Artemis Gallery will hold a
Variety Auction | Antiquities & Ethnographica
on Jun 22, 2022 9:00 AM GMT-5. The sale includes Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and much more! Moche Pottery Portrait Mask of a Stylized Male. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000.
Vibrant Paracas Textile Fragment - Flying Shamans
. Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Paracas culture, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A fabulous and sizable textile fragment composed of tightly woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool fibers) in hues of crimson, fuchsia, citrine, espresso, tangerine, and midnight blue. Estimate $3,800 - $5,700.
Chinese Song Dynasty Blue Glazed Bowl, TL Tested
. East Asia, China, Song Dynasty, ca. 1127 to 1279 CE. A striking, sizeable Jun ware bowl with a lovely sky blue glaze over its smooth surface, produced by Chinese Imperial state-owned and operated kilns. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000.
17th C. Mexican Forged Iron Lance + 8 Spear Heads
. Latin America, Mexico, Spanish Colonial Period, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. A collection of 9 forged iron lance and spear heads, each bearing a conical socketing shaft on the bottom or a thick tang. Estimate $3,200 - $4,800.
Large Burmese Wooden Elephant Marionette
. Southeast Asia, Burma/Myanmar, ca. 19th century. A delightful and quite large wooden puppet or marionette. Each piece hand carved and articulated, so it is possible to move trunk, legs and head. Estimate $3,000 - $4,500.
Fine 7th C. Byzantine Gold Buckle w/ Nacre
. Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 7th to 10th century CE. A beautiful buckle of a rectangular form comprised of 84% gold (equivalent to 20K+). Estimate $3,200 - $4,800.
Egyptian Sebennytic Ptolemaic Glass Profile Face Inlay
. Egypt, city of Sebennytos, Late Period, 30th Dynasty to early Ptolemaic Period, Sebennytic-Ptolemaic type, ca. 4th to early 3rd century BCE. A stunning mold-cast facial profile inlay formed from opaque glass of a sumptuous cobalt-blue hue. Estimate $3,000 - $4,500.
Colima Pottery Gadrooned Parrot Jar, ex Sotheby's
. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. Estimate $2,600 - $3,900.
19th C. Chinese Camphor Wood & Leather Export Trunk
. East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. late 19th century CE. This is a gorgeous camphor wood trunk with a brightly painted surface, brass fittings, and a leather trim. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000.
6th C. Viking Gold Pendant Situla w/ Granulations
. Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Anglo-Saxon, Frankish, or Viking/Norse culture, ca. 6th to 11th century CE. A miniature 92% gold (equivalent to 22K+) pendant shaped like a bucket or basket vessel known as a situla with a strap handle spanning over the hollow cylindrical form. Estimate $1,200 - $1,800
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