Artemis Gallery will hold its
Fauna, Flora, Stones & Bones - Fall Edition
on Thu, Oct 28, 2021 11:00 AM GMT-5. Join them for a very special early Fall auction featuring fabulous fossils, rocks, and minerals, plus art depicting flora and fauna from antiquity to present day. This is one sale you won't want to miss! In this image: Large 19th C. Tongan Tapa Bark Cloth Christian Motifs. Estimate $9,000 - $13,500.
Triassic Arizonan Petrified Wood Table w/ Iron Legs
. North America, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Late Triassic, ca. 225 million years ago. A massive and gorgeous slab of fossilized, petrified tree trunk mounted on iron legs as a stunning table! Estimate $3,000 - $6,000.
Rare Chavin Greenstone Metate w/ Three Legs
. Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A fine metate or mortar table made from a polished greenstone! Estimate $2,800 - $4,200.
11 Fossilized Trilobites in Stone Matrix
. Ancient Seas, Morocco, Devonian period, ca. 400 to 340 million years ago. A stunning sandstone matrix that is excavated to reveal 11 fossilized trilobites! Estimate $2,800 - $4,200.
Signed & Framed Margaretta Caesar Painting - At Ease
. Margaretta Caesar (American, Contemporary). "At Ease" oil on canvas, signed on lower right. A striking painting featuring several horses grazing in the grassy plains of Colorado by Margaretta Caesar. Estimate $2,000 - $4,000.
20th C. Navajo Silver & Turquoise Concha Belt
. Native American, Southwestern United States, Navajo, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. This is a stunning concha style belt made of 17 segments of sterling silver and turquoise! Estimate $1,800 - $2,700.
Wonderful Sinu Tumbaga Hummingbird Finial
. Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Sinu Valley, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A delightful cast tumbaga finial in the form of a bird, perhaps a hummingbird, standing upon a small perch with an elongated beak, annular eyes, tucked wings, a flared tail, and tubular legs. Estimate $1,600 - $2,400.
Large Chancay Pottery Llama Effigy Figure
. Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1200 CE. This is a massive, hand-built pottery effigy of a llama supporting its balloon shaped body with 4 sturdy nubbin legs. Estimate $1,600 - $2,400.
18th C. Indian Silver Elephant Head Finial
. South Asia, India, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. This is a charming sterling silver elephant head finial with a curved trunk that is hollow with an opening on the tip. Estimate $1,500 - $2,000.
2nd C. Gandharan Stone Relief Panel w/ Buddha
. Northwest Pakistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A grey schist panel skillfully carved in high relief with a scene of seated figure, likely Buddha, with two attendants directly to his left and another on the other side of a Classical column occupying a niche. Estimate $1,200 - $1,800.
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