Artemis Gallery will hold its
CLEARANCE | Ancient & Ethnographic Art Auction
on Feb 17, 2022 9:00 AM GMT-6. Join them for their first clearance sale of the year featuring discounted pricing and many new items! Asian art, Classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East...plus Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, Fossils, more! In this image: Fine 7th C. Byzantine Gold Buckle w/ Nacre. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000.
Tall 20th C. African Ijo Wood Bush Spirit, ex-Sotheby's
. West Africa, Nigeria, Cross River region, Ijo people, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. An incredible example of a hand-carved wooden bush spirit that stands with delineated legs atop an integral oblong plinth. Estimate $5,000 - $7,500.
Colima Coahuayana Valley Terracotta Seated Warrior
. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Coahuayana Valley type, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A magnificent warrior figure of a sizable form that is hand-built from pottery and exhibits highly burnished surfaces accentuated with orange-red pigment. Estimate $5,000 - $7,500.
Maya Pottery Tripod Rattle Dish Peccary Heads TL'd
. Pre-Columbian, Mexico or Guatemala, Maya Culture, Early Classic Period, ca. 250 to 600 CE. A remarkable pottery vessel presenting a round bottom and annular rim over a shallow basin, all supported by 3 rattle legs in the form of inverted peccary heads and adorned in hues of burnt sienna, cream, and black. Estimate $3,000 - $5,000.
Colima Pottery Gadrooned Parrot Jar, ex Sotheby's
. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. This brilliant vermillion pottery vessel assumes form of a wide, voluminous squash with a gadrooned body that is stylistically segmented with smooth, fine vertical ribbing, features a boldly flaring spout, and is supported by three legs in the form of parrots, birds prized for their feathers among the ancients of America. Estimate $2,800 - $4,200.
Sumerian Chlorite Bull & Egyptian Steatite Head
. Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Sumeria, ca. 2500 to 2200 BCE. A lovely black chlorite bull amulet, larger than most of this type, pierced through its back for suspension and featuring a powerful head with large horns. Estimate $2,400 - $3,600.
Framed Huggins H.C.S. MacQueen Aquatint Engraving, 1834
. Artist: William John Huggins (British, 1781-1845). Engraver: Charles Rosenberg (British, 19th c). "H.C.S. Macqueen Off The Start, 26th January 1832" London: Published by W.J. Huggins, 1834. A hand-colored aquatint engraving of the H.C.S. Macqueen - a three-masted British merchant ship - by Charles Rosenberg after British marine painter William John Huggins. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000.
5"+ Fossilized Megalodon Tooth Pyrite Inlay Root
. Ancient Seas, North America, South Carolina, Middle Miocene to end of Pliocene eras, ca. 28 to 2.6 million years ago. Check out the grills on this hip shark! This is a fossilized tooth from a prehistoric megalodon shark that has been enhanced by an inlay of pyrite. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000.
19th C. African Azande Wood Mask Mani Society
. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Azande, late 19th to early 20th century CE. Very rare, an Azande hand-carved wooden face mask with incredible encrusted, thick, deep patina. Estimate $3,000 - $5,000.
17th C. Tibetan Iron Flaming Trident w/ Silver Skull
. Central Asia, Tibet, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. A remarkable trident made from steel, featuring silver and brass ornaments which represents one of the most symbolic weapons of Tantric deities in the fight against the enemies of Buddhism. Estimate $6,000 - $9,000.
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