Artemis Gallery will hold its
HOT-HOT-HOT Ancient, Ethnographica, Fine Art sale
on Aug 25, 2022 9:00 AM GMT-5. With no end in sight to the stifling summer heat, here are some sweltering selections from both torrid and sultry geographic regions around the world! 9th C. Islamic Abbasid Vellum Qur'an Page w/ Kufic. Estimate $6,000 - $9,000.
Rare Chavin Maranon Redware Vessel Lobster / Crayfish
. Pre-Columbian, Peru (Ecuador border), Chavin Maranon, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A charming ceramic vessel depicting a lobster or crayfish found in the Maranon Jungle, a region far from the ocean. The crustacean has an abstract visage with nub eyes and elongated mouth ridge. Estimate $3,500 - $4,000
Huge Teotihuacan Stone Figural Mortar, ex-Stendahl
. Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Teotihuacan, ca. 150 to 650 CE. A massive figural mortar, made from porous volcanic rock and possessing a wonderfully weathered surface. Carved in a fascinating combination of high and low relief, the round mortar has a transformational anthropomorphic/zoomorphic face with symmetrical features. Estimate $2,500 - $3,500.
Veracruz Pottery Figural Incensario of Royal or Deity
. Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. An impressive pottery incensario boasting the bust of a figure, likely a royal or deity, depicted heavily adorned in a pair of beaded necklaces, a sizable nose ornament, and a headdress with projecting side flaps. Estimate $3,600 - $5,400.
Huge Nazca Textile Mantle Tie Dyed Motif
. Pre-Columbian, South Coast of Peru, Nazca to Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. Estimate $3,000 - $4,000.
Egyptian Scarab Amulet (Stone Covered in Gold)
. Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1070 BCE. A hand-carved stone scarab of veristic form with a petite head, a pronounced clypeus, a broad thorax, and finely striated elytra, all covered in a layer of lustrous gold foil. Estimate $3,000 - $4,000.
Large Inca Chucu Plaque w/ Humans & Animals
. Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Inca hinterlands (Chucu), ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Inca hinterlands (Chucu), ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A beautiful ceramic plaque with irregular edges, painted with a vibrant and powerful visual ordering of space with rows of painted figures and animals, reduced to highly simplified, linear forms. Estimate $2,500 - $3,000.
19th C. Polynesian Samoan Tapa Eventail / Fan. Polynesia, Samoa Islands, ca. 19th century CE
. A remarkably well-preserved fan, also sometimes known as an eventail, the French word for fan (due to French colonial ventures in Polynesia). The center of the fan is comprised of tapa, a bark cloth made using a painstaking process throughout Polynesia. Estimate $3,000 - $4,500.
Moche Polychrome Portrait Mask (Young Man)
. Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 400 CE. A beautiful, hand-built pottery mask depicting a male countenance of a stylized form. Estimate $2,500 - $3,000.
Casas Grandes Ramos Polychrome Pottery Jar
. Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Casas Grandes, Ramos Polychrome type, ca. 1150 to 1450 CE. A beautiful coil-made and hand-painted polychrome terracotta bowl with a rounded base, and a wide body that gradually narrows to resolve in a flared rim. Estimate $2,800 - $4,200.
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