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Ptolemaic / Romano Egyptian Gypsum Mummy Mask

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Fine Antiquities | Asian | Ethnographic Art

Artemis Fine Arts

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Tall Egyptian Bronze Osiris Figure: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period to Late Dynastic Period, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A heavy and detailed cast bronze figure of the mummiform god of the Underworld, Osiris. This would have been a votive

0001: Tall Egyptian Bronze Osiris FigureEst. $9,000-$12,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Bronze / Stone Mummy Mask Eyes: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 315 BCE. An ever watchful pair of ancient bronze and limestone eyes and eyebrows, the alluring arched bronze eye rims with extended

0001A: Egyptian Bronze / Stone Mummy Mask EyesEst. $2,500-$3,500Lot Passed

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Tall Ancient Egyptian Wooden Ushabti: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period to Late Dynastic Period, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A well-preserved, tall, hand-carved wood ushabti with excellent details on the upper body, especially of the pectoral,

0001B: Tall Ancient Egyptian Wooden UshabtiEst. $800-$1,200

13 Egyptian Faience Miniature Amulets & Scarabs: Egypt, Amarna Period, ca. 1353 to 1336 BCE (for the faience); Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070 to 644 BCE (for the steatite scarabs). A collection of thirteen amulets. Four of them are white

0001C: 13 Egyptian Faience Miniature Amulets & ScarabsEst. $900-$1,400Lot Passed

Rare Egyptian Lapis Djed Amulet + Scarab: Egypt, New Kingdom / Third Intermediate Period, 1550 to 712 BCE. A faience scarab and a lapis lazuli djed amulet. Amulets of the scarab were hugely popular for thousands of years in ancient Egypt, a

0001D: Rare Egyptian Lapis Djed Amulet + ScarabEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Large Pre-Dynastic Red Breccia Stone Jar: Egypt, Pre-Dynastic, Naqada III period, ca. 3200 to 3000 BCE. A heavy, bulbous jar with a variegated surface of smooth and rough stone. Two cylindrical, lugged handles project from either side,

0002: Egyptian Large Pre-Dynastic Red Breccia Stone JarEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Egyptian 26th Dynasty Yellow Faience Ibis Amulet: Egypt, Late Period, 26th (Saite) Dynasty, ca. 664 to 525 BCE. A thin, triangular faience amulet, cast in a mold with decoration on both sides in the form of a seated ibis on a flat surface. A narrow

0002A: Egyptian 26th Dynasty Yellow Faience Ibis AmuletEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Tall / Striking Egyptian Faience Ushabti: Egypt, late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Periods, ca. 712 to 30 BCE. One of the more striking, pretty examples of a faience ushabti that we have seen. The faience is a pale, seafoam blue-green, and the

0002B: Tall / Striking Egyptian Faience UshabtiEst. $800-$1,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Ptolemaic Bronze Situla - Depicting Procession: Ancient Egypt, Ptolemaic period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A cast bronze situla with a register in raised relief depicting a procession above a geometrically-decorated, mammiform base. The rim is molded,

0002C: Egyptian Ptolemaic Bronze Situla - Depicting ProcessionEst. $700-$1,200

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Egyptian Winged Scarab Faience Pectoral: Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. An ornate, turquoise blue faience winged scarab, molded separately in three parts, the wings and scarab finely modeled and highly detailed. All

0002D: Egyptian Winged Scarab Faience PectoralEst. $1,600-$2,000

Trio of Egyptian Faience Amulets- Hands & Lotus Blossom: Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period or later, ca. 1000 to 332 BCE. A trio of faience amulets in the form of two hands, and a lotus blossom. The hands are long fingered, with the fingers

0002E: Trio of Egyptian Faience Amulets- Hands & Lotus BlossomEst. $900-$1,400Lot Passed

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Rare Egyptian Wood Panel w/ Eyes of Horus: Ancient Egypt, purportedly found at Abydos, Late Period, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A four-part carved wood panel featuring the right and left Eyes of Horus and other hieroglyphs, probably created for a

0003: Rare Egyptian Wood Panel w/ Eyes of HorusEst. $4,000-$6,000

Ptolemaic / Romano Egyptian Gypsum Mummy Mask: Egypt, Ptolemaic to Romano Egyptian, ca. 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE. A plaster (ground gypsum) mummy mask depicting a male visage of a remarkably human yet theatrical countenance in a style

0004: Ptolemaic / Romano Egyptian Gypsum Mummy MaskEst. $6,000-$8,000Lot Passed

Cypriot Iron Age Pottery Bilbil - Found in Holy Land: Near East, Cyprus, found in the Holy Land, late Cypriot I, ca. 1600 to 1050 BCE. A delicate "bilbil" juglet with a bulbous, apple-shaped body, a slender cylindrical neck, a strap handle, and a flared

0004A: Cypriot Iron Age Pottery Bilbil - Found in Holy LandEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Cypriot Blacktop Redware Pottery Bowl: Cyprus, Levant Iron Age II, ca. 1000 to 800 BCE. This is a beautifully simple dipper with a small pierced projection and a deep round bowl. The body has a well-burnished red slip with a thin black

0005: Cypriot Blacktop Redware Pottery BowlEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Greek Mycenean Pottery Stirrup Vessel: Ancient Greece, Mycenaean, ca. 1500 BCE. A wheel-made pottery stirrup jar of a classic Mycenaean form with a globular body, flat round foot, conjoined twin handles, and a side spout. The vessel is

0006: Greek Mycenean Pottery Stirrup VesselEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Large Greek Cypriot Red/Black Target Jug - TL tested: Cyprus, Iron Age, ca. 700 BCE. An exemplar of Greek Cypriot pottery that preceded the emergence of Classical Greek pottery, with a near-spherical body, conical neck, and trefoil spout, and long

0007: Large Greek Cypriot Red/Black Target Jug - TL testedEst. $6,000-$9,000Lot Passed

Huge Central European Spiral Fibula: Central Europe, Hungary, Bronze Age, ca. 12th to 8th century BCE. What a display of ancient wealth! A giant bronze fibula, made from a series of looped, coiled, and spiraled thick bronze rods bound

0007A: Huge Central European Spiral FibulaEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

Greek Archaic Bronze Horse (purportedly ex-Sothebys): Ancient Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A solid bronze statuette of a horse cast via the lost wax process, standing with a curved, sway back upon relatively short but sturdy legs,

0007B: Greek Archaic Bronze Horse (purportedly ex-Sothebys)Est. $1,900-$2,700Lot Passed

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Published Pseudo-Corinthian Bronze Helmet, ex-Christies: Ancient Greece, post-Corinthian, ca. 5th century BCE. A Pseudo-Corinthian type bronze helmet with elegant, almond-shaped false eye holes and a spear-head shaped nose guard, molded eyebrows above

0007C: Published Pseudo-Corinthian Bronze Helmet, ex-ChristiesEst. $25,000-$30,000

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Greek Attic Black-Figure Pottery Kylix: Greece, Athens, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. This is a delicate Attic kylix (drinking cup) with finely shaped squared-off handles, a wide, evenly sloping bowl, and a delicate round foot joined to the

0008: Greek Attic Black-Figure Pottery KylixEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Greek Attic Glazed Footed Plate w/ TL Analysis: Ancient Greece, Athens, ca. 5th century BCE. A wide shallow, wheel-thrown ritual drinking cup raised upon a small disc foot with a red reserve, concave band along the foot's periphery and a red

0008A: Greek Attic Glazed Footed Plate w/ TL AnalysisEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Sicilian Akragas Didrachm Silver Coin - 480 BCE: Greek colonies, Magna Graecia, Sicily, Akragas, ca. 480 to 478 BCE. AR didrachm (7.6 g). Obverse: Sea eagle standing left, AK behind, RA in front. Reverse: Crab. Cp. SNG ANS 950f.; SNG München

0009: Sicilian Akragas Didrachm Silver Coin - 480 BCEEst. $650-$1,000

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Stunning Greek Attic Blackware Kylix: Greek, Athens, ca. 525 to 475 BCE. This ceramic vessel is truly a work of art, with a perfectly round, deep bowl that stands on a round foot, and twin, delicate handles projecting from the lower

0010: Stunning Greek Attic Blackware KylixEst. $1,000-$1,500

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