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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Warehouse Clearance Ancient / Ethnographic

Artemis Gallery

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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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Lot of 2 Korean Silla Grey Stoneware Kobae Bowls: **First Time At Auction** East Asia, Korea, Silla Kingdom, ca. 5th to 6th century CE. A pair of lovely stoneware offering bowls, each with a distinctive flaring openwork foot that gives the vessel

0111: Lot of 2 Korean Silla Grey Stoneware Kobae BowlsEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Korean Silla Pottery Vessel: **First Time At Auction** East Asia, Korea, Silla Kingdom, ca. 5th to 6th century CE. An elegant greyware vase with a round body, corseted neck, and wide, flaring rim. This was likely used as a

0112: Korean Silla Pottery VesselEst. $400-$600

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Chinese Tang Dynasty Terracotta Tomb Attendant: **Originally Listed At $250** East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A beautifully formed terracotta tomb attendant, a noblewoman. She wears long robes and stands with her hands folded

0113: Chinese Tang Dynasty Terracotta Tomb AttendantEst. $450-$675

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Chinese Tang Dynasty Pottery Female Tomb Attendant: **Originally Listed At $225** East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A mold-formed pottery tomb attendant in the form of a female noblewoman. She wears a lengthy robe tied with a belt in

0114: Chinese Tang Dynasty Pottery Female Tomb AttendantEst. $400-$600

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Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Pottery Mercury Jar: **First Time At Auction** East Asia, China, Song to Yuan Dynasty, ca. late 13th to mid-14th century CE. A hollow pottery mercury jar with a petite base, a gradually-widening body, a rounded

0115: Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Pottery Mercury JarEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Chinese Tang Dynasty Terracotta Plaque w/ Dancers: **Originally Listed At $1200** East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A fabulous mold-formed terracotta plaque of a rectangular form with a flat verso and relatively smooth peripheries.

0116: Chinese Tang Dynasty Terracotta Plaque w/ DancersEst. $2,400-$3,600

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Miniature Korean Silla Clay Doll (Tou): **First Time At Auction** East Asia, Korea, middle Silla Dynasty, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. A handbuilt standing clay doll (Tou), wearing a twin-horned headdress, and holding a horn or other

0117: Miniature Korean Silla Clay Doll (Tou)Est. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Korean Silla Dynasty Pottery Jar: **First Time At Auction** East Asia, Korea, Silla Dynasty, ca. 668 to 935 CE. A wheel-thrown greyware pottery jar with a planar base, a tall cylindrical body, an angular shoulder, and a squat rim

0118: Korean Silla Dynasty Pottery JarEst. $350-$500

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Chinese Song Dynasty Pottery Brick of Child: **Originally Listed At $700** China, Song Dynasty, ca. 960 to 1279 CE. A reddish-grey, mold-made ceramic brick depicting a sleeping child. The child is nearly naked and lies turned slightly to one

0119: Chinese Song Dynasty Pottery Brick of ChildEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

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Lot of 3 Korean Glazed Pottery Vessels: **First Time At Auction** East Asia, Korea, Kingdom of Goryeo (Koryo), ca. 13th to 14th century CE. A trio of charming celadon glazed ceramic vessels, each a beautiful shade of green. The two bowls

0120: Lot of 3 Korean Glazed Pottery VesselsEst. $400-$600

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17th C. Chinese Iron Hand Cannon w/ Wooden Pole: **Originally Listed At $500** East Asia, China, Late Ming to early Qing Dynasty, ca. 17th century CE. A hefty cast-iron hand cannon with a lengthy wooden pole secured within the conical socketing

0121: 17th C. Chinese Iron Hand Cannon w/ Wooden PoleEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Japanese Edo Wood Nacre Naginata w/ Staff & Sheath: **Originally Listed At $300** East Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. A beautiful example of a lengthy polearm known as a "naginata" (literally "mowing down sword" or "reaping sword").

0122: Japanese Edo Wood Nacre Naginata w/ Staff & SheathEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

Japanese Edo Tanuki Scrotum & Burl Wood Powder Flask: **Originally Listed At $150** East Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 1603 to 1868 CE. An intriguing gunpowder flask formed from the tanned scrotum of the Japanese Tanuki (also Japanese Raccoon Dog,

0123: Japanese Edo Tanuki Scrotum & Burl Wood Powder FlaskEst. $250-$350Lot Passed

18th C. Chinese Iron Tiger Trident (Hu Cha): **Originally Listed At $400** East Asia, China, later Qing Dynasty, ca. late 18th to 19th century CE. A fine, well preserved example of a "tiger trident" or "tiger fork", known in Chinese as "hu

0124: 18th C. Chinese Iron Tiger Trident (Hu Cha)Est. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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Lot of 10 Japanese Edo Bamboo, Iron & Feather Arrows: **First Time At Auction** East Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. early to mid-19th century CE. A set of ten hand-carved bamboo arrows with slender bodies, feathery stabilization fins, and conical iron

0125: Lot of 10 Japanese Edo Bamboo, Iron & Feather ArrowsEst. $500-$700

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19th C. Japanese Iron Trucheon / Jitte, Lacquer Handle: **Originally Listed At $150** East Asia, Japan, late Edo to early Meiji period, ca. second half of the 19th century CE. A forged-iron truncheon known as a jitte (also jutte, literally "ten hands")

0126: 19th C. Japanese Iron Trucheon / Jitte, Lacquer HandleEst. $250-$350Lot Passed

19th C. Japanese Edo Gilded Iron Tsuba w/ Ducks: **Originally Listed At $350** East Asia, Japan, late Edo Period, ca. early 19th century CE. A pretty gilded iron tsuba, the hand guard from a traditional Japanese sword like a katana or wakizashi,

0127: 19th C. Japanese Edo Gilded Iron Tsuba w/ DucksEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

Japanese Edo Wood, Brass & Paper Fly Whisk - Hossu: **First Time At Auction** East Asia, Japan, late Edo Period, ca. early to mid-19th century CE. A ceremonial fly whisk (known as a hossu) with a slender wooden handle covered in black lacquer

0128: Japanese Edo Wood, Brass & Paper Fly Whisk - HossuEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Framed Kogyo Woodcut - Weaving - 1901: **First Time At Auction** Tsukioka Kogyo (Japanese, 1869-1927), color woodcut (woodblock), note on verso says printed 1901. One of a 200 ukiyo-e print series called "Noga taikan" (also "Encyclopedia

0129: Framed Kogyo Woodcut - Weaving - 1901Est. $300-$500

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20th C. Japanese Steel Abumi / Stirrup: **Originally Listed At $250** East Asia, Japan, World War II period, ca. 1941 to 1945 CE. A wonderful example of a carbon-steel abumi (stirrup) cast in three parts that include a shallow foot well,

0130: 20th C. Japanese Steel Abumi / StirrupEst. $500-$750

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Lot of 3 Early 20th C. Chinese Jade Botanical Pendants: **First Time At Auction** East Asia, China, ca. early to mid 20th century (pre-WWII) CE. A trio of nearly identical jade pendants, each carved from a creamy, pale green stone with gold- and

0131: Lot of 3 Early 20th C. Chinese Jade Botanical PendantsEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

Lot of 4 Early 20th C. China Jade Lotus Flower Pendants: **First Time At Auction** East Asia, China, ca. early to mid 20th century (pre-WWII) CE. A quartet of jadeite pendants, each shaped like a lotus flower, with incised detail - but each with subtle

0132: Lot of 4 Early 20th C. China Jade Lotus Flower PendantsEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

Lot of 11 Early 20th C. Chinese Jadeite Rings: **First Time At Auction** East Asia, China, ca. early to mid 20th century (pre-WWII) CE. Eleven delicate rings, most with wide, flat, disc-like bodies, and four with taller profiles and ribbed

0133: Lot of 11 Early 20th C. Chinese Jadeite RingsEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

Lot of 4 Early 20th C. Chinese Jadeite Pendants: **First Time At Auction** East Asia, China, ca. early to mid 20th century (pre-WWII) CE. A quartet of pale blue green jadeite pendants. Two are nearly identical, roughly ovoid with relief carving of

0134: Lot of 4 Early 20th C. Chinese Jadeite PendantsEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Please read the following "Terms of Sale" carefully. Your submission of bids in this auction constitutes your acceptance. 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. Payment (in U.S. funds) may be made via personal check or money order, via credit card (MasterCard, Visa, Discover), PayPal or Bank Wire Transfer. 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