Artemis Gallery will hold its
Antiquities | Ethnographica | Fine Art sale
on Sep 29, 2022 9:00 AM GMT-5/ The sale features classical antiquities, ancient, and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, more! Fossilized Saber Cat Skull - Amphimachairodus Giganteus. Estimate $15,000 - $22,500.
Museum Exhibited Taino Wood Duho Stool, C-14 Tested
. Pre-Columbian, Caribbean area, perhaps Dominican Republic, Taino (Arawak) Indians, ca. 14th century CE. A spectacular ceremonial stool known as a duho, impressively hand-carved in the form of an otherworldly creature and incised with elaborate, geometric motifs. Estimate $7,000 - $10,500
Costa Rican Stone Flying Panel Metate, ex Museum
. Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed region, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. An enormous flying panel ceremonial metate, expertly carved from a single piece of volcanic stone with refined dimensions and intricately shaped zoomorphic embellishments. Estimate $5,000 - $7,500.
Zapotec Monte Alban Pottery Incensario, Deity Head
. Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec culture, Monte Alban, Phase III, ca. 500 to 700 CE. An evocative pottery incensario in the form of the head of a zoomorphic deity - likely Cocijo or the Plumed Serpent - wearing a flared headdress that serves as the bowl. Estimate $4,500 - $6,750.
Museum Exhibited / Published Taino Stone Tricorn Zemi
. Pre-Columbian, Hispaniola, Greater Antilles Islands, Taino / Arawak Indians, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A massive and marvelous 3-pointed stone known as a trigonolith! Estimate $4,000 - $6,000.
Apulian Red-Figure Lidded Lekanis Ladies of Fashion Lg!
Magna Graecia, South Italy, Apulia, ca. 350 to 325 BCE. A splendid and sizable pottery lidded vessel known as a lekanis that is covered in black glaze and decorated with gorgeous red-figure and fugitive white pigment details. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000.
19th C. Santa Cruz Islands Painted Wood Napa Club
. Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Islands, Nendo (also Ndende) or Utupua Island, 19th century CE. A hand-carved wooden ceremonial club known as a Napa that was used for symbolically significant performances. Estimate $3,500 - $5,000.
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. Estimate $3,000 - $4,500
19th C. Indian Red Sandstone Lattice Panel / Jali
. Central Asia, India, 19th century CE. A beautiful deep red sandstone panel known as a jali with an interlocking, hexagonal / dodecahedral latticework pattern that is designed to lower the temperature in a building by compressing the air as it passes through the holes. Estimate $2,500 - $3,500.
Fossilized Siberian Juvenile Wooly Mammoth Tusk
. Northeastern Asia, Russia, Siberia, Yakut, Pleistocene, ca. 2 million to 10,000 years ago. A remarkable tusk from a juvenile woolly mammoth, a large fragment containing the tip! The exterior of this tusk is beautifully polished to bring out the stunning colorations of the enamel. Estimate $2,400 - $3,600.
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