Join Artemis Gallery on Mon, Oct 26, 2020 10:00 AM CST for their
October Timed Marketplace Auction
, featuring fabulously priced clearance items and newly listed items at pricing perfect for dealers or collectors. Shop the Marketplace at the end of the month - you never know what you'll find next! In this image:
17th C. Indian Pink Sandstone Fragment - Narasimha
. Estimate $2,500 - $3,750.
20th C. Canadian Inuit Soapstone Sculpture of Bird
. First Nations / Native American, Canadian Arctic, Inuit, ca. 1950s CE. A striking, dark green banded soapstone carving of a bird with outstretched wings, its body posed as if it is just beginning a dive to grab food from the surface of the water or a hole in the ground. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000.
Greek Attic Aryballos Shoe-Form, ex-Christie's (TLd)
. Ancient Greece, Athens, Attic, ca. 4th century BCE. An exceedingly rare example of a mold-formed pottery aryballos in the form of a shoe-covered right foot. Estimate $2,500 - $3,500.
Ancient Inuit / Aleut Fossilized Walrus Tusk Axe Head
. Native American, Arctic, Inuit or Aleut peoples, ca. 1500 to 1800 CE. A beautiful axe head carved from the tusk of a walrus with a short, thick tang, an indented shoulder meant to hold tightly-wound bindings, a thick ovoid body, and a tapered blade edge. Estimate $2,500 - $3,500.
Rare Chinese Tang Dynasty Iron Water Buffalo
. East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 906 CE. A rare depiction of a water buffalo or ox cast from iron and standing atop a quartet of stocky legs. Estimate $1,500 - $2,250.
Rare 19th C. Collection of 10 Eskimo Bone Tools
. North America, Native American, Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Inuit Eskimos, ca. 1880 CE. A rare ensemble of ten carved Eskimo tools in a variety of forms from the late 1800s, likely carved from caribou bone or the bones of another native mammal. Estimate $900 - $1,400.
Roman Pottery Votive Head of Male - Aquileia
. A captivating bust of a male youth, clean-shaven with large, generously lidded eyes with delineated irises, an arched browline, a naturalistic nose, full closed lips, a round chin, and a broad neck - his visage topped by a curly coiffure. Estimate $400 - $600.
17th C. Russian Iron Axe Head from Alaska
. Eastern Europe, Russia, imported to Alaska, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. A forged-iron axe head of a substantial weight with a stocky body, a triangular hafting hole with points along the lower lip for gripping the pole, a thick neck with a small hook protruding from the bottom, and a wide blade with pointed corners and a sharpened edge. Estimate $900 - $1,350.
Large 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Bowl w/ Handle
. Oceania, central Papua New Guinea, Wahgi Valley, Mount Hagen, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden bowl of a massive size with a rounded but stable base, flared walls with a thick rim, a shallow basin, and a thick, integral handle protruding from one side of the lower body. Estimate $900 - $1,400.
19th C. Odisha, India Bronze Heads (pr)
. Central Asia, eastern India, Odisha (formerly Orissia), ca. 19th century CE. A pair of cast bronze heads of matching form. Estimate $500 - $750.
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