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Roman Marble Sarcophagus Fragment - Somnos

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Ancient / Ethnographic From Around The World

Artemis Fine Arts

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Egyptian Faience Khnum Pendants / Gold Earrings: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A gorgeous, unique, and wearable set of earrings displaying matching molded faience pendants that depict Khnum, the ram-headed

0001: Egyptian Faience Khnum Pendants / Gold EarringsEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

Egyptian Painted Gesso Crook & Flail Handles (pr): Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A rare set of funerary offerings that are carved from hardwood, covered in white gesso, and shaped to resemble the highly symbolic

0002: Egyptian Painted Gesso Crook & Flail Handles (pr)Est. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

18 Egyptian Glazed Faience Amulets / Beads: Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 21st to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. A wonderful selection of faience beads covered in layers of blue and blue-green glaze. First is a

0003: 18 Egyptian Glazed Faience Amulets / BeadsEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Leaded Bronze & Marble Sarcophagus Mask Eyes: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A wonderful set of cast-leaded-bronze eyes meant to be set into the eye sockets on an ornate sarcophagus lid. Each

0003A: Egyptian Leaded Bronze & Marble Sarcophagus Mask EyesEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Egyptian Copper Baboon-Headed Thoth Figure: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1292 to 1070 BCE. A cast-copper figure of the baboon-headed version of Thoth, the god of writing, accounting, and other intellectual pursuits.

0004: Egyptian Copper Baboon-Headed Thoth FigureEst. $2,000-$3,000

Egyptian Late Period Steatite Striding Ram Amulet: Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A fine amulet carved from mottled brown and dark gray steatite showcasing a ram striding forward atop an integral rectangular plinth. The

0005: Egyptian Late Period Steatite Striding Ram AmuletEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

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Egyptian Gold Applique Depicting a Pharaoh: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A petite applique of a circular form that is shaped from a sheet of 83% gold (equivalent to 18K+ gold). Presented in repousse on

0006: Egyptian Gold Applique Depicting a PharaohEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Egyptian Late Dynastic Alabaster Offering Bowl: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A fine offering bowl carved from alabaster with a flat, annular base, gradually expanding walls, and a thick rim surrounding the

0006A: Egyptian Late Dynastic Alabaster Offering BowlEst. $400-$600

Egyptian Late Dynastic Polychrome Wood Mask: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A dramatic wooden sarcophagus mask of an engaging visage with boldly lined almond-shaped eyes, thick brows, a straight noble nose, a full-lipped

0006B: Egyptian Late Dynastic Polychrome Wood MaskEst. $2,400-$3,600Lot Passed

Egyptian Faience Amulet w/ Lion, Ex-Mitry: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom Period, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1070 BCE. A intriguing faience stamp seal bead of an oval shape with two flat faces presenting a lion on one side and a hieroglyph

0007: Egyptian Faience Amulet w/ Lion, Ex-MitryEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Egyptian Faience Bead Cartouche Thutmose I, ex-Mitry: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Thutmose I, ca. 1503 to 1493 BCE. A petite bead of a characteristic ovoid form with a suspension hole perforated lengthwise through the body. The

0008: Egyptian Faience Bead Cartouche Thutmose I, ex-MitryEst. $1,250-$1,750Lot Passed

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Exhibited Egyptian Bronze Oxyrhynchus Fish: Egypt, Late Period to Ptolemaic, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A cast leaded bronze oxyrhynchus fish figurine, wearing a crown with horns, solar disk, and uraeus, its body embellished with incised scales as

0009: Exhibited Egyptian Bronze Oxyrhynchus FishEst. $5,000-$7,500

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Roman Gold and Carnelian Frog Pendant: Egypt, Roman, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A lovely frog pendant comprised of a carnelian stone, the amphibian carved as an abstract, symmetrical, crest-like form with curved and angular features and

0010: Roman Gold and Carnelian Frog PendantEst. $900-$1,400

Egyptian Alexandrian Terracotta Figure - Erotic Horus: Egypt, Alexandria, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A mold-formed terracotta figure depicting Horus (also Harpocrates, Harpokrates) seated nude atop an integral plinth. The portly Horus

0010A: Egyptian Alexandrian Terracotta Figure - Erotic HorusEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Fine Greek Terracotta Votive Bust of a Goddess: Eastern Greece, Rhodes, ca. 6th century BCE. A very fine, mold-made terracotta bust of a female, perhaps the goddess Demeter or Persephone, presenting with a tranquil visage comprised of wide-open

0011: Fine Greek Terracotta Votive Bust of a GoddessEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

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Greek Campanian Glazed Pottery Trefoil Epichysis: Magna Graecia, South Italy, Campania, ca. 4th century BCE. An interesting example of a squat epichysis with a compressed, spool-shaped body bearing a corseted midsection, a pair of protruding rims, a

0012: Greek Campanian Glazed Pottery Trefoil EpichysisEst. $1,100-$1,500

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Greek Apulian Glazed Pottery Pelike, ex Bonhams: Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery vessel known as a pelike (wine container). The elegant form is composed of a rotund piriform body atop a squat

0013: Greek Apulian Glazed Pottery Pelike, ex BonhamsEst. $700-$1,000

Greek Apulian Lekythos w/ Swan, Pagenstecher Class: Greece, Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, Pagenstecher Class, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A charming lekythos (oil pouring vessel), with an oblong body that narrows to a cylindrical neck and flares to a

0014: Greek Apulian Lekythos w/ Swan, Pagenstecher ClassEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

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Greek Hellenistic Glazed Pottery Strainer: **Originally Listed At $200** Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery strainer of a sizable form that was perhaps used for the initial separation of large

0015: Greek Hellenistic Glazed Pottery StrainerEst. $500-$700

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Hellenistic Greek Bronze Pitcher - Nicely Decorated: Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. late 4th to 1st century CE. A lovely bronze pitcher displaying a circular foot, outward sloping body, flat shoulder, and a brief neck leading to a circular rim, curved

0015A: Hellenistic Greek Bronze Pitcher - Nicely DecoratedEst. $600-$900

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Greek Attica Silver Tetradrachm - Athena: Greece, Hellenistic Period, Attica, Athens, ca. 145 to 144 BCE. Silver tetradrachm. New Style coinage. Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right / Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora, head

0016: Greek Attica Silver Tetradrachm - AthenaEst. $1,200-$1,500

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Ancient Greek Silver Coins on Silver Bracelet: Greece / Egypt / Phoenicia, Athens / Macedonia / Alexandria / Aradus / Tyre, ca. 449 to 156 BCE. A stunning, high quality silver bracelet comprised of five ancient Greek silver coins, each framed

0017: Ancient Greek Silver Coins on Silver BraceletEst. $3,000-$4,000

Phoenician, Roman, Islamic Beaded Necklace & Earrings: Classical World, Phoenician, Roman and early Islamic, ca. 400 BCE to 900 CE; Central Asia, Tibet, ca. mid 20th century CE. This wearable necklace and earrings are comprised of a collection of

0018: Phoenician, Roman, Islamic Beaded Necklace & EarringsEst. $900-$1,200Lot Passed

Roman Lead Copper Alloy Ring w/ Blue Glass Intaglio: Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An excellent lead/copper alloy ring with a thick band and ovoid glass intaglio inlay. Adorned in a rich hue of ultramarine, the intaglio displays a

0019: Roman Lead Copper Alloy Ring w/ Blue Glass IntaglioEst. $900-$1,200Lot Passed

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