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On July 2, 2026, Artemis Fine Arts will host its Native American, Ethnographic, and Ancient Art auction live from Louisville, Colorado. Curated by Bob Dodge, the sale features a legally acquired collection of cultural artifacts and antiquities, including Native American, Northwest Coast, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, and Oceanic art. The auction also showcases fine art, fossils, and classical antiquities from Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern civilizations, with convenient in-house shipping options available to bidders upon request. In this image: Large Prehistoric Fossilized Platecarpus Mosasaur Skull. Estimate: $9,000 - $13,000.

Huge Diyano Purwadi Painting - Expressive Nudes 1998-99. Diyano Purwadi (Indonesian, b. 1971). Untitled (Figures), oil on canvas. Signed and dated at lower left. A large-scale figurative, expressionist painting by contemporary Indonesian artist Diyano Purwadi. The composition features an ensemble of nude figures with elongated bodies, dramatic poses, and mask-like visages, presented in a rhythmic arrangement across the colossal canvas. Estimate: $9,000 - $13,500.

Roman Silver Phiale Fortuna / Cybele Bust in Tondo. Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A refined Roman silver phiale centered by a repoussé bust of a mural crowned goddess, identified as either Fortuna or Cybele, both powerful embodiments of protection, prosperity, and the ordering forces of the Roman world. Elegant in form yet rich in symbolic weight, the vessel draws the eye inward, where image and ritual converge. Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000.

Medieval Jewish Ritual Stone Panel Double Menorahs. Europe, Medieval Period, ca. 12th-15th Century CE. Rare Jewish Ritual Stone Panel with Double Menorah Motifs. Carved from a single block of coarse limestone, this exceptional architectural fragment features two deeply recessed menorahs presented in mirror-image arrangement, each rendered with stylized branching arms rising from a flared base. Estimate: $7,000 - $10,500.

Chinese Ming Stone Panel w/ Buddhist Figural Scene. East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A large gray stone frieze panel carved in deep relief with a narrative vignette probably drawn from the Buddha's life or an associated parable, showing a central figure seated in meditation within a boat beneath a swelling canopy suggestive of the sacred bodhi tree, with curling wave forms below and a secondary monk-like attendant appearing to steady or accompany the vessel. Estimate: $6,500 - $9,750.

Japanese Meiji Ivory Figure - Warrior by Matsuyama. Matsuyama (Japanese, active late XIX century). Martial Arts Warrior. Ivory and wood okimono carving, ca. 1868 to 1912. Signed in Japanese characters on inlay on base. A lively study of motion and discipline, this finely carved okimono captures a martial artist mid-gesture, his stance grounded and alert as he raises a small hand drum, perhaps poised to punctuate rhythm or ritualized movement. Estimate: $2,600 - $3,900.

Taino Stone Trigonolith Zemi - Three-Pointed Cemi with Incised Face. Pre-Columbian, Greater Antilles, Taino, ca. 1000–1500 CE. A three-pointed stone of dense gray volcanic rock, its conical central peak rising between a flaring forward projection and a tapering rear point. The forward face bears a deeply carved visage: a domed brow, a pronounced ridged nose, and a parted, open mouth set above a broad chin. Estimate: $2,250 - $3,500.

Large Woodland Period Steatite Platform Pipe. Ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. Native American, Woodland period, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE. A large steatite platform pipe of spare, architectural form, its long flat stem tapering to a hollow mouthpiece and rising at the proximal end to a squared, cylindrical bowl, represents one of the foundational ritual object types of the Eastern Woodland tradition. Estimate: $2,250 - $3,500.

Mid 20th C. Baule Wood Portrait Mask - Serene Idealized Face. West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Baule, ca. 1930–1970 CE. A finely carved hardwood face mask in the Baule idiom, its surface burnished to a deep, glowing patina the color of aged mahogany. The oval visage descends in serene symmetry: gently arched brows flow into a long ridged nose, almond eyes are lowered in downcast composure, and full lips part below. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.

2 Maya Chert Stone Blades. Pre-Columbian, Maya Territories, Belize, ca. 500 - 1000 CE. A refined pair of medium-brown chert blades whose glossy, rippling flake scars testify to expert craftsmanship and lend a striking visual rhythm. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.