Ancient & Ethnographic Art Through The Ages

Published Roman Bronze Mars / Roman Ruler, Ex Sotheby's

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Ancient & Ethnographic Art Through The Ages

Artemis Gallery

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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Convenient / affordable in-house shipping!

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Egyptian Late Dynastic Cedar Mummy Mask: Ancient Egypt, Late Period, Dynasties 26 to 31, ca. 712 to 300 BCE. An Egyptian cedar and painted gesso sarcophagus mask of an archetypical Egyptian beauty in a black striped headdress painted with

0001: Egyptian Late Dynastic Cedar Mummy MaskEst. $1,600-$2,400

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Egyptian Faience Kohl Vessel - Blue Lotus Form: Egyptian, New Kingdom, ca. 1500 BCE. A beautiful faience kohl vessel finely modeled and decorated to resemble a blue lotus flower. The Egyptians held this particular flower in the highest esteem,

0001A: Egyptian Faience Kohl Vessel - Blue Lotus FormEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

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Egyptian New Kingdom Glazed Faience Ushabti: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period, 20th to 21st Dynasty, ca. 1189 to 943 BCE. A lovely ushabti built by hand from white faience and covered in layers of lustrous blue-green

0002: Egyptian New Kingdom Glazed Faience UshabtiEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Egyptian Janiform Faience Bes Amulet: Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A mold-formed faience amulet in the form of Bes, the dwarf god. Once covered in green glaze, the surface is now beige

0003: Egyptian Janiform Faience Bes AmuletEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Egyptian Glazed Faience Crocodile Pendant: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A petite, mold-formed faience pendant depicting a recumbent crocodile atop an integral plinth covered with sage green glaze. The

0003A: Egyptian Glazed Faience Crocodile PendantEst. $900-$1,500Lot Passed

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Egyptian Leaded Bronze Oxyrhynchus w/ Crown of Hathor: Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A well preserved and finely detailed figure of an oxyrhynchus (Nile perch) fish cast from leaded bronze with a streamlined aquatic body

0004: Egyptian Leaded Bronze Oxyrhynchus w/ Crown of HathorEst. $600-$900

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Gorgeous Egyptian Jasper Scarab, ex-Mitry: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period, 18th to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 664 BCE. A simple and elegant scarab that is hand-carved from opaque jasper of a sumptuous forest green

0005: Gorgeous Egyptian Jasper Scarab, ex-MitryEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Nice Egyptian Bone Scarab Amulet: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A lovely scarab of a petite form that is hand-carved from cow or ox bone. The scarab showcases finely detailed insectile

0005A: Nice Egyptian Bone Scarab AmuletEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Egyptian Steatite Scarab Amulet: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664 to 525 BCE. A hand-carved gray steatite scarab of a petite size. The topside displays insectile features like a folded wing carapace, retracted

0005B: Egyptian Steatite Scarab AmuletEst. $700-$1,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Faience Ushabti w/ Hieroglyphs: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A finely preserved, mold-formed faience ushabti with a column of hieroglyphs inscribed horizontally across the waist and

0006: Egyptian Faience Ushabti w/ HieroglyphsEst. $600-$900

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Egyptian Bronze Seated Horus / Harpokrates: Egypt, Ptolemaic period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A striking solid cast-copper alloy statuette of the child god Horus/Harpokrates (from the Egyptian "Her-pa-khered" or "Horus the Child") seated nude with

0007: Egyptian Bronze Seated Horus / HarpokratesEst. $800-$1,500

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Romano-Egyptian Alabaster Dish: Egypt, Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 3rd to early 5th century CE. A petite bowl carved from mottled yellow-white alabaster with gray inclusions and veining interspersed throughout the composition. The

0007A: Romano-Egyptian Alabaster DishEst. $550-$800

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Egyptian Middle Kingdom Nubian Leaded Bronze Axe Head: Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, near modern-day Aswan, Kubbaniya North, Nubian culture, ca. 2130 to 1649 BCE. A forged-leaded bronze axe head of a unique style with a

0007B: Egyptian Middle Kingdom Nubian Leaded Bronze Axe HeadEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Ancient Cypriot Handled Jug: Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Late Cypriot Bronze Age, ca. 1550 to 1050 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery vessel of a lovely form with an apple-shaped body resting atop a squat foot. The rounded shoulder

0007C: Ancient Cypriot Handled JugEst. $800-$1,200

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Huge Greek Bronze Spear / Javelin Head: Ancient Greece, late Archaic Period, ca. 8th to 7th century BCE. A beautiful cast-bronze spear head that also perhaps doubled as the head of a thrown javelin. The elongated triangular blade features

0008: Huge Greek Bronze Spear / Javelin HeadEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

Rare Greek Copper Spear Butt: Ancient Greece, late Archaic Period, ca. 500 BCE. A gorgeous example of a cast-copper spear butt known as a sauroter ("lizard killer") from a spear known as a dory (also doru), the chief armament of

0009: Rare Greek Copper Spear ButtEst. $1,500-$2,500Lot Passed

Miniature Greek Mycenaean Terracotta Amphora: Greek, Sub-Mycenaean, Iron Age I and II, ca. 1100 to 700 BCE. A miniature redware amphora with nice calcite deposits. It was made to be used domestically and its form follows that of earlier Minoan

0009A: Miniature Greek Mycenaean Terracotta AmphoraEst. $1,200-$1,600Lot Passed

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Greek Pottery Lekythos - Ariadne & Dionysos: Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. late 6th to early 5th century BCE. An Attic lekythos painted with a Dionysian theme via the black-figure technique. The vessel body presents a nude Dionysos and

0010: Greek Pottery Lekythos - Ariadne & DionysosEst. $1,500-$2,500

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0010A: Greek Attic White Ground Lekythos Tymbos PainterEst. $3,500-$5,000

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Impressive Greek Attic Blackware Cup Ring Handles: Ancient Greece, Athens, Attic, ca. late 6th to 5th century BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery cup, of a sizable form with a discoid foot and concave base, a squat stem, a hemispherical lower body

0010B: Impressive Greek Attic Blackware Cup Ring HandlesEst. $1,800-$2,700

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Attic Black-Figure Lekythos - w/ Maenads & Lyre Player: Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. A lovely black-figure lekythos depicting four figures - two females, perhaps maenads or muses, at either end of the figural composition, both

0010C: Attic Black-Figure Lekythos - w/ Maenads & Lyre PlayerEst. $800-$1,200

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Greek Attic Black-Figure Olpe - Dionysos & Maenad: Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 5th century BCE. An elegant olpe decorated in the traditional black-figure technique with additional red and white fugitive pigment highlighting the figures. The

0011: Greek Attic Black-Figure Olpe - Dionysos & MaenadEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Lot of 4 Greek Pottery Figural Whistles: Ancient Greece, Classical to early Hellenistic period, ca. 5th to late 4th century BCE. An interesting ensemble of hand-built pottery whistles depicting highly stylized, human-headed birds. Two birds

0011A: Lot of 4 Greek Pottery Figural WhistlesEst. $800-$1,200

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Greek Terracotta Antefix of Goddess Io: Ancient Greece, Taranto, ca. 4th century BCE. A striking head-turner of an antefix depicting Io - the goddess/nymph with cow horns which are now largely lost, presenting a beautiful face with

0012: Greek Terracotta Antefix of Goddess IoEst. $2,000-$3,000

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