Artemis Gallery will hold its
CLEARANCE | Ancient & Ethnographic Art Auction
on Thu, Jul 08, 2021 9:00 AM GMT-5. Kick off summer with this clearance sale featuring discounted pricing and many new items! Asian art, Classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East...plus Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Russian Icons & Enamelware, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, Fossils, more! In this image: Huge Fossilized Rhinoceros Skull Chilotherium Species. Estimate $8,500 - $12,750.
Taino Stone Crouching Jaguar, ex-Platt Friedenberg
. Pre-Columbian, Caribbean/Florida, Taino / Arawak people, ca. 15th century CE. Wow! One of the largest Taino carvings we have seen, from a culture of master stonemakers. This large piece of grey stone has been carved into the shape of a crouched jaguar, its curved back raised above its legs, which are carved in relief against the body as if ready to spring. Estimate $3,600 - $5,400.
19th C. American Muzzle-Loading Rifle H.E. Leman
. North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, ca. 1850s CE. A fine muzzle-loading percussion rifle by H.E. Leman, made of wood, steel, and nacre shell inlays (mother of pearl). The gun features a half-stock and octagonal barrel, a wooden ramrod, and a notched sight on the barrel. Estimate $10,000 - $15,000.
Roman Lead Sarcophagus Panel Leaping Dolphins
. Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A rare complete panel from a lead sarcophagus, its surface decorated with relief images encoded by its makers with deep meaning about how Romans memorialized their elite dead. Estimate $9,000 - $13,500.
19th C. American Percussion Rifle Golcher Lock
. North America, United States, Kentucky, ca. 19th century CE. A handsome rifle with a steel barrel and lustrous wood stock. Upon the lock plate is a maker's mark within a rectangular border that reads "Golcher". Estimate $5,500 - $8,250.
Early 20th C. Kwakwaka'wakw Wood Feast Bowl Whales
. Native American, Pacific Northwest, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) people, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden feast bowl of an enormous size with an ovoid body shaped like a canoe. Estimate $5,000 - $7,500.
Fossilized Edmontosaurus Section of a Dental Battery
. North America, Montana, late Cretaceous period, ca. 70 to 65.5 million years ago. A rare and incredibly well-preserved section of a dental battery from a duck-billed dinosaur known as an Edmontosaurus. Estimate $4,500 - $6,750.
Romano-British Bronze Pegasus, ex-Royal Athena
. Romano-British, Imperial Period, ca. 1st Century CE. Skillfully cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process, a bronze vessel mount of a rare type, depicting the forepart of Pegasus emerging from blossoming foliage. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000.
Large / Portly Colima Dog Effigy Vessel
. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. Likely the largest Colima dog vessel we have laid our eyes upon, this skillfully hand-built redware corpulent canine has a portly abdomen supported by four attenuated legs, with an upturned tail which doubles as the spout. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000.
Rare Huari Polychrome Wood Sun Shield
. Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 800 to 1250 CE. A rare example of a hand-carved wooden shield with a polychrome painted design of a sun face. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000.
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