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Superb Egyptian Wooden Sarcophagus Mask / Bust

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Exceptional Antiquities | Ethnographic Art

Artemis Gallery

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An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, so much more! All items offered for sale have been legally acquired, are legal to sell and are unconditionally guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

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Rare Costa Rican Mortar Stone w/ Carvings: Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A huge, heavy mortar stone with a used, deeply convex grinding surface and its exterior banded with a register of repeated low

0155B: Rare Costa Rican Mortar Stone w/ CarvingsEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Toltec Relief Stone Male Figure: Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Toltec, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A carved sandstone panel depicting a relief elite anthropomorphic figure wearing a huge headdress decorated with rounded bosses and a giant

0155C: Toltec Relief Stone Male FigureEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Tairona Chalcedony Tube Bead Necklace w/ Quartz Frog: Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A stunning necklace with a translucent quartz carved frog pendant at its center. The frog is naturalistic and carved with detail showing

0157: Tairona Chalcedony Tube Bead Necklace w/ Quartz FrogEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Nazca Polychrome Banded Kero w/ Foxes: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca, Phase 3 to 4, ca. 200 to 450 CE. A pretty kero (quero) with three bands of iconography around its exterior. Top and bottom feature bands of repeated trophy heads, a common

0157A: Nazca Polychrome Banded Kero w/ FoxesEst. $1,000-$1,400

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Giant Nazca Polychrome Pottery Bowl - Trophy Head: Pre-Columbian, south coast of Peru, Nazca, ca. 220 BCE to 125 CE. An enormous, deep-walled polychrome bowl, its exterior finely decorated with a large trophy head attached to a long serpent body, in

0158: Giant Nazca Polychrome Pottery Bowl - Trophy HeadEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Gorgeous Nazca Ceramic Canteen - Sun God w/ Trophy Head: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca culture, probably Phase 6 or 7, ca. 600 BCE to 800 CE. A fantastic example of an earthenware canteen with bright, clear iconography painted on one of its faces. This

0158A: Gorgeous Nazca Ceramic Canteen - Sun God w/ Trophy HeadEst. $1,300-$2,000

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Rare Set of Four Mixtec Polychrome Heads - TL Tested: Pre-Columbian, Central Highlands, Mexico, Mixtec culture, ca. 800 CE. Exceedingly rare set of four portrait heads done in heavy gray pottery, then finished in red and white added pigments. Each is

0159: Rare Set of Four Mixtec Polychrome Heads - TL TestedEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Large & Attractive Cocle Pottery Pedestal Plate: Pre-Columbian, Panama, Gran Cocle, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. Big and beautiful, a polychrome painted pedestal fruitero dish hailing from the Gran Cocle kingdom of Panama. It features intricate painted

0160: Large & Attractive Cocle Pottery Pedestal PlateEst. $3,000-$4,500

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Rare Panamanian Cocle Polychrome Handled Pitcher: Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, Gran Cocle culture, ca. 800 to 1000 CE. Cocle sculpture and pottery usually consists of an unslipped or buff slipped surface that is decorated with contrasting

0161: Rare Panamanian Cocle Polychrome Handled PitcherEst. $7,000-$9,000

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Quimbaya Tumbaga Seated Figural Poporo, XRF Tested: Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Quimbaya, ca. 1200 to 1400 CE. A remarkable cast tumbaga statuette depicting a seated lord or shaman sitting upon a four-legged stool. This piece is entirely in the round,

0162: Quimbaya Tumbaga Seated Figural Poporo, XRF TestedEst. $12,000-$18,000Lot Passed

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Four Panamanian High Karat Gold Bells: Pre-Columbian, Central America, Panama, ca. 500 to 1200 CE. Four high karat gold jingle bells - one 18 karat and three 16 karat gold - all of stunning brilliant yellow hues. Each bell has a a

0162A: Four Panamanian High Karat Gold BellsEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Important Colima Pihuamo Cargador Seated Figure: Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Pihuamo style, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A mesmerizing hand-built terracotta vessel depicting a male cargador - a carrier figure holding a burden, leaning forward

0163: Important Colima Pihuamo Cargador Seated FigureEst. $9,000-$12,000

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Charming Moche Bichrome Owl Vessel: Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A fun vessel in the form of a seated owl with a somewhat human-like face. Finely sculpted, and painted a red-brown with

0163A: Charming Moche Bichrome Owl VesselEst. $2,700-$4,000Lot Passed

Rare Moche Bichrome Vessel - Bat Shaman: Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A rare depiction of a shaman transforming into a bat, standing atop a round-bodied stirrup vessel. The shaman has fantastic

0163B: Rare Moche Bichrome Vessel - Bat ShamanEst. $1,400-$2,100Lot Passed

Moche Four Faced Stirrup Vessel: Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. A bizarre and fascinating four-faced vessel with a tall stirrup handle and cylindrical spout. The wide-sided faces of the vessel

0163C: Moche Four Faced Stirrup VesselEst. $2,800-$4,200Lot Passed

Important Mayan Toltec Limestone Mask: Pre-Columbian, central Mexico, Maya / Toltec, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A wide-eyed mask carved from limestone with bulging eyes, a strong nose, and a wide mouth with huge lips. The face is colored with

0164: Important Mayan Toltec Limestone MaskEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Huge Puruha Pottery Urn w/ Abstract Human Head: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Puruha, ca. 750 to 1500 CE. A giant ceramic urn topped by a very abstract anthropomorphic "head". The body of the urn tapers from a wide shoulder to a diminutive, flat foot;

0164A: Huge Puruha Pottery Urn w/ Abstract Human HeadEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Large Narino Pottery Seated Figural Vessel: Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Capuli cultural complex, ca. 850 to 1500 CE. An extremely large anthropomorphic effigy jar, the figure squatting on his legs, nude with delineated genitalia, holding a long

0164B: Large Narino Pottery Seated Figural VesselEst. $5,000-$7,000Lot Passed

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Narino Polychrome Bowl - 8 Pointed Stars Motif: Pre-Columbian, Ecuador/Columbia border, Narino culture, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. A breathtaking bowl with a graceful form supported by a pedestal base, as well as pristine representations of five stylized

0165: Narino Polychrome Bowl - 8 Pointed Stars MotifEst. $800-$1,200

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Lambayeque 4-Lobed Whistling Vessel - Water Bird: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Lambayeque, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. An unusual bichrome whistling vessel featuring a long-beaked water bird perched at the end of a curved strap handle, atop the front of

0165B: Lambayeque 4-Lobed Whistling Vessel - Water BirdEst. $1,400-$2,000

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Trio Tairona Ceremonial Green Stone Scepters: Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, Santa Marta, ca. 700 to 1500 CE. A fine trio of large greenstone ceremonial scepters/staffs, each with a long, tapering blade and a skillfully carved and

0166: Trio Tairona Ceremonial Green Stone SceptersEst. $5,000-$7,000

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Casas Grandes Ramos 4-Face Polychrome Effigy Vessel: Pre-Columbian, Northwest Mexico, Chihuahua, Casas Grandes, Ramos, ca. 1250 to 1450 CE. A double Janus-faced effigy vessel, this polychrome ceramic jar presents four identical visages on the slightly

0166A: Casas Grandes Ramos 4-Face Polychrome Effigy VesselEst. $3,000-$4,500Lot Passed

Casa Grandes Babicora Polychrome Pottery Pot - Birds: Pre-Columbian, Northern Mexico, Northwest Chihuahua, Casas Grandes, Babicora, ca. 1150 to 1300 CE. An attractive polychrome Casas Grandes pottery vessel of a classic bulbous form, finished in a

0166B: Casa Grandes Babicora Polychrome Pottery Pot - BirdsEst. $3,000-$4,500Lot Passed

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Large Casas Grandes Ramos Polychrome Olla: Pre-Columbian, Northwest Mexico, Casas Grandes, Ramos, ca. 1150 to 1300 CE. A larve polychrome olla, most likely a vessel for food or water storage, decorated with red and black geometric and

0166C: Large Casas Grandes Ramos Polychrome OllaEst. $1,500-$2,000

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