Pre-Columbian | Native American | Ancient Art

Exhibited Egyptian Stone Stele for Harsitoyef, ex-Ede

Impressive Maya Copador Cylinder - 2 Lords, Glyphs

Shepard Fairey Serigraph - "Power and Equality" (2007)

Done

Louisville, CO, United States

Auction Details

Pre-Columbian | Native American | Ancient Art

Artemis Gallery

TOP RATED

Featuring Pre-Columbian, Native American, Northwest Coast, Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Ethnographic Art, Fossils, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Asian, Fine / Visual art, so much more! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Convenient in-house shipping.

Auction Curators:

Bob DodgeOwner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art

Sydelle DienstfreyPhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts

Search:

Sort:

Lot Number: Lowest

View:

Buy Now Only

Sold

19th C. Benin Elephant Ivory Tusk Oliphant Trumpet: Africa, Republic of Benin, ca. late 19th to 20th century CE. A fabulous side-blown trumpet, known as an oliphant or akohen, hand-carved from the tusk of an elephant with a strand of red glass and

0117A: 19th C. Benin Elephant Ivory Tusk Oliphant TrumpetEst. $1,000-$1,500

See Sold Price

19th C. Moroccan Glazed Pottery Plate (Mokhfia): North Africa, Morocco, Fez (Fes) region, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful earthenware vessel known as a mokhfia, with lovely hand painted polychrome patterns. The bowl rests on a ring

0118: 19th C. Moroccan Glazed Pottery Plate (Mokhfia)Est. $600-$900Lot Passed

Sold

Early African Lega Bone Carving Nude Man (Bwami): Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A figural carving made from a massive elephant bone, depicting a nude man with scarification /

0119: Early African Lega Bone Carving Nude Man (Bwami)Est. $600-$900

See Sold Price

African Senufo Brass Diviner's Ring w/ Bush Cow Head: West Africa, Burkina Faso or Ivory Coast, Senufo, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A symbolic healer's "ring of silence," cast from brass in the form of a buffalo with large horns and a chameleon

0120: African Senufo Brass Diviner's Ring w/ Bush Cow HeadEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

20th C. Nigerian Ibibio Wood Dance Crest: West Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio people, ca. 20th century CE. A rare and quite intriguing wooden dance crest comprised of a helmet-shaped calotte with a central projecting head, surrounded by 6

0120A: 20th C. Nigerian Ibibio Wood Dance CrestEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

19th C. Central African Wooden Zoomorphic Headrests: Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bantu culture, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A pair of wooden headrests with a silky texture and lustrous coloration from touch and age. One

0121: 19th C. Central African Wooden Zoomorphic HeadrestsEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

19th C. Dayak Wood Baby Carrier w/ Demon Face: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Borneo, Dayak peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved ironwood baby carrier, with a curved half-basket shape and crescent seat, with a high relief demon

0121A: 19th C. Dayak Wood Baby Carrier w/ Demon FaceEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Papua New Guinea Huli Human Hair Headdress w/ Ochre: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Highlands region, Huli / Egan Culture, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A rare disc shaped headdress wig made of human hair and cloth over a wood frame rim. The top is

0122: Papua New Guinea Huli Human Hair Headdress w/ OchreEst. $900-$1,350Lot Passed

Traditional Naga Warrior Helmet w/ Boar Tusks & Horns: South Asia, Northeastern India to Burma, Naga Konyak culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A rare example of an early handmade warrior helmet comprised of a rattan conical frame with

0122A: Traditional Naga Warrior Helmet w/ Boar Tusks & HornsEst. $1,600-$2,400Lot Passed

Tall / Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Ancestor Figure: Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River region, Kararau, Iatmul, ca, early to early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wood figure with cowrie shell eyes and painted with white and reddish

0122B: Tall / Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Ancestor FigureEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Early / Large Papua New Guinea Wood Bowl w/ Faces: **Originally Listed At $600** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River region, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful wood food bowl hand-carved with twin, openwork handles and heads

0122C: Early / Large Papua New Guinea Wood Bowl w/ FacesEst. $900-$1,350Lot Passed

Sold

Large Fossilized Ammonite Shell w/ Sutures: **Originally Listed At $1000** Ancient Seas, Jurassic to Cretaceous period, ca. 200 to 66 million years ago. A fossilized ammonite that is nearly fully excavated from the stone it fossilized in,

0123: Large Fossilized Ammonite Shell w/ SuturesEst. $1,200-$1,800

See Sold Price

Fossilized Oreodont Merycoidodon Upper Skull & Teeth: North America, Western United States, South Dakota, Pennington County, White River / Brule Formation, Oligocene, ca. 33 to 30 million years ago. A fossilized skull of a prehistoric mammal known as an

0124: Fossilized Oreodont Merycoidodon Upper Skull & TeethEst. $1,400-$2,100Lot Passed

Sold

Rare Baby Triceratops Jawbone Fossil: North America, Lance Formation, Niobrary County, Wyoming, private land, late Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period, ca. 68 to 66 million years ago. What an amazing find! Lower jaw bone of

0125: Rare Baby Triceratops Jawbone FossilEst. $1,800-$2,700

See Sold Price

Fossilized Woolly Rhinoceros Jawbone w/ Teeth: **First Time At Auction** Northern Asia, Siberia, ca. 3.6 million years ago to 10,000 years ago. A wonderfully preserved lower jawbone from a woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis), with 5

0126: Fossilized Woolly Rhinoceros Jawbone w/ TeethEst. $2,200-$3,300Lot Passed

Large Fossilized Mammoth Molar Tooth w/ Enamel & Root: North America / Siberia, Pliocene to Pleistocene period, ca. 2.6 million to 10,000 years ago. A massive fossilized molar from a prehistoric mammoth - this tooth is a fascinating structure that

0127: Large Fossilized Mammoth Molar Tooth w/ Enamel & RootEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

3 Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Neolithic Knapped Chert Blades: Ancient Egypt, Neolithic to Predynastic, Naqada I to II period, ca. 7000 to 3000 BCE. A collection of 3 knapped chert blades which may have functioned as tools and ritualistic items that may have

0127A: 3 Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Neolithic Knapped Chert BladesEst. $700-$1,050Lot Passed

Sold

Exhibited Egyptian Stone Stele for Harsitoyef, ex-Ede: Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. An incredible limestone funerary stele of ovoid form carved with elaborate figures and rows of

0128: Exhibited Egyptian Stone Stele for Harsitoyef, ex-EdeEst. $18,000-$25,000

See Sold Price

Rare Egyptian Faience Amulet Meretseger (Cobra God): Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. An incredibly rare faience amulet depicting Meretseger (also Mertseger or Merseger), a cobra god

0129: Rare Egyptian Faience Amulet Meretseger (Cobra God)Est. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Egyptian Stone Pesesh-Kef Amulet (Opening of the Mouth): Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A petite, hand-carved stone amulet known as a pesesh-kef (PsS-kf in Egyptian) used during a funerary ritual called the "Opening of

0130: Egyptian Stone Pesesh-Kef Amulet (Opening of the Mouth)Est. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

Sold

Exhibited Egyptian Pottery Ushabti for Ankhefenkhonsu: Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 22nd Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 720 BCE. A mold-formed pottery ushabti standing in mummiform with black-painted agricultural implements held in arms

0131: Exhibited Egyptian Pottery Ushabti for AnkhefenkhonsuEst. $1,800-$2,500

See Sold Price

Sold

Rare Egyptian Faience Amulet Pataikos (Dwarf God): Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A rare, turquoise-glazed faience amulet depicting the dwarf god Pataikos presenting nude on the

0131A: Rare Egyptian Faience Amulet Pataikos (Dwarf God)Est. $600-$900

See Sold Price

Sold

Fine Egyptian Stone Relief - Sculptor's Model: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. Very fine section of a limestone or hard plaster relief used as a sculptor's model. This was a common practice where an artist of the day would create

0132: Fine Egyptian Stone Relief - Sculptor's ModelEst. $10,000-$15,000

See Sold Price

Egyptian Faience Cobra Amulet: Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A mold-formed faience amulet depicting a cobra with its head and hood held high. A pierced suspension loop is integral to the

0132A: Egyptian Faience Cobra AmuletEst. $1,600-$2,400Lot Passed

View:

Auction Details

Artemis Gallery

TOP RATED

Louisville, CO, United States

1,318 Reviews

7,954 Followers

Bid Increments

PriceBid Increment

$0$25

$300$50

$1,000$100

$5,000$250

$10,000$500

$20,000$1,000

$50,000$2,500

$100,000$5,000

$250,000$10,000

$500,000$25,000

Buyer's Premium

26.5%

Terms & Conditions

Please read the following "Terms of Sale" carefully. Your submission of bids in this auction constitutes your acceptance. 1. All ancient items have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. 2. Lots will be sold in their numerical sequence unless the auctioneer directs otherwise. In case of dispute, the lot(s) in question may be re-opened if bidding activity warrants. The auctioneer has final discretion in all matters. 3. All lots will sell to the highest bidder without hidden / confidential reserves. HIGH and LOW ESTIMATES are provided for each lot for reference only. The actual selling / hammer price may be higher or lower based on bidder demand. 4. PAYMENT POLICY: To provide a seamless bidder checkout, all winning lots will be invoiced through LiveAuctioneers' LivePayments invoicing system, unless bidder chooses to pay Artemis Gallery directly via personal check or money order, via credit card (MasterCard, Visa, Discover), PayPal or Bank Wire Transfer. If bidder chooses to pay Artemis Gallery directly, bidder must contact Artemis Gallery to arrange payment. Payments not made within 5 business days of auction's end will forfeit bidder's right to purchase said item(s), with item(s) relisted to next appropriate auction. In addition, non-paying bidders will receive posted negative feedback on LiveAuctioneers and not be allowed bidding privileges on any future auctions, no exceptions. 5. BUYER'S PREMIUM: A 26.5% Buyer's Premium will be added to the final price of each lot purchased and will be paid by all bidders without exception. 6. CO SALES TAX: Appropriate Colorado Sales Tax will be added to all invoices, unless a valid CO seller's permit is on file with Artemis Gallery/Artemis Gallery Live prior to any bidding in the auction. Items shipped outside of CO (United States or international) are also sales tax exempt. 7. RETURN POLICY: No sale is ever final if you're not happy; however, it is important that you keep in mind deadlines for reporting issues based on the following situations: a. In the event of an authenticity dispute, written email notification must be provided to Artemis Gallery within 2 business days from receipt of the item as shown by FedEx, UPS, or USPS tracking data. After Artemis Gallery is notified of the dispute, a written letter from a recognized expert in the field pertaining to the item in dispute must then be presented for consideration. If Artemis Gallery concludes that the expert's assessment of the piece is accurate, a full refund, including hammer price, buyer's premium (if applicable), and shipping costs will be provided. Artemis Gallery will either provide a pre-paid return shipping label or reimburse the return shipping charge. Artemis Gallery will only remit refund after the item has been returned. b. In the event of an error in item description, condition report, provenance, or dimensions, written notification of the error must be given within 2 business days from receipt of the item as shown by FedEx, UPS, or USPS tracking data. A full refund, including item price, buyer's premium (if applicable), and shipping costs will be provided, if so requested. Artemis Gallery will either provide a pre-paid return shipping label or will reimburse the return shipping charge. Artemis Gallery will only remit refund after the item has been returned. c. If a return is requested for any reason other than the above, written notification with reason for return must be given within 2 days from receipt of the item as shown by FedEx, UPS, or USPS tracking data for Artemis Gallery to issue a refund to the original payment method. If notification is given after 5 days, the item may be returned for credit toward a future purchase or may be consigned for sale through Artemis Gallery. The item must be returned to Artemis Gallery at the buyer's expense. Original shipping charges will not be refunded. All items to be returned must be adequately insured and must be received by Artemis Gallery in the same condition as when shipped. In no event may any item be returned after 20 days from the date of delivery. 8. IN-HOUSE SHIPPING: All buyers will receive an invoice detailing their purchases, sales tax (if applicable), buyer's premium, and shipping/insurance charges. Items will be shipped only upon receipt of payment in full and will be insured for their full value. If you prefer to work with a third-party shipper, we can assist with recommendations. **Please note, we are currently unable to ship to Germany, Switzerland and Australia due to customs clearance issues. We are working to resolve this issue. If you are in Germany, Switzerland or Australia, you will need to provide an alternate shipping destination, or we will not be able to complete your purchase.* **For shipments outside of the USA, customs and duties may apply upon entry into said country; this fee, if any, is the buyer's responsibility. Also, please be aware that Artemis Gallery will NOT falsify customs value on any international shipments - what you pay is what we declare, no exceptions. There are a small number of international countries we cannot ship to. If you have questions about this, please inquire BEFORE bidding** 9. Buyer agrees that any claim of controversy arising out of, or relating to the formation, interpretation of performance of these terms and underlying transactions or the breach thereof, is subject to arbitration or judicial proceedings and shall take place within the County of Boulder, CO subject to the laws of the State of Colorado. 10. QUESTIONS? Feel free to email us with questions prior to bidding or feel free to call us at 720-890-7700.

Autopay

If you have not contacted Artemis Gallery to arrange payment within 3 days of the time that invoice is sent, we will charge the credit card you used to register for the auction for the amount of your invoice.

Sales Tax

Online purchases from Artemis Gallery may be subject to sales tax. Please see the following for more details. If you are tax-exempt, you can submit your tax-exempt certificate to prevent the collection of tax. Learn more about tax-exemption.