Artemis Gallery will hold its
Antiquities, Pre-Columbian, Ethno, Fine Art sale
on Dec 15, 2022 9:00 AM GMT-6. The sale features classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Fine Art, Jewelry, more! Fossilized Rhinoceros Full Skull - Chilotherium Wimani. Estimate $6,000 - $9,000.
Fine Colima Redware Dog Effigy
. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Finely burnished with a red finish applied in a stripe over the snout and brow of the head! Although standing, the pose is somewhat dynamic with the head twisted back and snarling, as if a swift response to someone sneaking up from behind. Estimate $4,000 - $5,000.
Fossilized Shoal of Knightia Fish / Life Assemblage
. North America, Wyoming, Green River Formation, Eocene Period, ca. 53.5 to 48.5 million years ago. An extraordinary shoal of Knightia fish that fossilized together in what is often called a "life assemblage" because the stone matrix contains a once living community of creatures that died while they were behaving as the normally would - likely hit by a sudden "catastrophic mass mortality" event. Estimate $3,000 - $4,000.
Colima Gadrooned Vessel Parrot Legs, ex-Kirk Douglas
. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. Colima, Protoclassic Period, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. Estimate $3,000 - $4,000.
Maya Polychrome Vessel 3 Figures, Jaguar, Snakes TL'd
. Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 800 to 900 CE. A hand-built pottery bowl of squat form featuring a gorgeous register of polychrome figural and glyphic decorations. Estimate $3,200 - $4,800.
Rare 19th C. Afghani Bronze Ceremonial Sugar Axe
. Near East / Central Asia, Iraq & Afghanistan, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. An incredibly rare and beautiful tool known as a sugar axe, cast from bronze with some remains of the iron blade embedded in the head. Estimate $2,000 - $3,000.
17th C. Mexican Forged Iron Lance + 8 Spear Heads
. Latin America, Mexico, Spanish Colonial Period, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. A collection of 9 forged iron lance and spear heads, each bearing a conical socketing shaft on the bottom or a thick tang. Estimate $1,600 - $2,400.
Late Roman / Byzantine Bronze Bread Stamp Greek Text
. Roman or Byzantine, ca. 4th to 7th century CE. A rectangular bronze bread stamp with two rows of Greek letters, each within a thick bronze border. The verso has a double loop handle with an applied flat panel at the center. Estimate $1,200 - $1,800.
Eocene Fossil Priscacara Fish in Stone Matrix
. North America, Western United States, Wyoming, Green River Formation, Eocene, ca. 40 million years ago. A pair of well-preserved overlapping Priscacara fish fossils encased in a stone matrix, prepared by Ulrich's Fossil Gallery. Estimate $1,200 - $1,800.
19th C. Fillipino Ifugao Wood Duyu Human Form
. Southeast Asia, Philippines, Northern Luzon, Ifugao province, Ifugao culture, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A remarkable bowl known as a duyu, skillfully carved from a single block of wood to present in the form of a human. Estimate $1,200 - $1,800.
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