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Artemis Gallery will hold its Variety Auction | Ancient & Ethnographic Art on Apr 21, 2022 9:00 AM GMT-5. Featuring classical antiquities, ancient, and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, more! In this image: Chinese Song Dynasty Blue Glazed Bowl, TL Tested. Estimate $5,000 - $7,500.
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Egyptian Gesso Painted Wood Mummy Mask, ex-Harmer Rooke. Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A stunning wood mummy mask that is expertly carved from cedar and covered in a layer of white gesso painted in hues of beige, peach, rose, powder blue, black, and white. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000.
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19th C. Mali Bamana Ntomo Wood Mask. West Africa, Mali, Bandiagara region, Bamana people, ca. late 19th early 20th century CE. A fascinating wooden mask depicting a pointed and angular face, hand-carved from a single piece of wood, with a pronged headdress. Estimate $3,600 - $5,400.
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Ancient Scytho-Sarmatian Leaded Bronze Horse Trapping. Central/Eastern Europe, East of Colchis, Black Sea area, Northeastern Caucasus (Georgia), Scytho-Sarmatian culture, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. A fine shield-shaped horse trapping of an openwork design with two registers of animals. Estimate $3,400 - $5,100.
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Large Inca Quartz Llama Canopa. Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. A hand-carved quartz canopa exhibiting a characteristic camelid form and an incredibly smooth, polished surface. Estimate $3,000 - $4,500.
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19th C. French Napoleon III Secret Book Liquor Cabinet. Western Europe, France, Napoleon III period, ca. 19th century CE. Ooh la la! An intoxicating cabinet known as a cave a liqueur en trompe l'oeil de faux livres, or a false books liquor cabinet, from the Napoleon III period. Estimate $2,800 - $4,200.
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Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Naqada II Pottery Vessel. Ancient Egypt, Pre-Dynastic Period, Naqada II, ca. 3400 to 3300 BCE. A hand-built globular bichrome earthenware vessel, the body decorated throughout with a series of red zigzag lines and spiraling circles in varying sizes, with twin perforated lug handles on the shoulders - made from applied slabs that were curved to create an opening - for suspension purposes. Estimate $2,400 - $3,600.
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1904 Curtis Limited Edition Acoma Water Carriers. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952). "Acoma Water Carriers" 1904. Stamped "Copyright 1904 / By E.S. Curtis" and numbered (2/7 or 7/7) on lower left. A vintage, limited edition, master print photograph, by Edward Curtis, with Curtis' copyright stamp and number of edition on the lower left. Estimate $2,200 - $3,300.
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Greek Attic Black-Figure Lekythos - Leader & Warriors. Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century CE. An oh-so-sweet Attic lekythos vessel decorated via the black-figure technique with details skillfully incised as well as delineated in fugitive red and white pigment. Estimate $1,900 - $2,850.
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Chavin Cupisnique Stirrup Vessel Sleeping Bird. Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin-Cupisnique, ca. 1200 BCE. A beautiful stirrup vessel modeled with its body in the form of an elegant sleeping bird, its head turned 180 degrees and tucked beneath its wings. Estimate $2,200 - $3,300.