Warehouse Clearance Ancient / Ethnographic

Published Egyptian Ptolemaic Glass Inlay of a Ba Bird

Large Megalodon Tooth from N. Carolina River

20th C. Haitian Sequined Cloth Vodou Drapeau / Flag

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Louisville, CO, United States

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Warehouse Clearance Ancient / Ethnographic

Artemis Fine Arts

Our warehouse is in need of a Spring Cleaning! These lots are going, going, gone...plus we've added a nice selection of lots brand-new to auction! Join us for our special Warehouse Clearance sale featuring discounted pricing on antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East...plus Viking, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Russian Icons, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, more! Starting prices have been reduced up to 65% from original auction prices - perfect for dealers and collectors.

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Greek Core Formed Glass Trefoil Oinochoe: **First Time At Auction** Ancient Greece, Classical Period, ca. late 6th to 5th century BCE. A lovely core-formed glass perfume-holding vessel known as oinochoe with an inverted piriform body

0022: Greek Core Formed Glass Trefoil OinochoeEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

Greek Archaic Pottery Head Protome - Female: **Originally Listed At $2300** Ancient Greece, Archaic, ca. 650 to 480 BCE. A fragment of a mold-made terracotta protome depicting a female head, wearing a himation drawn up and over her head with

0023: Greek Archaic Pottery Head Protome - FemaleEst. $2,800-$4,200Lot Passed

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Greek Bronze Situla Handle - Panther w/ Art Loss Cert.: **Originally Listed At $1000** Ancient Greece, Classical Period, ca. 480 to 450 BCE. A gorgeous mold-cast bronze situla handle of a petite size depicting a leaping panther. The recessed ovoid eyes

0024: Greek Bronze Situla Handle - Panther w/ Art Loss Cert.Est. $1,300-$1,950

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Campanian Pottery Guttus w/ Face of Zeus: **Originally Listed At $250** Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Campania, ca. 360 to 325 BCE. A fine mold-made ceramic guttus (also guttos) used to pour oil into oil-burning lamps. The vessel rests

0025: Campanian Pottery Guttus w/ Face of ZeusEst. $600-$900

Greek Apulian Polychrome Lebes Gamikos: **Originally Listed At $250** Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery lebes gamikos with a flared foot, an apple-shaped body with a rounded shoulder,

0026: Greek Apulian Polychrome Lebes GamikosEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Greek Apulian Polychrome Gnathian Thistle Mug: **Originally Listed At $450** Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Eastern Apulia, near Ignazia, ca. 370 to 320 BCE. A wheel-thrown drinking vessel with a squat foot, a bulbous body with a corseted

0027: Greek Apulian Polychrome Gnathian Thistle MugEst. $900-$1,300

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Greek Gnathian Blackware Trefoil Oinochoe: **Originally Listed At $300** Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, near Ignazia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery oinochoe with a ringed foot, a bulbous piriform body, a

0028: Greek Gnathian Blackware Trefoil OinochoeEst. $500-$750

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Lot of 2 Greek Hellenistic Pottery Bowls & Spindle Jar: **First Time At Auction** Ancient Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 4th to 1st century BCE. A fine gathering of three wheel-thrown pottery vessels from Hellenistic-era Greece. First is a slender

0029: Lot of 2 Greek Hellenistic Pottery Bowls & Spindle JarEst. $400-$600

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Rare Miniature Megarian Pottery Handled Cup: **Originally Listed At $500** Greek colonies (Magna Graecia), Hellenistic Period, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. A beautiful miniature bowl, made from red ceramic, with a skyphos form - a deep body

0030: Rare Miniature Megarian Pottery Handled CupEst. $700-$1,050

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Roman Republic - M. Fourius Philus Silver Denarius: **Originally Listed At $200** Roman, Republican Period, ca. 119 BCE. A silver denarius of M. Fourius Philus, minted in Rome. Janus head. PHILI - ROMA Roma standing l., holding sceptre and crowning

0031: Roman Republic - M. Fourius Philus Silver DenariusEst. $400-$600

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Lot of 4 Oil Lamps - Holy Land, Roman & Greek: **Originally Listed At $400** First, Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Middle Bronze Age I-II, ca. 2200 to 1750 BCE. A single-spouted pottery lamp made from a creamy colored clay and hand-molded, with a

0032: Lot of 4 Oil Lamps - Holy Land, Roman & GreekEst. $800-$1,200

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Roman Glass Unguent Vessel: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. An elegant hand blown glass unguentarium, presenting a traditional teardrop shaped body with a gently pointed bottom, a

0033: Roman Glass Unguent VesselEst. $250-$500

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Petite Roman Glass Unguent Vessel, ex-Bonhams: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. An elegant hand-blown glass unguentarium, presenting a cylindrical body, a sharply corseted shoulder, a gradually flaring neck,

0034: Petite Roman Glass Unguent Vessel, ex-BonhamsEst. $250-$500

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Rare Set Gallo-Roman Gold Repousse Phalerae (5): **Originally Listed At $3500** Roman Gaul / Gallo-Roman, ca. 1st to early 5th century CE. A handsome and extremely rare set of very pure gold (97.5% or equivalent to 22K+ gold) phalerae - military

0035: Rare Set Gallo-Roman Gold Repousse Phalerae (5)Est. $6,000-$9,000

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Roman 24K Gold Sheet Applique of a Goddess - 1.1 g: **Originally Listed At $500** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A delicate, beautiful, sheet gold applique (99% or equivalent of 24K), featuring the relief face and upper body of a

0036: Roman 24K Gold Sheet Applique of a Goddess - 1.1 gEst. $600-$900

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Lot of 3 Roman Fresco Fragments from Pompeii: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Pompeii, early Imperial Period, ca. 1st century CE. A gathering of three painted plaster fragments from large frescos that at one time decorated the city of Pompeii.

0037: Lot of 3 Roman Fresco Fragments from PompeiiEst. $450-$650

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Roman Bronze Twisted Wire Hair Pin: **Originally Listed At $75** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A lengthy bronze hair pin, its body displaying a pointed bottom portion leading to a twisting upper section. The

0037A: Roman Bronze Twisted Wire Hair PinEst. $100-$150

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Roman Glass Bottle, ex Bonhams: **Originally Listed At $150** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A gorgeous bottle formed from thick, translucent glass of a verdant blue-green hue. The elegant vessel is defined by

0038: Roman Glass Bottle, ex BonhamsEst. $300-$450

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Lot of 3 Roman Bronze Crossbow Fibulae: **Originally Listed At $150** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A lovely set of three cast-bronze fibula brooches of classic 'crossbow' forms. The shortest has a dramatically curved

0039: Lot of 3 Roman Bronze Crossbow FibulaeEst. $300-$450

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Roman Glass Ampulla Bottle, ex-Bonhams: **Originally Listed At $150** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A beautiful bottle of a wide form, free blown from translucent glass of a soft turquoise hue. The vessel is defined

0040: Roman Glass Ampulla Bottle, ex-BonhamsEst. $300-$450

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Holy Land Pottery Oil Lamp – Palm Branches: **Originally Listed At $150** Israel, Samartian, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. This petite and attractive terracotta vessel is comprised of a concave base with a raised central dot, rough sides,

0041: Holy Land Pottery Oil Lamp – Palm BranchesEst. $250-$375

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Roman Bronze Figurine of Mars, Messenger of the Gods: **Originally Listed At $350** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A beautiful cast-bronze figurine of the god Mercury (Greek Hermes), the messenger of the gods. He wears his

0042: Roman Bronze Figurine of Mars, Messenger of the GodsEst. $550-$825

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Roman Glass Double Unguentarium, ex Bonhams: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A gorgeous example of a double unguentarium meant for holding two different types of scented oils or kohl makeup,

0043: Roman Glass Double Unguentarium, ex BonhamsEst. $400-$600

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Roman Glass Bottle - Sage Green Color: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A fine bottle formed from semi-translucent, sage-green glass. The bottle has a spherical body with a rough pontil scar

0044: Roman Glass Bottle - Sage Green ColorEst. $150-$250

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Artemis Fine Arts

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