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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Maya Pottery Seated Figure w/ Jaguar Headdress: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A mold-formed pottery figure of a shaman or ruler seated in an integral chair.

0159: Maya Pottery Seated Figure w/ Jaguar HeaddressEst. $250-$350

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Lot of 2 Maya Pottery Zoomorphic Whistles: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A pair of hand-built pottery whistles depicting two different zoomorphic

0160: Lot of 2 Maya Pottery Zoomorphic WhistlesEst. $250-$350

Lot of 3 Maya Basalt Staff Finials: **Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 1200 to 1450 CE. A lovely ensemble of three hand-carved basalt finials which were at one

0160A: Lot of 3 Maya Basalt Staff FinialsEst. $350-$525Lot Passed

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Lot of 4 Framed Chancay & Chimu Textile Fragments: **Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, North/Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE; Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A fine gathering of four framed textile fragments

0161: Lot of 4 Framed Chancay & Chimu Textile FragmentsEst. $900-$1,200

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Ancient Northern Peruvian Textile Fragments (3): **Originally Listed At $100** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Huari (Wari), ca. 500 to 800 CE; Chimu, ca. 700 to 1470 CE; Chancay, ca. 1300 to 1450 CE. Three wonderful textiles comprised of

0162: Ancient Northern Peruvian Textile Fragments (3)Est. $200-$300

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Chancay Textile Doll - Fabulous Details!: **Originally Listed At $500** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay, ca. early 12th century CE. A lovely doll with a head, torso, limbs, fingers, and toes comprised of natural reeds - much of the face and

0163: Chancay Textile Doll - Fabulous Details!Est. $900-$1,350

Chavin Camelid Bone Carving - Fierce Visage: **Originally Listed At $950** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chavin, ca. 1500 BCE (bone carving) and interpretive drawing signed Diana Kaczor, ca. 20th century CE. A wonderful camelid bone carving depicting a

0164: Chavin Camelid Bone Carving - Fierce VisageEst. $550-$825Lot Passed

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Chimu Blackware Figural Vessel: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A charming blackware vessel with a globular form and a tall spout featuring a human face delineated in relief on one side.

0165: Chimu Blackware Figural VesselEst. $175-$250

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Chimu Blackware Stirrup Vessel w/ Bird Spout: **Originally Listed At $250** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished blackware pottery vessel with a pair of conjoined globular vessels, a

0166: Chimu Blackware Stirrup Vessel w/ Bird SpoutEst. $450-$650

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Chimu Blackware Stirrup Vessel - Human with Fish: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A lovely, mold-formed blackware vessel. The highly-burnished, flat-bottomed vessel has a rotund body with

0166A: Chimu Blackware Stirrup Vessel - Human with FishEst. $400-$600

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Rare Chimu Copper Pendant - Fisherman: **Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A charming pendant, cast from copper, featuring a stepped pyramid form on its lower half, a central perforation for

0167: Rare Chimu Copper Pendant - FishermanEst. $300-$450

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Chimu Blackware Stirrup Vessel - Squash with Monkey: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A mold-formed blackware pottery vessel with a round but stable base, a horizontal squash-form body with a

0168: Chimu Blackware Stirrup Vessel - Squash with MonkeyEst. $450-$650

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Unusual Inca Pottery Figural Jar - Male & Female: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, northern Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1470 to 1532 CE. An intriguing example of a hand-built and highly burnished vessel comprised of a pair of conjoined circular

0169: Unusual Inca Pottery Figural Jar - Male & FemaleEst. $450-$650

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Inca Chucu Polychrome Plaque w/ Checkered Motif: **Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, Inca hinterlands (Chucu), ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-carved pottery plaque with rough peripheries, a convex verso with highly burnished

0170: Inca Chucu Polychrome Plaque w/ Checkered MotifEst. $400-$600

Huge Inca Copper-Silver Alloy Tupu: **Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A beautiful tunic pin known as a "tupu" composed of a copper alloy containing 8% silver. The needle-form

0170A: Huge Inca Copper-Silver Alloy TupuEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Rare Inca Wood Canopa - Mating Llamas: **Originally Listed At $550** Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 1200 to 1532 CE. A rare, well-preserved, hand-carved wood canopa, in the form of two mating camelids, with a round but

0171: Rare Inca Wood Canopa - Mating LlamasEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Fine / Large Inca Textile Coca Bag: **Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Inca culture, ca. 1100 to 1532 CE. This textile bag is comprised of tightly-woven camelid/cotton fibers of cocoa, white, taupe, and

0172: Fine / Large Inca Textile Coca BagEst. $500-$700Lot Passed

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Moche Bichrome Vessel of a Chirimoya: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 400 CE. A lovely bichrome pottery vessel representing a cherimoya (also spelled chirimoya and chirimuya) - a succulent fruit

0173: Moche Bichrome Vessel of a ChirimoyaEst. $500-$800

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Lot of 3 Moche Gold Hollow Hemispheres - 2 g: **Originally Listed At $300** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 700 CE. Three golden hemispheres comprised of 80% gold (equivalent to 18K+) - each one with a single perforation for

0173A: Lot of 3 Moche Gold Hollow Hemispheres - 2 gEst. $450-$675

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Colorful Moche Textile Polychrome Tump Line: **Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A lengthy textile tump line composed of tightly-woven camelid fibers (alpaca or llama wool) in hues of wheat,

0174: Colorful Moche Textile Polychrome Tump LineEst. $400-$600

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Moche Pottery Stirrup Vessel - Simple Yet Elegant: **First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Phase III to IV, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A beautiful hand-built blackware vessel with a simple yet elegant form comprised of an ovoid

0175: Moche Pottery Stirrup Vessel - Simple Yet ElegantEst. $400-$600

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Proto-Nazca Woven Textile Bird: **Originally Listed At $350** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Proto-Nazca, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. An incredibly rare piece, a pretty textile perching bird, made from woven camelid wool, remarkably

0176: Proto-Nazca Woven Textile BirdEst. $500-$750

Rare Proto-Nazca Textile Doll / Tassel: **Originally Listed At $600** Pre-Columbian, Southern Peru, proto Nazca, ca. 400 to 100 BCE. A wonderful textile tassel in the form of a doll with an intricately woven face - perhaps

0177: Rare Proto-Nazca Textile Doll / TasselEst. $1,100-$1,650Lot Passed

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Nazca Polychrome Figural Vessel of Lord or Shaman: **Originally Listed At $450** Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 400 CE. A polychrome figural vessel of a general cylindrical form with certain areas - most notably the face and

0178: Nazca Polychrome Figural Vessel of Lord or ShamanEst. $900-$1,200

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