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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Chucu Inca Painted Terracotta Plaque - Foxes or Llamas: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Inca hinterlands (Chucu), ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A very rare, beautiful ceramic plaque, trapezoidal in form, with a checkerboard-style

0145A: Chucu Inca Painted Terracotta Plaque - Foxes or LlamasEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Lot of 2 Egyptian 18th Dynasty Faience Ushabtis: **Originally Listed At $600** Ancient Egypt, early New Kingdom Period, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1292 BCE. A lovely pair of mold-formed faience ushabti figures, one covered in a sky-blue glaze and

0146: Lot of 2 Egyptian 18th Dynasty Faience UshabtisEst. $1,100-$1,650Lot Passed

Lot of 3 Luristan Silver Equestrian Appliques, 150 g: **Originally Listed At $600** Near East/Western Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 1000 BCE. A beautiful trio of high grade silver (99% silver to be precise) identical equestrian medallions. Each is flat

0147: Lot of 3 Luristan Silver Equestrian Appliques, 150 gEst. $1,100-$1,650Lot Passed

Rare Miniature Chavin Copper Figure w/ Pyrite Eyes: **Originally Listed At $650** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 400 BCE. An intriguing miniature cast-copper figure standing atop delineated legs with wide hips, a portly abdomen,

0148: Rare Miniature Chavin Copper Figure w/ Pyrite EyesEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Fine Tairona Carved Steatite Whistle - Bat Form: **Originally Listed At $650** Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A fine hand-carved steatite whistle in the form of a stylized bat with two pairs of perforations through

0149: Fine Tairona Carved Steatite Whistle - Bat FormEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Large Chinese Neolithic Terracotta Painted Vessel: **Originally Listed At $650** East Asia, China, Neolithic Period, ca. 3000 to 2000 BCE. A beautiful, large, ceramic urn decorated with a complex black painted geometric pattern of triangles,

0150: Large Chinese Neolithic Terracotta Painted VesselEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Chimu Polychrome Textile Strap Fragment w/ Birds: **Originally Listed At $650** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A beautiful textile strap fragment composed of tightly-woven cotton fibers in hues of crimson, fuchsia,

0150A: Chimu Polychrome Textile Strap Fragment w/ BirdsEst. $1,300-$1,950Lot Passed

Costa Rican Stone Standing Figure - Mythical Monkey: **Originally Listed At $650** Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A fantastical figure, carved from porous volcanic stone, depicting a man with a

0150B: Costa Rican Stone Standing Figure - Mythical MonkeyEst. $1,300-$1,950Lot Passed

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Quimbaya Pottery Standing Male Flat Figure: **Originally Listed At $650** Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Middle Cauca complex, Quimbaya culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. An abstract anthropomorphic figure with a wide, trapezoid-shaped head with

0150C: Quimbaya Pottery Standing Male Flat FigureEst. $1,300-$1,950

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19th C. Fijian Wood Throwing Club w/ Skull & Crossbones: **Originally Listed At $650** Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A finely-carved wooden throwing club known as an ula kitu (also i ula kitu) with a compressed spherical head, a thick

0150D: 19th C. Fijian Wood Throwing Club w/ Skull & CrossbonesEst. $1,300-$1,950Lot Passed

Rare Anatolian Bronze Fertility Idol: **Originally Listed At $800** Ancient Near East, Anatolian/Cycladic, ca. late 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE. A fascinating example of a Cycladic bronze idol in a form known as "violin" for obvious

0151: Rare Anatolian Bronze Fertility IdolEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

18th C. Russian Icon w/ Oklad, Virgin of Sweet Kiss: **Originally Listed At $700** Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 18th century CE. The Virgin of the Sweet Kiss is a subject that derives from a prototype believed to have been painted by Saint Luke at

0152: 18th C. Russian Icon w/ Oklad, Virgin of Sweet KissEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

"Michael Jackson" (1978) Photo Signed by Brad Elterman: **Originally Listed At $750** United States, "Michael Jackson" photographic print (6/25), signed by photographer Brad Elterman on verso, 1978 CE. A large-format black and white photograph of the

0152A: "Michael Jackson" (1978) Photo Signed by Brad EltermanEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

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Impressive Moche 18K Gold Nose Ring, 10.1 g: **Originally Listed At $750** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. An impressive hammered 18K gold sheet nose ring of a sizable form with two small prongs above a

0153: Impressive Moche 18K Gold Nose Ring, 10.1 gEst. $1,200-$1,800

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19th C. Spanish Colonial Santo - St. Anthony of Padua: **Originally Listed At $1000** New World, Spanish Colonial, Mexico, ca. early 19th century CE. A tall, wooden santo depicting St. Anthony of Padua. He holds a quill in one hand and a book and the

0154: 19th C. Spanish Colonial Santo - St. Anthony of PaduaEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Spanish Colonial Wood Santo - St. Rita w/ Christ: **Originally Listed At $650** New World, Spanish Colonial period, Mexico, ca. 19th century CE. A standing wood santo depicting St. Rita of Cascia, with repaired hands from a santo of St. Anthony of

0154A: Spanish Colonial Wood Santo - St. Rita w/ ChristEst. $1,300-$1,950Lot Passed

Important Viking Silver Bracelet - 47.4 grams: **Originally Listed At $800** Northern Europe, Viking / Norse culture, ca. 8th to 11th century CE. A heavy, hammered silver bracelet with its ends formed into wires that wrap around each other and

0155: Important Viking Silver Bracelet - 47.4 gramsEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Paracas Textile Panel Fragment - Abstract Deities: **Originally Listed At $650** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Cavernas, Paracas culture, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A lovely textile panel fragment composed of tightly-woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool)

0155A: Paracas Textile Panel Fragment - Abstract DeitiesEst. $1,300-$1,950Lot Passed

Polychrome Pachacamac Textile Coca Bag w/ Zoomorphs: **Originally Listed At $650** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Pachacamac culture, ca. 1000 CE. A beautiful textile coca bag, comprised of tightly-woven camelid (alpaca or llama wool) fibers in hues

0156: Polychrome Pachacamac Textile Coca Bag w/ ZoomorphsEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Early European Migration Period Bronze Belt Buckle: **Originally Listed At $650** Europe, Migration period / early Medieval period, ca. 5th to 8th century CE. A beautifully cast bronze belt buckle with a wide pin and loop connected via a hinge at one

0157: Early European Migration Period Bronze Belt BuckleEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Lot of 2 Matched Nazca Polychrome Bowls: **Originally Listed At $700** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 400 CE. A fine set of matched ceramic bowls with highly-burnished surfaces and a cream-slipped ground. Each bowl

0157A: Lot of 2 Matched Nazca Polychrome BowlsEst. $1,300-$1,950Lot Passed

Early 18th C. Russian Wooden Icon - Synaxis: **Originally Listed At $800** Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 1700 CE. A colorful, iconographically interesting painted and gilded wood icon depicting the Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles. The Apostles

0158: Early 18th C. Russian Wooden Icon - SynaxisEst. $1,250-$1,875Lot Passed

Ancient Mesopotamian Head of Deity: **Originally Listed At $700** Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. 3200 to 1900 BCE. A hollow-form earthenware head, perhaps representing a deity, with finely modeled and incised beguiling features

0159: Ancient Mesopotamian Head of DeityEst. $1,300-$1,950Lot Passed

Ancient Bactrian Marble Pillar Idol: **Originally Listed At $900** Central Asia or Asia Minor, Bactria, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A beautiful example of a pillar idol, hand-carved and smoothed from creamy, white and beige-banded

0160: Ancient Bactrian Marble Pillar IdolEst. $1,300-$1,950Lot Passed

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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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