Artemis Gallery will hold its
CLEARANCE | Ancient & Ethnographic Art Auction
on Thu, Oct 14, 2021 9:00 AM GMT-5. Kick off fall with their clearance sale featuring discounted pricing and many new items! Asian art, Classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East...plus Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Russian Icons & Enamelware, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, Fossils, more! In this image: Rare / Published Greek Geometric Bronze Bull. Estimate $7,000 - $10,500.
Viru-Mochica Copper Figural - King Rowing to Afterlife
. Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Viru-Moche Transition, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. Skillfully cut and crafted from copper sheet, a sculptural depiction of a Lord-King crossing the ocean, rowing into the Afterlife, with palm trees at the far side of the raft. Estimate $2,800 - $4,200.
Rare Etruscan Bronze Boss Lion w/ Ring in Mouth
. Northern Italy, Etruscan, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. Finely cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) technique, a leaded bronze boss adorned with a leonine visage in repousse with a ring in its mouth. Estimate $7,000 - $10,500.
Matched Scythian Gilt Silver Adornments (pr)
. Western Asia, Scythian, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A pair of matching gilt silver appliques, both decorated in repousse with a knot-like arrangement of abstract zoomorphic or avian imagery. Estimate $2,200 - $3,300.
Fossilized Triceratops Rib Cluster
. North America, late Cretaceous Period, ca. 68 to 66 million years ago. A collection of rib bone fragments from a triceratops (Triceratops horridus) that have fused together into a cluster during the fossilization process. Estimate $2,200 - $3,300.
19th C. Indonesian Dayak Wood Guardian Figures (7)
. Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Borneo, Kalimantan, Dayak people, ca. 19th century CE. An excellent collection of 7 hand-carved wooden figures that represent karuhai stoppers, guardians, or vessels. Estimate $2,200 - $3,300.
Neoclassical Gold Ring, Labradorite Hercules & Peridots
. Western Europe, Neoclassical Period, ca. 18th to early 19th century CE. A stunning ring composed of 63 to 64.5% gold (equivalent to 15K+) with a gorgeous opalescent labradorite sculpture depicting the head of Roman Hercules (Greek Herakles), one of the most famous deities in Classical history. Estimate $800 - $1,200.
20th C. Northwest Coast Wood Grease Bowl w/ Shell Inlay
. Native American, Pacific Northwest, ca. mid-20th century CE. A fascinating, hand-carved bowl in the form of a zoomorph displaying an ovoid interior basin and flat base. Estimate $1,500 - $2,250.
19th C. Micronesian Wood Outrigger Canoe Model
. Oceania, Micronesia, Nukuoro Atoll, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautifully carved wooden model of an outrigger canoe with a sharply angled underside, high walls with several pierced holes with wooden rods inserted for narrow seats. Estimate $1,900 - $2,850.
Signed William Draper Painting - Haitian Market, 1967
. William Draper (American, 1912-2003). "Market, Petionville, Haiti" oil on canvas, ca. 1967. Hand-signed "Wm. F. Draper" on lower left. A lively depiction of a bustling Haitian market in Petionville (also Petion-Ville), a suburb of Port au Prince, by American artist William Draper. Estimate $1,500 - $2,250.
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