Variety Sale - Ancient | Asian | Ethnographic

Egyptian Bronze Standing Ibis - Stunning Patina

Greek Apulian Red-Figure Hydria, ex-Sotheby's

Chinese Tang Dynasty Horse & Rider, ex-Museum

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Variety Sale - Ancient | Asian | Ethnographic

Artemis Gallery

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You'll find plenty of options in our Feb. 9 auction that will cater to all tastes and budgets. Classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, the Near East. Asian art from China, Japan, Thailand, more! Pre-Columbian. Native American. African / Tribal / Oceanic. Spanish Colonial. Fossils. Jewelry. So much more!

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Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Pottery Alabastron: Ancient Egypt, Pre-Dynastic period, Naqada III, ca. 3200 to 3150 BCE. A red ware cylindrical vessel of the style known as alabastron with an elongated teardrop shape topped by a flared rim. This

0001: Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Pottery AlabastronEst. $1,400-$2,000Lot Passed

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Large Egyptian New Kingdom Terracotta Ushabti: Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 to 712 BCE. A tall pottery mummiform ushabti (shabti), mold-made, and painted a bright yellow-orange. Darker orange details outline the wig, facial details, and arms. The

0001A: Large Egyptian New Kingdom Terracotta UshabtiEst. $1,200-$1,500

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Egyptian Alabaster Offering Vessel - Old Kingdom: Ancient Egypt, Old Kingdom, ca. 2300 BCE. A miniature alabaster vessel, painstakingly carved by hand. The piriform vessel sits on a flat foot and has a large, round rim with a flat top that mirrors

0001B: Egyptian Alabaster Offering Vessel - Old KingdomEst. $500-$700Lot Passed

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Egyptian Bead Necklace w/ Steatite Face Plaque: Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1543 to 1292 BCE. A gorgeous necklace of multi-colored round and disc-shaped faience, glass, and stone beads (including carnelian, agate, jet, and steatite)

0001C: Egyptian Bead Necklace w/ Steatite Face PlaqueEst. $900-$1,200

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Egyptian New Kingdom Steatite Fish Amulet: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 to 1070 BCE. A scaraboid form carved from white steatite in the shape of a fish - a tilapia, based on other Egyptian carvings - with a cartouche on its underside.

0002: Egyptian New Kingdom Steatite Fish AmuletEst. $1,000-$2,000Lot Passed

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Two Egyptian Faience Amulets - Eye of Horus & Sekhmet: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 to 1070 BCE. A pair of flat faience amulets. One is in the form of Sekhmet, with her sun crown and lioness head above a large and elaborately delineated pectoral.

0003: Two Egyptian Faience Amulets - Eye of Horus & SekhmetEst. $600-$900

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Egyptian Bronze Standing Ibis - Stunning Patina: Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. A cast bronze ibis, posed as if standing in the shallow waters on the shores of the Nile, with its large feet drawn beneath its ovoid

0003A: Egyptian Bronze Standing Ibis - Stunning PatinaEst. $900-$1,400

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Egyptian Faience Ushabti w/ 5 Lines of Glyphs: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. An ushabti (shabti) of pale blue and green faience with five lines of hieroglyphs and mummiform design. Size: 1.6" W x 5.8" H (4.1 cm x 14.7

0004: Egyptian Faience Ushabti w/ 5 Lines of GlyphsEst. $800-$1,200

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Ancient Egyptian Faience Ushabti with Hieroglyphs: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. A very pale green ushabti (shabti) with hieroglyphs inscribed down the lower front, in the standard mummiform design, with the arms crossed over

0005: Ancient Egyptian Faience Ushabti with HieroglyphsEst. $600-$900

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Egyptian Bronze Sarcophagus w/ Shrew Atop: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 310, ca. 662 to 320 BCE. Interesting small bronze sarcophagus with a small shrew on top. The sarcophagus is of typical rectangular open form, with

0005A: Egyptian Bronze Sarcophagus w/ Shrew AtopEst. $600-$800Lot Passed

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Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace, ex-Arte Primitivo: Egypt, New Kingdom to Late Dynastic, 18th to 30th Dynasties, ca. 1300 to 300 BCE. Necklace and matching earrings comprised of innumerable ancient faience mummy beads; the necklace features two

0005B: Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace, ex-Arte PrimitivoEst. $300-$450

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Egyptian Faience Amulet of Hathor: Ancient Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26 to 29, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A small faience amulet with a deep turquoise color in the form of the head of Hathor, a goddess associated with joy, the feminine,

0006: Egyptian Faience Amulet of HathorEst. $500-$800

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Romano Egyptian Pottery Shrine w/ Apis Bull: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 30 BCE to 2nd century CE. A votive figure, mold-made from coarse red clay, with a design of the sacred bull god, Apis. He wears a crown commonly associated with

0006A: Romano Egyptian Pottery Shrine w/ Apis BullEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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Greek Geometric Period Bronze Bull: Greece, Geometric period, ca. 8th century BCE. A simple and suggestive abstract figure of a bull with a long tail, large phallus, long legs and face, and twin horns curved inward towards each other.

0007: Greek Geometric Period Bronze BullEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Roman Bronze Near-Miniature Aryballos: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A petite cast bronze aryballos, a near-miniature vessel for holding oil, with a globular body and a narrow neck terminating in a flared spout with

0007A: Roman Bronze Near-Miniature AryballosEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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Greek Cypriot Bichrome "Target" Jug: Greece, Cyprus, Archaic Period, ca. 7th century BCE. A pottery jug with twin high, curving handles, a very narrow neck, and a flared, wide rim. The jar is painted in deep brown and black pigments,

0007B: Greek Cypriot Bichrome "Target" JugEst. $600-$900

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Greek Archaic Cypriot Pottery Plate w/ Swastika: Ancient Greek, Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic Period, ca. 750 to 500 BCE. A round, shallow terracotta plate with twin loop handles projecting from its sides and black-on-white painted motifs on the interior

0007C: Greek Archaic Cypriot Pottery Plate w/ SwastikaEst. $1,200-$1,500

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Hallstatt Iron Axe, ex-Piscopo: Central Europe (Germany, Austria), Eastern Hallstatt Culture, ca. 8th to 6th centuries BCE. An amazingly well-preserved iron artifact, from the Early Iron Age in Europe. A large axe head, thin,

0007D: Hallstatt Iron Axe, ex-PiscopoEst. $700-$1,100

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Cypriot Pottery Pedestal Plate - Bullseye Design: Ancient Mediterranean, Cyprus, ca. 7th to 6th centuries BCE. This is a low, round-bodied pedestal plate with a bullseye design in its center and very small handles with pinhole loops attached to the

0008: Cypriot Pottery Pedestal Plate - Bullseye DesignEst. $600-$900

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Greek Corinthian Polychrome Kothon: Greece, Corinth, Archaic Period, ca. 6th century BCE. A beautiful kothon with a smooth, burnished, cream-color slipped surface and delicate black and red decorative lines around the rim and interior.

0008A: Greek Corinthian Polychrome KothonEst. $400-$600

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Greek Xenon Kylix - Pink Laurel Wreath & Star Design: Magna Graecia, South Italy, Xenon, ca. 4th c. BCE. A fine ceramic drinking cup of a classic kylix form with a wide shallow bowl on a raised foot and twin upraised handles, the interior bowl adorned

0008B: Greek Xenon Kylix - Pink Laurel Wreath & Star DesignEst. $600-$900

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Greek Pottery Votive Bust of Goddess: Ancient Greece, ca. 4th century BCE. A hollow, mold-made terracotta bust of a woman, probably a goddess, with substantive white pigment remaining. She has a wonderfully life-like face, with a long,

0008C: Greek Pottery Votive Bust of GoddessEst. $400-$600

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Greek Apulian Red-Figure Hydria, ex-Sotheby's: Magna Graecia, South Italic, Apulia, ca. 4th century BCE. A hydria of a classic form on raised disc foot with twin handles on shoulder and one behind on neck as well as a wide flared rim. Decorated

0008D: Greek Apulian Red-Figure Hydria, ex-Sotheby'sEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Greek Red-Figure Cup, Dotted Checkerboard, Ex Christies: Ancient Greece, South Italic, Apulian, ca. 4th century BCE. A single-handled cup with a globular body, corseted shoulder, and flared rim; the body presenting a mesmerizing geometric decorative

0008E: Greek Red-Figure Cup, Dotted Checkerboard, Ex ChristiesEst. $600-$900

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The following are the TERMS OF SALE for bidding in Live Auction, Thursday, February 9, 2017. AUCTION will start at 8 a.m. MT, 10 p.m. EST, 7 a.m. PST - Live Online / Absentee Bidding only. Please read the following "Terms of Sale" carefully. These terms are applicable to all bidders in this auction, collectors and dealers alike. Please do not bid in this auction if you do not agree to all of the terms listed below. Your submission of bids in this auction constitutes your acceptance of these "Terms of Sale." 1. All items in this auction have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. 2. This is an auction sale, not an approval sale. By bidding in this auction, the bidder personally guarantees payment. The auctioneer has final discretion in all matters. In case of dispute, the lot(s) in question may be resold. Lots will be sold in their numerical sequence unless the auctioneer directs otherwise. 3. 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