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Fine Antiquities, Asian, Ethnographic Art

Artemis Gallery

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Our Halloween Day auction features classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine Art, so much more! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Convenient in-house shipping!

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Egyptian Third Intermediate Pottery Overseer Ushabti: Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1076 to 664 BCE. A hand-sculpted pottery overseer ushabti meant to manage the multitudes of worker ushabti who symbolically tended

0017D: Egyptian Third Intermediate Pottery Overseer UshabtiEst. $500-$700Lot Passed

Egyptian Painted Gesso / Gilt Cedar Mummy Mask: Egypt, Ptolemaic period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A finely carved cedar mummy mask with a gilded face and lovely painted gesso details. The ovoid head features large, black-painted eyes beneath thick

0017E: Egyptian Painted Gesso / Gilt Cedar Mummy MaskEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Faience Scarab Thutmose III, ex-Mitry: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479 to 1401 BCE. A beautiful faience beetle of naturalistic form with a notched wing case; the base has been inscribed with the

0018: Egyptian Faience Scarab Thutmose III, ex-MitryEst. $1,400-$2,000Lot Passed

Lot of 3 Romano Egyptian Terracotta & Faience Figures: Egypt, Ptolemaic to Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 30 BCE to 100 CE. A fine gathering of three mold-formed figures, the two largest made from light-brown terracotta, and the shortest figure made from

0018A: Lot of 3 Romano Egyptian Terracotta & Faience FiguresEst. $900-$1,400Lot Passed

Romano-Egyptian Pottery Sarcophagus Lid Fragment - Face: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE. A handsome pottery head portion from a Romano-Egyptian sarcophagus lid depicting a highly stylized human face. The expressive visage is

0018B: Romano-Egyptian Pottery Sarcophagus Lid Fragment - FaceEst. $3,500-$5,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Glazed Faience Sekhmet Amulet, ex-Mitry: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A mold-formed faience amulet depicting Sekhmet, the lioness-headed goddess of the sun, destruction, war, and healing. She is

0019: Egyptian Glazed Faience Sekhmet Amulet, ex-MitryEst. $1,400-$2,000

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Egyptian Faience Pataikos Pendant, ex-Mitry: Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic to Greco-Roman periods, ca. 712 to 30 BCE. A striking pale blue faience pendant in the form of the god Pataikos, sometimes considered to be the dwarf form of the god

0020: Egyptian Faience Pataikos Pendant, ex-MitryEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Egyptian Cedar Wood / Painted Gesso Mummy Mask: Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A lovely example of a hand-carved cedar wood mummy mask depicting a highly stylized human face that is covered in white gesso and painted

0020A: Egyptian Cedar Wood / Painted Gesso Mummy MaskEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Wood w/ Painted Gesso Horus Falcon: Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A hand-carved wooden figurine of a falcon representing Horus, the falcon-headed god of the sky. The avian figure stands on a pair of

0020B: Egyptian Wood w/ Painted Gesso Horus FalconEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Egyptian Wood & Painted Gesso Votive - Boat & Fish: Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. An intriguing example of a hand-carved wooden votive object depicting a fish riding in a boat. The piscine creature has an elongated ovoid

0020C: Egyptian Wood & Painted Gesso Votive - Boat & FishEst. $900-$1,400

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Egyptian Bronze Votive Sarcophagus w/ Snake: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A fine bronze votive sarcophagus of a rectangular form. The sarcophagus is surmounted by a stylized bronze snake, perhaps a

0020D: Egyptian Bronze Votive Sarcophagus w/ SnakeEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

Egyptian 25th Dynasty Glazed Faience Ushabti: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 25th Dynasty, ca. 664 to 525 BCE. A mold-formed faience ushabti of a tall form that is covered in lustrous blue glaze. The figure stands in mummiform with fused legs atop

0020E: Egyptian 25th Dynasty Glazed Faience UshabtiEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Egyptian Bronze Seated Statuette of Thoth: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A wonderful cast-bronze statuette of Thoth, the god of writing, accounting, and other intellectual pursuits. Thoth, typically

0020F: Egyptian Bronze Seated Statuette of ThothEst. $3,000-$4,500Lot Passed

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Egyptian Bronze Striding Pharaoh w/ Offering, ex-Mitry: Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 664 to 525 BCE. One of the iconic images of ancient Egypt, this is a cast bronze figure of a striding pharaoh. He is nude aside from his wig, crown, and

0021: Egyptian Bronze Striding Pharaoh w/ Offering, ex-MitryEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Egyptian Late Dynastic Polychrome Wood Lion Chair Legs: Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic period, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A special pair of finely carved and painted wooden legs, perhaps from a throne, an auxiliary royal seat, or a stool intended for a statue of a

0021A: Egyptian Late Dynastic Polychrome Wood Lion Chair LegsEst. $4,000-$8,000Lot Passed

Fine Early Cycladic Marble Vessel - Kandila Form: Greece, Cycladic culture, probably Early Cycladic, ca. 3200 to 2800 BCE. A really fine example of a famous and rare ancient form, the kandila. This is a hollowed out, roughly spheroid bowl standing

0021B: Fine Early Cycladic Marble Vessel - Kandila FormEst. $20,000-$30,000Lot Passed

Greek Archaic Terracotta Alabastron - Female Kore: Ancient Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 6th century BCE. A hollow-molded terracotta alabastron depicting a female kore, standing barefoot atop an integral ovoid plinth and wearing a flowing garment. She

0021C: Greek Archaic Terracotta Alabastron - Female KoreEst. $6,500-$9,000Lot Passed

Greek Geometric Pottery Kantharos, ex-Royal Athena: Ancient Greece, Athens, Geometric Period, ca. 8th century BCE. A gorgeous wheel-thrown pottery kantharos with a planar base, a wide apple-shaped body with a tapered shoulder, a thin rim, and a pair

0022: Greek Geometric Pottery Kantharos, ex-Royal AthenaEst. $2,000-$3,500Lot Passed

Greek Ionian Pottery Kylix w/ Glazed Details: Magna Graecia, northern territories, Ionia, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A fine wheel-thrown pottery kylix (wine cup) with a flared foot, a squat stem, a wide bowl with a flared rim, and a pair of

0022A: Greek Ionian Pottery Kylix w/ Glazed DetailsEst. $900-$1,400Lot Passed

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Mycenaean Squat Pyxis, ex-Museum, ex-Royal Athena: Ancient Greece, Mycenaean Period, Late Bronze Age, ca. 14th to 13th century BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery pyxis with a slightly concave base, a wide cylindrical body with squat walls, a

0023: Mycenaean Squat Pyxis, ex-Museum, ex-Royal AthenaEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Greek Mycenaean Bi-Chrome Pithos, ex-Royal Athena: Ancient Greece, Mycenaean, Late Helladic IIIA, ca. 1400 to 1300 BCE. A fabulous wheel-thrown pottery jar of a tall pithos form with a flared discoid foot, a narrow stem, an inverted piriform body

0024: Greek Mycenaean Bi-Chrome Pithos, ex-Royal AthenaEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Greek Mycenaean Bi-chrome Stirrup Vessel: Ancient Greece, Mycenaean, ca. 1375 to 1300 BCE. A charming wheel-thrown bi-chrome pottery vessel with a petite discoid foot, a squat spherical body with a smooth shoulder rising to a slender

0025: Greek Mycenaean Bi-chrome Stirrup VesselEst. $900-$1,200Lot Passed

Huge Greek Cypriot Polychrome Amphora TL Tested: Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Late Cypriot III, ca. 1200 to 1050 BCE. A fine wheel-thrown terracotta amphora of a substantial size with a protruding ring foot, a globular body with a dramatically-rounded

0025A: Huge Greek Cypriot Polychrome Amphora TL TestedEst. $4,000-$7,500Lot Passed

Greek Geometric Bi-Chrome Trefoil Oinochoe: Ancient Greece, Geometric Period, ca. 8th to 7th century BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery oinochoe with a slightly concave discoid foot, a bulbous piriform body with a tapered shoulder, a

0026: Greek Geometric Bi-Chrome Trefoil OinochoeEst. $2,500-$3,500Lot Passed

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