BOULDER.- Artemis Gallery will launch its busy fall auction season with a Thursday, Sept. 24 online auction led by Part II of the late James Caswell's collection.
Greek Attic Black-Figure Skyphos with Birds
. Greece, Athens, ca. 510 to 490 BCE. Superb pottery wine cup created with lead glaze in the black figure technique. Estimate $4,000 - $5,000
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Translated Egyptian Stone Stele Fragment
. Egyptian, New Kingdom to Late Dynastic, Dynasties 20 to 26, ca. 6th century BCE to 332 BCE. A rare stone stele fragment, the composition organized into registers as was customary, containing figural bas relief carvings as well as some heiroglyphic inscription. Estimate $5,000 – $7,000
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TL Tested Indus Valley Clay Bull Vessel
. Pakistan, Indus Valley civilization, Harappa, ca. 3000 BCE. This is a slip-painted terracotta sculpture of a humped Zebu bull with a pot on his head. There is a round hole in the middle of the pot, exposing the hollow interior. Swirling painted designs, with some black and red paint still visible, cover the body of the bull and the pot. Estimate $2,500 – $3,500
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Rare Chinese Warring States Bronze Axle Cap
. China, Warring States Period, ca. 475 to 221 BCE. An extremely rare and fabulous bronze "hubcap" from a cart or chariot in an almost vase form decorated in low relief with central band comprised of two sinewy dragons in a cloudy sky, on either side 6 triangular panels with cold-worked decorations. Estimate $4,000 – $5,000
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Han Dynasty Terracotta Bullock Cart Mingqi
. Far East, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. Funerary object made from terracotta with handpainted details in black. Estimate $2,500 – $3,500
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Large Jalisco Terracotta Seated Male, Female Figures
Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A magnificent seated couple created by the Jalisco culture of western Mexico, both the male and female with characteristically elongated heads and large angular coiffures/headdresses, substantive ear ornaments, and finely detailed visages with coffee bean eyes, Estimate $2,000 – $3,000
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Lg. Mayan Polychrome Incensario Fragment - Sun God
Pre-Columbian, Mayan territories, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 950 CE. An impressively elaborate Mayan incensario fragment depicting a deity (whose face/mask projects as a large applied piece) most likely the sun god Kinich Ahau, designated as god G when referring to the codices. Estimate $6,000 – $8,000
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1900s European Wax / Mixed Media Anatomical Head
Europe, C. Kellner, ca. 1900 CE. A meticulously delineated turn of the century cross section of the human head complete with teeth. Estimate $1,000 – $1,500
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1909 Mexican Ex Voto Our Lady of Candelaria ex-Historia
Northeast Mexico, State of Coahuila, dated April of 1909. Ex-votos are devotional paintings on either canvas or tin, as we see in this example, that present a visual as well as a text to offer thanks to a specific saint with a brief narrative. Estimate $1,500 – $1,800
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1920s SW American Spurs, Cowgirls / Boots, ex-Historia
United States, Southwest region, ca. 1925. A pair of Western American spurs comprised of iron, copper, and German silver. Western spurs were usually rather ornate and whimsical. Estimate $1,000 – $1,500
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