Artemis Gallery will hold a
Late Spring Variety Ancient / Ethnographica sale
on May 05, 2022 9:00 AM GMT-5. The sale features 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! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Satisfaction guaranteed. Convenient in-house shipping. In this image: Group of 4 Egyptian Wood Boatmen, ex-Royal Athena. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000.
Greek Copper Axe Head Incised Bulls, ex-Anthony Quinn
. Ancient Greece, Late Bronze Age to Archaic Period, ca. 16th to 5th century BCE. This is an amazing copper axe or hammer head that is features bulls incised upon the faces. Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000.
Greek Gold Boat-Shaped Earrings
- Stunning! Ancient Greece, late Archaic to Classical period, ca. 6th to 4th century BCE. A stunning pair of 95.84 % gold (equivalent to 23K) earrings, each presenting a boat-shaped hollow body. Estimate $900 - $1,350.
Ancient Sumerian Stone Cow Effigy of Ninsun or Geme Sin
. Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, Nippur, Sumerian, ca. 2700 to 2600 BCE. A finely carved cow statue lying in a prone position from a mottled stone of beige hues with integral black markings and white deposits. Estimate $1,700 - $2,550.
Charming Colima Redware Dog Vessel
. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A beautifully constructed, hand-built redware dog vessel of a charming form that exhibits a playful nature and smooth, highly burnished surfaces enveloped in hues of burnt sienna and black. Estimate $1,400 - $2,100.
19th C. Gold Ring w/ Roman Carnelian Intaglio Mars
. Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE; Western Europe, probably England or France, Neoclassical Period, ca. 19th century CE. An attractive ring of minimalist style with a Neoclassical gold ring body bearing a shank with terminals that bifurcate just beneath the bezel. Estimate $1,400 - $2,100.
Colima Redware Gadrooned Vessel w/ Zoomorphic Legs
. re-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished redware pottery vessel of a hefty size bearing a compressed spherical body, a squat neck, and a dramatically flared rim, all atop a trio of abstract zoomorphic legs. Estimate $1,400 - $2,100.
Moche Gilt Copper Funerary Mask w/ Nose Ring
. Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Moche culture, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A striking burial mask handcrafted from a copper sheet- undergoing an annealing and hammering process until this distinctive face took shape. Estimate $1,200 - $1,800.
Three 20th C. African Togo Ewe Wood Venavi Figures
. Western Africa, Togo, Ewe people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An interesting set of 3 hand-carved wooden figures with yellow-white skin. Two of the figures are female - each with pointed breasts and backswept coiffures - and the largest is a male with a neatly cropped coiffure; the male and 1 female have black-painted shoes. Estimate $1,200 - $1,800.
14th C. Thai Ayutthaya Sandstone Buddha Heads, 2 pcs
. Southeast Asia, Thailand, Ayutthaya Period, 14th to 18th century CE. A beautiful pair of Buddha heads carved from a warm gray-red sandstone, with nearly identical serene expressions and naturalistic features including finely delineated downcast eyes, sinuous eyebrows, full lips and nose, pointed chin, and elongated ears symbolizing wisdom and longevity. Estimate $1,200 - $1,800.
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