Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Ethnographic Art

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Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Ethnographic Art

Artemis Gallery

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An online-only auction featuring Classical Antiquities from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Italy, the Near East, the Fast East, as well as Pre-Columbian Art from the Ancient Americas (Mexico, Central and South America), and Ethnographic / Tribal Art. All items offered for sale in this auction have been legally acquired and are legal to sell, and are guaranteed authentic/as described.

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An Egyptian Steatite Scarab - Thutmoses III: Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550 to 1450 BC. Carved steatite scarab beetke with cartouche of Pharaoh Tuthmoses III. Fine beetle on obverse. 23mm x 16mm.

0016E: An Egyptian Steatite Scarab - Thutmoses IIIEst. $500-$600Lot Passed

An Egyptian Steatite Scarab Dynasty 18: Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca 1550 to 1450 BC. Carved steatite beetle with possible glyphs from Tuthmose era; fine beetle on obverse.

0016F: An Egyptian Steatite Scarab Dynasty 18Est. $400-$500Lot Passed

An Egyptian Steatite Scarab - Twin Scorpian Glyphs: Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca 1550 to 1450 BC. Carved steatite beetle with twin scorpion glyph. Fine beetle on obverse.

0016G: An Egyptian Steatite Scarab - Twin Scorpian GlyphsEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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An Acient Egyptian Achulian Flint / Chert Hand Axe: Nile Valley, Paleolithic, Ca. 40,000 BC. Hand fitted early lithic pecked cutting tool with serrated edges and with sheen to surface. 5"L (13cm). Provenance: Ex-W. Steinberg, New York. This lot

0018: An Acient Egyptian Achulian Flint / Chert Hand AxeEst. $600-$900

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A Neolithic Stone Biface Axe Head - Faiyum: Made in Mali near the Tenere Desert, but purportedly found in the Faiyum Valley of Egypt, dating to about 7000 to 5000 BC. Knapped stone implement. Egypt has a very rich Palaeolithic past, dating

0019: A Neolithic Stone Biface Axe Head - FaiyumEst. $900-$1,200Lot Passed

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A Neolithic Stone Biface Axe Head (383.8g): Made in Mali near the Tenere Desert, but purportedly found in the Faiyum Valley of Egypt, dating to about 7000 to 5000 BC. Knapped stone implement. Egypt has a very rich Paleolithic past, dating from

0020: A Neolithic Stone Biface Axe Head (383.8g)Est. $1,200-$1,500

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An Attic Black Figure Lekythos Herakles and Greeks: Athens, Late Archaic, ca. 490 BC. Black-figure pottery vessel depicting Herakles battling an Amazon. Herakles in center, striding left, with shield up and quiver raised, attacks an Amazon. The

0020A: An Attic Black Figure Lekythos Herakles and GreeksEst. $6,000-$8,000Lot Passed

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Mitchell's Ancient Atlas, Classical & Sacred 1861: Very rarely do you come across one Mitchell's original map books, but this is one of them, published by E.H. Butler & Co., 1861. Containing maps illustrating the geography of the ancient world, as

0020AA: Mitchell's Ancient Atlas, Classical & Sacred 1861Est. $500-$800

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0021: A Greek South Italian Terracotta SphinxEst. $250-$600Lot Passed

A Greek Terracotta Male Head: Classic Period, Ca. 4th Century B.C. A well modelled deep red clay effigy with long neck and smooth modeled facial features. 3-5/8”H. Provenance: Ex-Gorny & Mosch auction, DE 7770, lot 366.

0022: A Greek Terracotta Male HeadEst. $700-$850Lot Passed

A Greek Campanian Black Glazed Pottery Mug: South Italian, Ca. 4th Century BC. High fire with an almost metalic sheen, a deep vessel with cylindrical neck section and flared rim. Overall black glaze and compact loop handle under rim. 3-3/4”

0023: A Greek Campanian Black Glazed Pottery MugEst. $500-$700Lot Passed

0024: A Greek Ar Silver Tetradrachm Antiochos VIIEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

A Greek Apulian Red Figure Pottery Lid: South Italian, Ca. 4th Century BC. High fire with an almost metalic sheen, a deep vessel with cylindrical neck section and flared rim. Overall black glaze and compact loop handle under rim.

0025: A Greek Apulian Red Figure Pottery LidEst. $200-$400Lot Passed

An Etruscan / Italic Bronze Votive Animal Lid: Umbria, Ca. 1st Millennium BC. Tapered cast handle or lid with a splayed cat headded animal seated at end and two circles incised as well. 2-3/4”L x ¾”H. Provenance: Ex European Private

0026: An Etruscan / Italic Bronze Votive Animal LidEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

A Greek Gnathian Prochous Lion Head Terminals: South Italic, ca. 325 BC. Graceful vessel on rounded base with thin neck, elegant pinched pouring spout and looped handle. Two little lion masks molded at base of spout. Gnathia was a sub style of

0027: A Greek Gnathian Prochous Lion Head TerminalsEst. $1,200-$1,500Lot Passed

A Greek Gnathian Trefoil Oinochoe: From the ancient Greek colony of Gnathia (today Ignazia) in the Apulian region of of southern Italy, Ca. 300 BC. Black-glazed terracotta wine pouring vessel decorated in traditional Gnathian patterns

0027A: A Greek Gnathian Trefoil OinochoeEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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A Greek Tanagra Terracotta Standing Figure: So expressive! From ancient Greece, Tanagra, ca. 300-200 BC. Hollow-cast Very finely rendered lady with hair drawn up into a bun behind her head and wearing chiton and himation which she grasps at

0028: A Greek Tanagra Terracotta Standing FigureEst. $1,500-$2,000

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A Greek Terracotta Seated Figure of Attis: Rare example! From ancient Greece, ca. 100 BC - 100 AD. Terracotta seated figure of Attis, consort of Cybele in Phrygian and Greek mythology. His priests were eunuchs, the Galli, as explained by

0029: A Greek Terracotta Seated Figure of AttisEst. $2,500-$3,000Lot Passed

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An Eastern Greek Bronze Bowl: From ancient Greece, ca. 500 - 400 BC. Solid bronze shallow bowl, decorated with incised lines around outer edge, as well as interior. Incredible original patina has blue undertones. 2"H x 7"D.

0030: An Eastern Greek Bronze BowlEst. $900-$1,200

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An Apulian Red-Figure Owl Skyphos: Greek, from the Apulian colonies in South Italy, ca. 4th Century BC. Black glazed pottery wine cup decorated on either side with a figure of an owl between two olive sprigs. The Owl Skyphos is one of

0031: An Apulian Red-Figure Owl SkyphosEst. $900-$1,200

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A Greek Apulian Xenon Skyphos: From ancient Greece, South Italy, Apulia, ca. 325 BC. Pottery skyphos, used for drinking wine, decorated in what is called a Xenon style of applied reddish pigment over black base. 3-1/2"H.

0031A: A Greek Apulian Xenon SkyphosEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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A Greek Messapian Bi-Chrome Jug: Greek, from Southern Italy, ca. 350 - 300 BC. Terracotta bulbous-bodied pouring jug with flat, wide rimmed mouth and high strap handle. Buff ground with painted red-brown bands. 7" H. Provenance:

0032: A Greek Messapian Bi-Chrome JugEst. $700-$900

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An Etrusco-Corinthian Kylix - Swans: Rare form! From ancient Etruria, ca. 600 - 550 BC. Each side with two swans, a rosette between them, swans all facing right, bands of dots above framing alternating squares; with flaring lip,

0033: An Etrusco-Corinthian Kylix - SwansEst. $1,200-$1,500

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A Greek Gnathian Black-Glazed Thistle Beaker: Greek, Gnathian colonies in South Italy, ca. 4th Century BC. Black glazed terracotta vessel with painted geometric designs; single loop handle; to the neck bands of paiinted ovolo, wave and running

0034: A Greek Gnathian Black-Glazed Thistle BeakerEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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