w/ Cupid (Eros)
. Roman, late Republican / Hellenistic to early Imperial Period, ca. 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE. A large marble panel fragment from a sarcophagus depicting Cupid (Eros) or an erote, shown from the side with his childlike body and small part of a wing just visible at his back. Estimate $18,000 - $25,000.
Published & Exhibited Roman Marble Torso of Chubby Boy
. Roman, Imperial, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A finely carved marble torso of a youth with an appropriately fleshy body, nude save the fascinating cord of amulets over his right shoulder. Estimate $25,000 - $35,000.
Roman Stone Mosaic with Dancing Bacchic Figures
. Late Roman or Early Byzantine, the Levant, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to 6th century CE. A very fine Roman mosaic comprised of thousands of stone tesserae, the rectangular composition depicting three dancers - two male figures flanking a central female. Estimate $40,000 - $55,000.
Huge Byzantine Marble Stamp w/ Cross, Inscription
. Near East/Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 12th to 15th century CE. A massive marble stamp, carved in the form of a disc with a projecting handle. Estimate $12,000 - $18,000.
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