Step into a world of history and culture with Artemis Fine Arts' "
Ancient | Asian | Ethnographic | Fine Art
" auction. Starting September 4, 2025, this exclusive online event offers a curated collection of legally acquired antiquities and fine art from across the globe. You'll find a stunning array of pieces from ancient civilizations in Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as art from Asia, Africa, and the Americas. In this image:
Maya Ritual Bone Implement Depicting a Flying Figure
. Estimate $1,200-$1,800.
Large & Fine Roman Terracotta Votive Foot Offering
. Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A life-size, hollow-molded terracotta left foot, complete in itself rather than a fragment of a larger statue. Modeled with defined toes and natural contours, the piece reflects the Roman tradition of dedicating terracotta votives at sanctuaries. Estimate $1,200-$1,800.
Framed Ancient Nazca Textile Panel with Figural Fringe
. Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A remarkable woven alpaca wool textile panel featuring a rich indigo-blue central field bordered by an elaborate figural fringe. Estimate $1,200-$1,800.
Edmontosaurus Dinosaur Partial Femur Fossilized Bone
. North America, Western United States, South Dakota, Hell Creek Formation, Cretaceous, ca. 68 to 65.5 million years ago. A robust fossilized femur fragment from an Edmontosaurus, a large hadrosaurid (duck-billed dinosaur) known for its wide distribution in Late Cretaceous North America. Estimate $1,200-$1,800.
Viking Silver Braided Arm Band - Twisted Wire Design
. Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Viking culture, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A boldly woven relic of Viking-era craftsmanship, this braided silver bracelet captures the martial elegance and practical wealth of Norse society. Estimate $1,100-$1,650.
Papua New Guinea Wood War Canoe Prow Shield
. Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A canoe prow ornament shield, hand-carved from wood and painted with natural ochre pigments, featuring a boldly rendered female ancestral figure at the front. Estimate $1,100-$1,650.
African Wood Prestige Staff w/ Nude Figural Finial
. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba or Hemba peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wooden staff featuring a nude female figure carved at the top, her hair styled into an elongated coiffure. Her stomach is adorned with incised markings, likely representing ritual scarification or tattoos. Estimate $1,100-$1,650.
Maya Apple Green Jade Pectoral Pendant w/ Eye Motif
. Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A striking apple-green pectoral, finely worked from a lustrous and vibrant green jade prized in Mesoamerican culture. Estimate $1,200-$2,000.
Ancient Chancay Openwork Gauze Textile, Mounted
. Pre-Columbian, Central Andes, Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. This rare example of Chancay openwork weaving is executed in fine white cotton threads, creating a complex lattice of intersecting diagonal bands enclosing geometric diamond motifs - resembling lace! Estimate $900-$1,500.
19th C. Spanish Colonial Leather Petaca w/ Iron Clasp
. Latin / South America, Spanish Colonial era, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A large and well-preserved hide traveling trunk known as a petaca, constructed with thick panels of tanned leather stitched over a wooden frame and secured with iron lock fittings. Estimate $1,000-$1,500.
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