Artemis Gallery will hold its
Horses & Gauchos - Past to Present
on Sep 24, 2022 11:00 AM GMT-5. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Artemis Gallery is paying tribute to one of the most important contributions of the Spaniards to the Americas, the introduction of the horse and the rise of the gaucho. Fossilized Rhinoceros Upper Skull, Sinotherium Lagrelii. Estimate $4,500 - $6,000.
20th C. Native American Plains Beaded Leather Jacket
. Native American, Western United States, Plains Tribes, Cree or Eastern Sioux people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A stunning buckskin jacket with intricate floral-patterned beading. Estimate $10,000 - $15,000.
Mesopotamian Painted Fresco Horse Pulling Chariot
. Ancient Near East, Mesopotamian, ca. 2400 to 600 BCE (toward the earlier years of this period). Given that very little painting from Mesopotamia has survived the tests of time, this section of a painted fresco is incredibly rare. The composition presents a horse pulling a chariot, with the front wheel and cart nicely detailed. Estimate $8,000 - $12,000.
10th C. Chinese Liao Gilt Copper Belt / Horse Harness
. East Asia, North China to Mongolia, Liao Dynasty, ca. 916 to 1125 CE. A stunning cast copper belt or horse harness plaque with large remains of the shimmering 32% gold gilt! Estimate $2,500 - $3,500.
Siberian Fossilized Juvenile Wooly Mammoth Tusk Tip
. Northeastern Asia, Russia, Siberia, Yakut, Pleistocene, ca. 2 million to 10,000 years ago. This is a stunning piece of fossilized tusk from a juvenile woolly mammoth with the tip intact! The tusk has a gently curved profile that tapers towards the thick tip. Estimate $2,400 - $3,600.
Prehistoric Fossilized Alaskan Bison Skull Fragment
. North America, Alaska, Late Pleistocene, ca. 100,000 to 10,000 years ago. A well-preserved, fossilized skull fragment of a prehistoric bison that once roamed the Bering Sea area and North America! Estimate $1,800 - $2,700.
19th C. Argentinian Silver Gaucho Riding Spurs
. South America, Argentina or Uruguay, Pampas region, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A matched pair of high quality 72.6% to 89.8% silver and leather gaucho riding spurs with etched heel bands, vine patterning, and flower shaped terminal buttons for the leather straps. Estimate $1,200 - $1,800.
Huge 1880s European Painted Wood Trunk
. Eastern Europe, Austro-Hungarian Empire or Romania, ca. 1880s CE. A massive wood storage trunk with iron handles, lock plate, and turnkey. The exterior is decorated in floral motifs and the left side panel is dated with the year and initials in black paint. Estimate $1,200 - $1,800.
Nicoya Incised Pottery Zoomorph Rattle, TL'd
. Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya region, ca. 2nd to 6th century CE. A hand-built pottery rattle in the form of an abstract zoomorph with 4 protruding legs, a plug-form tail, and a sizable head. Estimate $1,100 - $1,650.
20th C. Argentinian Leather Gaucho Tirador w/ Coins
. South America, Argentina, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A handsome gaucho leather belt known as a tirador, adorned with silver, nickel, and brass coins and a brass rastra medallion of the Argentinian coat of arms. This large medallion is held in place by 6 chains and is the centerpiece of the belt.
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