Artemis Gallery will hold its "
End-of-Year Clearance Ancient / Ethnographic
" sale on Dec 29, 2022 9:00 AM CST. Time to clear out the warehouse! Featuring discounted pricing on authentic antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, plus Viking, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Russian Icons, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, Fossils, jewelry, more. Translated Roman Mosaic Household Dedication Greek Text. Estimate $10,000 - $20,000.
Mesopotamian Painted Fresco Horse Pulling Chariot
. Ancient Near East, Mesopotamian, ca. 2400 to 600 BCE (toward the earlier years of this period). Given that very little painting from Mesopotamia has survived the tests of time, this section of a painted fresco is incredibly rare. Estimate $5,000 - $7,500.
4th C. Roman Marble Female Head, Provincial Style
. Roman, Eastern Empire, late Imperial Period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A wonderful, attractive, and expressive example of a female head in provincial stylization that is hand-carved from light gray marble bearing integral dark gray and beige veining throughout the composition. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
Costa Rican Stone Metate, Abstract Bat, ex-Museum
. Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed region, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. An enormous flying panel ceremonial metate, expertly carved from a single piece of volcanic stone with refined dimensions and intricately shaped zoomorphic embellishments. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000.
18th C. French Gold Fob Seal w/ Armorial Crest
. Western Europe, France, ca. late 18th to early 19th century CE. This is an elegant and high quality 83.4% to 84.5% (equivalent to 20K+) gold armorial seal with a pierced ring for suspension from a watch fob. Estimate $3,000 - $4,000
Tlingit / Haida Smoking Pipe - Bear, Raven, Fox
. Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A stunning smoking pipe carved from a single piece of marine mammal bone and inlaid with nacre shells. Estimate $2,500 - $3,000
Moche Portrait Mask of Young Man, Stylized Form
. Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 400 CE. A beautiful, hand-built pottery mask depicting a male countenance of a stylized form. Estimate $1,800 - $2,500
Valdivian Chorrera Stone Jaguar Mortar Fragment
. Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, late Valdivia to Chorrera culture, Late Formative Period, ca. 1500 to 300 BCE. A beautiful mortar fragment featuring the head of a highly stylized jaguar. Estimate $1,000 - $1,500.
20th C. PNG Sepik Wood Kundu Drum Lizard Skin
. Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A superb drum known as a kundu, created in the tropical rainforests of Papua New Guinea, hand-carved from wood with intricate engraved motifs across the body, and a lizard skin stretched across as the beater surface! Estimate $1,000 - $1,500.
Rare Huari Wood Bowl Portrait Faces in Relief
. Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A rare wooden dish featuring four heads carved in relief upon the exterior. The vessel rests on a flat base, and the walls rise upward to a thick rim and a shallow basin. Estimate $900 - $1,200
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