Artemis Gallery will hold an
Asian, Ancient, Ethno, Fine Art auction
on Starts on: Oct 09, 2022 11:00 AM GMT-5. The sale features antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian Art, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African/Tribal / Oceanic, Fine / Visual art, and much more! 13th C. Medieval English Silver Stamp Seal Vesica Shape. Estimate $2,500 - $3,500.
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 $2,400 - $3,600.
Late Bronze Age Bronze Ram Effigy, ex-Royal Athena
. Near East / Central Asia, Northwestern Iran & Caspian Sea region, late Bronze Age, ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. A charming bronze ram effigy with a pendant loop situated on the spine and cast with stylized and minimalistic features. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000.
19th C. Melanesian Solomon Islands Fo'osae (for Men)
. Oceania, Melanesia, eastern Solomon Islands, Malaita Province, central Malaita Island, Kwaio peoples, ca. 19th century CE. An intriguing and rare pair of girdle belts known as fo'osae meant to be worn by a man high above his waist. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000.
19th C. French Enamel / Gilt Brass Inkwell, Barbedienne
. Western Europe, France, ca. 1860 to 1892. This is a gorgeous gilt brass and stone inkwell with colorful cloisonne inlays made by the famous F. Barbedienne Foundry. Estimate $1,500 - $2,000.
19th C. Chinese Qing Painted Wood Dragon Lintels (pr)
. East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a fine pair of hand-carved wood architectural panels or lintels of dragons that may have once been part of a temple or other special building. Estimate $1,600 - $2,400.
5th C. Islamic Glass Chalice w/ Millefiori. Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Islamic, ca. 5th to 7th century CE
. A delicate chalice hand-built from translucent honey-yellow glass with a discoid foot beneath a spherical stem, a mastoid basin, and a ring of trailing around the rim. Estimate $1,300 - $1,950
18th C. Mexican Leather Petaca / Traveling Trunk
. Latin America, Mexico, Spanish Colonial period, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A New Mexican petaca (traveling trunk) made of leather over wood with a cotton cloth lined interior and domed lid. It features straps with buckles, a brass keyhole plate, intact handles, and brass rivets studding the exterior and tooled patterning of interlocking geometric and linear patterns across the leather. Estimate $1,200 - $1,800.
Pre-Columbian Taino Stone Tortoise Effigy
. Pre-Columbian, Caribbean/Florida, Arawak People, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. Pre-Columbian, Caribbean/Florida, Arawak People, Taino, ca. 15th century CE. Estimate $1,000 - $1,500.
19th C. French Brass Garniture de Cheminee (3 pcs)
. Western Europe, France, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A decadent trio of brass mantel pieces or to be more elegant and use the aristocratic, court language: "garniture de cheminee." Ornate rococo and baroque inspired pillars, scrolling vines, and classical Grecian urns adorn the clock. Estimate $900 - $1,200.
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