Antiquities - Egypt, Greece, Rome, Near East

Egyptian Sarcophagus Mask w/ Stone & Bronze Eyes

Greek Apulian Volute Krater w/ Women - ex Christie's

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Antiquities - Egypt, Greece, Rome, Near East

Artemis Gallery

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Featuring two incredible collections - one in storage for more than 20 years! Superb examples, most first time at auction. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern. If you love the classics, this is the sale for you. All artifacts offered for sale have been legally acquired, are legal to sell and are guaranteed to be as described.

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Group of 4 Egyptian Gesso'd Wood Ushabtis, ex-Bonhams: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom Period, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1567 to 1085 BCE. A beautiful gathering of four hand-carved, gesso-covered wooden ushabti standing in mummiform. Each figure wears a

0001: Group of 4 Egyptian Gesso'd Wood Ushabtis, ex-BonhamsEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Naqada II Terracotta Lugged Jar: Ancient Egypt, Pre-Dynastic Period, Naqada II, ca. 3500 to 3200 BCE. An incredible example of early Egyptian pottery, a buffware vessel in an elongated acorn form with a rounded body, a slightly

0001B: Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Naqada II Terracotta Lugged JarEst. $4,000-$6,000

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Fine Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Naqada Blacktop Vase: Ancient Egypt, Pre-Dynastic period, late Naqada I to early Naqada II, ca. 3600 to 3300 BCE. A gorgeous coil-formed Nile silt pottery vessel with a highly-burnished, russet-hued surface made with a

0001C: Fine Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Naqada Blacktop VaseEst. $5,000-$7,500

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Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Slate Ceremonial Knife Blade: Ancient Egypt, Pre-Dynastic Period, late Naqada II to early Naqada III, ca. 3500 to 3100 BCE. A gorgeous curved blade with a perforated tang, hand-carved from a single piece of siltstone (commonly

0001D: Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Slate Ceremonial Knife BladeEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Egyptian Sarcophagus Mask w/ Stone & Bronze Eyes: Ancient Egypt, Late Period, ca. 712 to 300 BCE. An evocative sarcophagus mask with a red and black striped headdress, bronze eyebrow and eyelid inlays (oxidized to blue-green hues), large stone eye

0002: Egyptian Sarcophagus Mask w/ Stone & Bronze EyesEst. $5,000-$7,000

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Rare / Early Egyptian Middle Kingdom Bronze Battle Axe: Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, probably 12th Dynasty (XII Dynasty), ca. 1991 to 1802 BCE. An impressively large, cast bronze battle axe, of a form identified by Flinders Petrie as from the 12th

0002A: Rare / Early Egyptian Middle Kingdom Bronze Battle AxeEst. $3,000-$4,500

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Egyptian Banded Alabaster Carved Vessel: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A large banded calcite alabaster vessel comprised of a flat base, gently-expanding walls, and a flared, inward-sloping lip

0003: Egyptian Banded Alabaster Carved VesselEst. $600-$900

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Egyptian Faience Djoser Temple Tile - Third Dynasty: Ancient Egypt, Old Kingdom, Third Dynasty, ca. 2630 to 2611 BCE. One of the over thirty-thousand rectangular faience tiles found in the funerary complex of the Pharaoh Djoser. On the back is a

0003A: Egyptian Faience Djoser Temple Tile - Third DynastyEst. $900-$1,400

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Rare / Original Egyptian Beaded Mask Ensemble: Egypt, New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period, ca. dynasties 18 through 22, ca. 1400 to 712 BCE. It is hard to convey just how incredibly rare this ensemble is. In my 25 years of collecting and

0004: Rare / Original Egyptian Beaded Mask EnsembleEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Egyptian 18th Dynasty Canopic Jar Lid - TL Tested: Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1479 to 1401 BCE. A fantastic example of a ceramic canopic jar lid, with the face of the god Imsety molded and painted onto the side of the lid. Much of the jar

0005: Egyptian 18th Dynasty Canopic Jar Lid - TL TestedEst. $3,000-$4,000Lot Passed

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Lot of 13 Egyptian Faience 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

0006: Lot of 13 Egyptian Faience Amulets & ScarabsEst. $900-$1,300

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Assorted Egyptian Amulets - 8 Faience & 1 Glass: Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom to Late Dynastic Period, 11th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 2050 to 332 BCE. A beautiful ensemble of nine Egyptian amulets, one made of glass, and the remaining eight from

0007: Assorted Egyptian Amulets - 8 Faience & 1 GlassEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

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Egyptian Limestone Lintel / False Door Section: Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A large limestone section from a lintel or false door, consisting of four stepped panels, each decorated with incised

0008: Egyptian Limestone Lintel / False Door SectionEst. $6,000-$9,000

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Fine Egyptian Bronze Standing Osiris, ex-Christie's: Egypt, Late Dynastic period, 25th to 26th Dynasty, ca. 712 to 525 BCE. A heavy cast-bronze figure of the mummiform Osiris, god of the Underworld. This would likely have been a votive figure, perhaps

0009: Fine Egyptian Bronze Standing Osiris, ex-Christie'sEst. $3,000-$4,500

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Translated Egyptian Turquoise Glaze Ushabti - Amenemope: Egypt, from Tel Assassif, Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, ca. 943 to 716 BCE. Comprised of a brilliantly blue glazed faience, a superb ushabti presenting a finely modeled and detailed face

0010: Translated Egyptian Turquoise Glaze Ushabti - AmenemopeEst. $4,300-$6,450Lot Passed

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Egyptian Late Dynastic Faience Winged Scarab: Egypt, Late Dynastic to early Ptolemaic periods, ca. 712 to 30 BCE. An ornate green-glazed faience scarab and accompanying wings, molded separately in three parts, each component being finely modeled

0011: Egyptian Late Dynastic Faience Winged ScarabEst. $800-$1,200

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Egyptian Faience Ushabti w/ Black Hieroglyphs: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. An ushabti (shabti), made of faience that in places is bright blue and in others is greenish, and painted with black details and hieroglyphs.

0012: Egyptian Faience Ushabti w/ Black HieroglyphsEst. $2,200-$3,300Lot Passed

Fine Egyptian Bronze Striding Harpokrates, ex-Bonhams: Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A beautiful cast-bronze figurine depicting the child god Harpokrates (from the Egyptian Her-pa-khered, literally "Horus

0013: Fine Egyptian Bronze Striding Harpokrates, ex-BonhamsEst. $2,500-$3,500Lot Passed

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Late Dynastic Egyptian Wood / Gesso Ptah Sokar Osiris: Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic to Greco-Roman periods, ca. 712 to 30 BCE. An amazing, rare artifact from a culture whose enigmatic funerary rituals hint at a truly lost way of life, this is a painted

0013A: Late Dynastic Egyptian Wood / Gesso Ptah Sokar OsirisEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Egyptian Wooden Sarcophagus Panel with Cobras: Ancient Egypt, Late Period, ca. 712 to 300 BCE. A richly-painted wooden panel, probably from the side or center of a sarcophagus. Along the top is a row of relief cobras, each shown rearing. Below

0013B: Egyptian Wooden Sarcophagus Panel with CobrasEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Egyptian Faience Ushabti - Extensive Hieroglyphs: Ancient Egypt, late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Periods, ca. 712 to 30 BCE. A nice example of an ushabti, made from a pale, seafoam green faience. Ushabti dolls are figures shaped like adult male or female

0014: Egyptian Faience Ushabti - Extensive HieroglyphsEst. $1,400-$2,000Lot Passed

0014A: Egyptian Faience Amulets - 4 Sons of HorusEst. $900-$1,400Lot Passed

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Egyptian Bronze Oxyrhynchus (Medjed) Fish: Ancient Egypt, Late Period to Ptolemaic periods, ca. 712 to 30 BCE. A heavy cast bronze figure of a fish wearing a uraeus crown. Behind the crown is a loop for suspension. The fish is an oxyrhynchus,

0014B: Egyptian Bronze Oxyrhynchus (Medjed) FishEst. $1,200-$1,500

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Egyptian Wooden Painted Panel with Inlaid Faience: Ancient Egypt, Late Period to Ptolemaic, ca. 712 to 30 BCE. A wooden decorative panel, perhaps from a temple or elite private residence, in the form of an arch-shape with its surface painted white.

0014C: Egyptian Wooden Painted Panel with Inlaid FaienceEst. $2,000-$3,000

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