Artemis Gallery will hold its
Fine Antiquities | Asian | Ethnographic Art Auction
on Thu, Aug 26, 2021 9:00 AM GMT-5. Features classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine / Visual Arts, so much more! In this image: Rare Dinosaur Nursery w/ 5 Juvenile Psittocosaurs. Estimate $34,000 - $51,000.
Rare Theropod Dinosaur Egg Clutch / Nest - 25 Eggs!
East Asia, China, Liaoning, later Cretaceous Period, ca. 100 to 66 million years ago. 25 theropod dinosaur eggs preserved in a distinctive circular clutch, resting atop their original matrix, with most of their edges exposed and cleaned. Estimate $34,000 - $51,000.
South Arabian Alabaster Libation Table w/ Bull & Ibexes
. South Arabia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, probably Qatabanian culture, ca. 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE. A huge slab of thick alabaster, carved into a table with a slightly raised border, a smooth, flat interior, squared-off edges, and, at one shorter side, a short projection with a high relief head of a bull flanked by the heads of four ibexes. Estimate $34,000 - $51,000.
Signed George Dombek Watercolor - Bicycle, ca. 2004
. George Dombek (American, b. 1944). untitled watercolor, ca. 2004. Hand signed at lower center. A large-scale, framed, and hand-signed watercolor by Arkansas artist George Dombek. Estimate $26,000 - $39,000.
Translated / Rare Roman Mosaic - Household Dedication
. Roman, the Levant, late Imperial Period, ca. 3rd to 5th century CE. A very special stone mosaic panel of a circular form with a household dedication composed of 12 lines of meticulously delineated Greek text surrounded by a decorative border featuring (from the top and clockwise): a passage of meander, a rainbow-like band, another passage of meander, and an interweaving meander - all in a beautiful palette of rose pink, russet red, sage green, beige, black, and white tesserae. Estimate $24,000 - $36,000.
Published Roman Stone Mosaic Head of Oceanus
. Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A very fine Roman stone mosaic comprised of thousands of stone tesserae, depicting the head of Oceanus - the personification of the ocean - against a blue background that is surrounded by a geometric border with illusionistic recessions, all delineated in a rich palette of peach, beige, grey, black, brown, and gold hues on a pale blue ground. Estimate $22,000 - $33,000.
Maya Shell Annular Discs Mytholical Iconography
. Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Lowlands, Campeche, Maya, Early Classic Period, ca. 250 to 550 CE. A dazzling pair of carved-shell discs of annular form intricately incised with mythological iconography in the regal style of the Maya Early Classic period. Estimate $20,000 - $30,000.
Rare Huari Gold Crown, Repousse Geometric Motifs
. Pre-Columbian, Bolivia or Peru, Huari (Wari) or Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A beautiful crown or headdress made from 62% gold (equivalent to 14k+) and 34% silver. Estimate $18,000 - $25,000.
Canosan Limestone Entablature w/ Bull Reliefs
. Magna Graecia, Apulia, Canosa, early Hellenistic Period, ca. 4th century BCE. A stunning hand-carved limestone entablature featuring 2 frontally facing bull or ox heads known as bucrania flanking a column of the Doric style. Estimate $13,000 - $19,500.
Rare Chancay Polychrome Figures Male, Female TL'd
. Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. An impressive and rare pair of terracotta cuchimilco figures - a male and a female - wrapped in woven textiles of orange, tan, peach, and cream hues. Estimate $13,000 - $19,500.
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