Summer Timed Discovery Auction

Sumer Faience, Glass, Shell, & Carnelian Bead Necklace

19th C. Mexican Carved / Painted Wood Santo - Pieta

Pair of Jalisco Pottery Sheepface Female Figures

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Louisville, CO, United States

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Summer Timed Discovery Auction

Artemis Gallery

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Join us for our Summer Timed Discovery Auction featuring items priced no higher than $1000 and some starting at low at $25! This auction will feature fabulously priced clearance items and newly listed items at pricing perfect for dealers or collectors. Please note, this is a timed auction. Live phone bidding is not available.

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Rare Anatolian Copper Axe Head: **Originally Listed At $600** Ancient Near East / Western Asia, Anatolia, ca. 1000 BCE. A beautiful cast-copper axe head with an elongated ovoid socket ending in a small knob-shaped butt. The thick

0139: Rare Anatolian Copper Axe HeadEst. $1,100-$1,650Lot Passed

19th C. Tibetan Thangka with Red Tara: **Originally Listed At $600** Southeast Asia, Tibet, ca. 19th century CE. Hand-painted with rich jewel-tone hues and gold leaf, a large thangka depicting the Red Tara at the center sitting upon a

0140: 19th C. Tibetan Thangka with Red TaraEst. $1,100-$1,650Lot Passed

Anatolian Marble Abstract Idol - Troy Type: **Originally Listed At $600** Ancient Near East, Anatolia, Early Bronze Age I-II, ca. 3200 to 2300 BCE. A wonderfully-preserved Troy-type idol of a simplified, abstract anthropomorphic form,

0140A: Anatolian Marble Abstract Idol - Troy TypeEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

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Greek Terracotta Muse Melpomene Holding Actors Mask: **Originally Listed At $600** Greece, Hellenistic, ca. 3rd century CE. A beautiful mold-formed terracotta statue of Melpomene (meaning to sing or the one who is melodious) - one of the nine Muses -

0140B: Greek Terracotta Muse Melpomene Holding Actors MaskEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Roman Terracotta Figure - Playful Cherubs: **Originally Listed At $600** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A hollow-molded terracotta figure of two cherubs shown in playful combat atop an integral rectangular plinth. Both

0140C: Roman Terracotta Figure - Playful CherubsEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Attendant: **Originally Listed At $600** China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A hollow, mold-made pottery human figure showing a kneeling man, with a realistic and detailed painted face, wearing a robe

0141: Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery AttendantEst. $1,100-$1,650Lot Passed

Persian Faience / Carnelian Beaded Necklace: **Originally Listed At $600** Ancient Near East, Persia, Iran, ca. 1000 BCE. A modern stringing of beads from ancient Persia. Teardrop-shaped carnelian beads are spaced with long bugle beads made of

0142: Persian Faience / Carnelian Beaded NecklaceEst. $1,100-$1,650Lot Passed

Late 19th C. Fijian Wooden Sali Club: **Originally Listed At $600** Oceania, Fiji Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful example of the distinctive double-headed sali war club. Sometimes referred to as "cali,"

0142A: Late 19th C. Fijian Wooden Sali ClubEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Large Venezuelan Tairona Stone Batwing Pectoral: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, found in Venezuela, traded from the Colombian Tairona culture, ca. 10th to 16th century CE. A large example of a "batwing" pectoral, so called because of

0142B: Large Venezuelan Tairona Stone Batwing PectoralEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Rare Prehistoric Alaskan Thule Miniature Bone Idol: **Originally Listed At $600** Native American, Northwest Alaska, Thule culture, ca. 1200 to 1700 CE. A rare effigy idol of a miniature size, hand-carved from bone, perhaps walrus. The figure has a

0142C: Rare Prehistoric Alaskan Thule Miniature Bone IdolEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Moche Wood, Shell & Jet Poporo Container - Human Form: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 500 CE. A hand-carved wooden poporo container for holding lime powder meant to enhance the hallucinogenic properties

0142D: Moche Wood, Shell & Jet Poporo Container - Human FormEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

19th C. Mexican Wood Santo - Virgin Mary: **Originally Listed At $800** New World, Mexico, Spanish Colonial style, ca. 19th century CE. A striking, hand-carved wooden santo figure depicting the Virgin Mary, her hands raised in blessing. She

0143: 19th C. Mexican Wood Santo - Virgin MaryEst. $1,100-$1,650Lot Passed

Chimu Silver Tweezer & Bead Necklace - 40.1 g: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A charming necklace made from over a hundred tiny silver seed beads and featuring a pair of solid silver tweezers as a

0143A: Chimu Silver Tweezer & Bead Necklace - 40.1 gEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Peruvian Chancay Wood Earspool with Inlay: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A very large wooden earspool that is extensively decorated with shell inlays. In the central roundel is a

0143B: Peruvian Chancay Wood Earspool with InlayEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

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Fine Chavin Sodalite Bead Necklace: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin culture, ca. 900 to 200 BCE. A fabulous necklace composed of 23 cylindrical beads carved from vivid cornflower-blue sodalite

0143C: Fine Chavin Sodalite Bead NecklaceEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Costa Rican Greenstone Lizard Celt, ex Butterfield: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A beautiful ceremonial hand tool known as a celt, hand-carved from sage-green

0143D: Costa Rican Greenstone Lizard Celt, ex ButterfieldEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Aztec Polychrome Tripod Bowl - Monkey Heads: **Originally Listed At $650** Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Aztec Empire, ca. 1400 to 1521 CE. An absolutely choice ceramic vessel in the Coatlapanec style from the city states of the Atlixco

0144: Aztec Polychrome Tripod Bowl - Monkey HeadsEst. $1,100-$1,650Lot Passed

Chimu Wood Scale with Inlay - Birds: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fascinating object, a petite set of wooden scales, comprised of two shallow wooden pans connected to a wooden

0144A: Chimu Wood Scale with Inlay - BirdsEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Maya Jadeite Pendant Set in Modern Silver & Tourmaline: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A beautiful rod-form pendant carved from pale sage-green jadeite with milky

0144B: Maya Jadeite Pendant Set in Modern Silver & TourmalineEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

20th C. Samoan Wood Boat Oar - Foe: **Originally Listed At $600** Oceania, Polynesia, Samoa, ca. early 20th century CE. A lovely hand-carved wooden boat oar known as a "foe" (literally "paddle") with a stocky handle, a diamond-shaped

0144C: 20th C. Samoan Wood Boat Oar - FoeEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

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Early 20th C. Naga Rattan Basket - Monkey Skull, Boar: **Originally Listed At $600** Central Asia, northeastern India/Burma, Naga people, ca. early 20th century CE. A fascinating object, a woven black rattan basket decorated with two halves of a boar's

0144D: Early 20th C. Naga Rattan Basket - Monkey Skull, BoarEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Maya Pottery Bowl w/ Jaguar: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built pottery bowl with a shallow basin, a flat base, and short walls

0144E: Maya Pottery Bowl w/ JaguarEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

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Maya Ceramic Cylinder Vessel - Glyphoids: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Guatemala and southern Mexico, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 700 to 900 CE. A tall, narrow-mouthed redware cylinder vessel with a flat base and thick

0144F: Maya Ceramic Cylinder Vessel - GlyphoidsEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Chinese Hongshan Double Beast Stone Bowl: **Originally Listed At $600** East Asia, China, Hongshan, ca. 3500 to 2200 BCE. Finely carved from a single piece of black stone, an ovoid bowl with ornamental handles depicting the heads of two

0145: Chinese Hongshan Double Beast Stone BowlEst. $1,100-$1,650Lot Passed

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Artemis Gallery

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Louisville, CO, United States

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Bid Increments

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$0$25

$300$50

$1,000$100

$2,000$250

$5,000$500

$10,000$1,000

$20,000$2,500

$50,000$5,000

$100,000$10,000

$200,000$20,000

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24.5%

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Please read the following "Terms of Sale" carefully. 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. 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. 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. All lots will sell to the highest bidder without hidden / confidential reserves. 4. No lots will be released / shipped until payment has been made in full. 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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. If Artemis Gallery concludes that the assessment of the piece is accurate, a full refund, including item price, buyer's premium (if applicable), and shipping costs will be provided. 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. In the event of an error in item description, condition report, provenance, or dimensions, written notification of the error must be given within two 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. Artemis Gallery will either provide a pre-paid return shipping label or will reimburse the return shipping charge. 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