Artemis Gallery will hold its
CLEARANCE | Antiquities, Ethnographica, More!
sale on May 26, 2022 9:00 AM GMT-5 Join them for a fabulous clearance sale featuring amazing discounts and many new items! They've got it all - Asian art, Classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East...plus Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Fine Art, Fossils, more! Rare Fossilized North American Lion Jawbone w/ Canine. Estimate $8,000 - $12,000.
Colima Gadrooned Vessel w/ Shaman Legs, ex-Messick
. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A most unusual Colima redware vessel presenting a gadrooned squash form body supported by three shaman figures, each one wearing a horned headdress that denotes his shamanic status, facing outward and carrying the ribbed vessel on his back and with extended arms. Estimate $5,500 - $8,250.
Casas Grandes Polychrome Janiform Portrait Jar
. Pre-Columbian, North Mexico, Chihuahua, Casas Grandes (Paquime), ca. 1280 to 1450 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel featuring a janiform pinched visage of a human face and hand painted polychrome patterns. Estimate $5,500 - $8,250.
Huari Polychrome Camelid Four Corner Hat
. Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Huari (Wari), ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A beautiful four cornered hat from the Huari culture made of low pile camelid (llama or alpaca) fiber that is brightly dyed. Estimate $5,000 - $7,500.
Necklace w/ Pre-Columbian Gold, Jade & Crystal
. Pre-Columbian, Panama Isthmus / Northern Colombia, International Group, ca. 800 to 1200 CE (gold pendant); Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, ca. 550 to 900 CE (jadeite and serpentine beads); Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE (quartz and gold beads). Estimate $4,500 - $6,750.
Mississippian Bells Plains Pottery Vessel Bear, TL'd
. Native American, Southern United States, New Madrid County Missouri, Campbell Site, Mississippian, Bells Plains type, ca. 1220 to 1520 CE. A charming and rare pottery effigy vessel in the form of a bear with an opening on the back. Estimate $3,200 - $4,800.
Tiwanaku Royal Ensemble - Twin Silver Pectorals
. Pre-Columbian, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, Tiwanaku culture, ca. 400 to 600 CE. Rare and striking ensemble of twin silver pectorals. Starting with lower, thick hand-hammered silver sheet in large crescent shape from which 23 silver dangles are suspended. Estimate $3,200 - $4,800.
Maya Pottery Tripod Rattle Dish Peccary Heads
. 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 $2,000 - $3,000.
Large Fossilized North American Oreodont Skull
. North America, Western United States, likely Wyoming, White River Formation, late Eocene to early Miocene period, ca. 46 to 16 million years ago. A fossilized skull from an oreodont (Merycoidodon), a prehistoric mammal that roamed across North America. Estimate $1,800 - $2,700.
Luristan Bronze Cheek Pieces and Bit - Winged Bull Men
. Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A very interesting piece, a horse bit with matching cheekpieces that has been cast by the lost wax technique into the shape of two dramatic, solid zoomorphic figures that are winged bulls with human faces - often a symbol of royal protection in this region. Estimate $1,800 - $2,700.
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