Artemis Gallery will hold its
Fall Antiquities & Ethnographic Art Auction
on Thu, Oct 21, 2021 9:00 AM GMT-5. Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and much more! In this image: Large 20th C. Felipe Archuleta Wooden Cobra Sculpture. Estimate $3,600 - $5,400.
Proto Nazca Textile Border - 24 Munecas / Doll Figures
. Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Proto-Nazca, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A beautiful textile border strip consisted of tightly-woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in hues of periwinkle, wheat, cream, espresso, coral, citrine, and sage. Estimate $4,500 - $6,750.
Rare Phoenician Glass Zoomorphic Head Pendant
. Ancient Eastern Mediterranean, Phoenicia, ca. 6th to 4th BCE. A fantastical and wearable glass pendant bead of an animal's head with bared teeth. Estimate $3,600 - $5,400.
Costa Rican Diquis Stone Jaguar - Carved in the Round
. Pre-Columbian, Diquis, Costa Rica ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. Skillfully carved in the round from a single hefty stone, a jaguar perched upon all four legs and glaring out at the viewer with a formidable expression. Estimate $3,600 - $5,400.
Roman Antioch Otho Silver Tetradrachm
. Roman Holy Land, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, Otho, ca. 69 CE. Silver AR Tetradrachm. Estimate $3,200 - $4,800.
Rare Colima Redware Emaciated Dog Vessel
. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A charming and very rare example of a hand-built redware pottery vessel in the form of a recumbent emaciated dog. Estimate $3,200 - $4,800.
Framed Luristan / Canaanite Bronze & Copper Weapons (6)
. Ancient Near East, Northwestern Iran and Turkey, Canaan and Luristan, ca. 1000 to 800 BCE. A wonderful collection of 6 ancient Near Eastern bronze and copper weapons. Estimate $3,200 - $4,800.
Large Nazca Wool Textile Poncho w/ Stepped Pattern
. Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 100 to 300 CE. This is a stunning and large poncho hand-woven from camelid fibers (alpaca or llama wool) that are dyed in hues of coffee brown, crimson, and yellow ochre. Estimate $2,500 - $3,500.
19th C. Samoan Wood Model of Catamaran
. Polynesia, Western Samoa, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A handsome wooden model of a catamaran, featuring two canoes lashed together in a realistic manner with wooden booms. Estimate $3,000 - $4,500.
Etruscan Leaded Bronze Handle w/ Silenus Faces
. Classical World, Etruria, ca. late 4th to 3rd century BCE. A wonderfully preserved leaded bronze handle cast at each terminal with a head and face of Silenus, the tutor and follower of Dionysus (Roman Bacchus), always depicted as an older man with a large, fulsome beard. Estimate $2,600 - $3,900.
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