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Artemis Fine Arts presents Fine Asian, Ancient, Ethno & Fine Art, an exceptional auction opening December 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM (GMT-6) in Louisville, Colorado. This top-rated sale brings together an extraordinary selection of museum-worthy pieces spanning Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, Tribal, Oceanic, and fossil material, alongside a curated offering of fine and visual arts. In this image: 12th C. Khmer Bronze Palanquin Rings w/ Triple-Headed Nagas. Estimate $1,500-$2,500.

Neolithic Chinese Jade Blade, Dawenkou-Longshan. East Asia, China, Neolithic Period, Dawenkou to Longshan culture, ca. 3000 to 1900 BCE. This is a large and astounding nephrite jade blade with an elongated rectangular shape, the parallel edges flaring outward to a cutting edge. Three large circular piercings for suspension or additional ornamentation. Estimate $2,000-$3,000.

Tall Han Dynasty Greyware Lidded Fanghu Jars - TL Tested. Asia, China, Western Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A finely made pair of light gray earthenware covered fanghu jars, each constructed from carefully shaped flat slabs of clay that have been luted together to imitate the form of an archaic bronze vessel. Estimate $2,500-$4,000.

Ming Dynasty Mingqi Palanquin - Modeled Interior, Painted Decoration. East Asia, Chinese, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A pottery palanquin rendered with the quiet theatricality that marked so many mingqi reflections of daily life, its walls and roof still breathing with traces of red, cream, and slate-gray pigment. Estimate $1,500-$2,500.

Yuan / Early Ming Dynasty Cizhou Painted Wine Jar Scholar Landscapes. East Asia, China, Yuan to Early Ming Dynasty, ca. 13th to 15th century CE. A large Cizhou pottery wine jar (guan) thrown with broad shoulders and a sturdy foot, its surface coated in a creamy white slip beneath a clear glaze and painted black pigments. Estimate $1,500-$2,500.

Qing Dynasty Tea Bowl w/ Jade Belt-Hook Handle, Painted Enamel Scene. East Asia, China, late Qing Dynasty, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A nephrite and copper hexagonal tea bowl with a leaded enamel interior, the tondo painted with a bright landscape vignette and the surrounding panels filled with fruiting branches and blossoms on a lively green ground. Estimate $1,000-$1,500.

Japanese Meiji Patinated Bronze Figure of a Roaring Tiger. East Asia, Japan, Meiji Period, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A cast bronze sculpture of a roaring tiger, its body tensed mid-prowl and cast in a dark patinated bronze accented with subtle coppery striations that evoke the natural sheen of a tiger's striped coat. Estimate $900-$1,350.

17th C. Indian Mughal Pink Sandstone Relief Depicting Narasimha. South Asia, India, Mughal Empire, ca. 17th century CE. A compelling sandstone fragment depicting Narasimha, the fierce lion-headed avatar of Vishnu, seated in regal repose. The deity's leonine visage, though weathered by time, retains its commanding presence - a face once ferocious now softened by centuries of devotion and exposure. Estimate $1,300-$1,950.

18th C. British Oval Pendant Portraits - An Officer and His Wife. European, British, 18th century. A fabulous pair of 18th century British pendant portraits probably painted by a follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723). Both sitters are depicted bust-length and in an oval format with matching gold-tone frames. Estimate $2,500-$5,000.

Large-Scale Lynn Heitler Painting - Abstraction (1979). Lynn Heitler (American, b. 1948). Oil on canvas, 1979. Signed and dated at lower right. A large-scale abstract painting by Lynn Heitler. This piece exemplifies Heitler's deep dive into abstraction that invites viewers to partake in pareidolia, a psychological phenomenon in which we humans perceive recognizable images in non-representational forms. Estimate $6,500-$10,000.