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Ancient | Ethno | Fine Art Thru The Ages

Artemis Gallery

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

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Bob DodgeOwner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art

Sydelle DienstfreyPhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts

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Huge Chinese Neolithic Majiayao Jar, TL Tested: East Asia, China, Neolithic Period, Majiayao culture, ca. 3300 to 2000 BCE. A beautiful and impressively large polychrome pottery vessel, the piriform body painted in black and red on a cream hued

0089: Huge Chinese Neolithic Majiayao Jar, TL TestedEst. $2,500-$3,000Lot Passed

Chinese Han Dynasty Figure of Horse Groom: East Asia, China, Han dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. An impressive pottery figure of a horse groom, rendered in fine, naturalistic detail with a slender body dressed in a long-sleeved robe that

0090: Chinese Han Dynasty Figure of Horse GroomEst. $1,800-$2,700Lot Passed

Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Altar / Tilt Hammer & Bird: East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A pottery model of a building structure with 4 thick pillars, roof, and floor with a bird and tools. The tools are trip / tilt hammers for

0091: Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Altar / Tilt Hammer & BirdEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Sizeable Chinese Han Dynasty Horse w/ Bridle: East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A magnificent and sizable pottery horse head and torso formed from grey clay. Featuring a thick body with a central recessed spine, this lovely

0092: Sizeable Chinese Han Dynasty Horse w/ BridleEst. $1,400-$2,100Lot Passed

Published Chinese Ming Sancai Pottery Wedding Bed Model: East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A hand-built pottery wedding bed model of sizable form that was likely part of a larger figural model scene. The wedding bed features an interior

0092A: Published Chinese Ming Sancai Pottery Wedding Bed ModelEst. $1,600-$2,400Lot Passed

Chinese Ming Dynasty Pottery Cizhou Wine Jar: **This item is heavy/oversized and will require 3rd party shipping. Please inquire about shipping cost prior to bidding.** East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A hand-built pottery

0092B: Chinese Ming Dynasty Pottery Cizhou Wine JarEst. $2,400-$3,600Lot Passed

Giant 19th C. Chinese Qing Green Stone Cong: East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th century CE. A marvelous and massive greenstone cong tube, carved in the tradition of the Liangzhu Dynasty of Neolithic China featuring a towering body of 14

0093: Giant 19th C. Chinese Qing Green Stone CongEst. $6,000-$9,000Lot Passed

19th C. Chinese Qing Dynasty Brass Temple Bell: East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th century CE. A fine example made for the 19th and early 20th century antique market: a brass bell featuring the form and decoration of bronze bells from the

0094: 19th C. Chinese Qing Dynasty Brass Temple BellEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

20th C. Chinese Mixed Media Paintings - Wind Deities: East Asia, China, 20th century. Four mixed media paintings, each one marked with a red stamp featuring the image of a stylized bird, three of the four also featuring a circular red stamp with an

0095: 20th C. Chinese Mixed Media Paintings - Wind DeitiesEst. $700-$1,050Lot Passed

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18th C. Japanese Edo Wood Baku Kibana / Corbels: **This item is heavy/oversized and will require 3rd party shipping. Please inquire about shipping cost prior to bidding.** East Asia, Japan, Edo period, ca. 18th century CE. A splendid and quite

0096: 18th C. Japanese Edo Wood Baku Kibana / CorbelsEst. $1,600-$2,400

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Japanese Meiji Tanto Knife + Wood Skeleton Netsuke: East Asia, Japan, Meiji to Showa era, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A miniature tanto knife with a sheath and a wood netsuke carving. The sheath is made of nickel-brass with a piece of

0097: Japanese Meiji Tanto Knife + Wood Skeleton NetsukeEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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Four Framed 18th C. Japanese Edo Hyakunin Isshu Poems: East Asia, Japan, Edo period, ca. 1780 CE. A wonderful ensemble of 4 strips of tanzaku paper inscribed with lines from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, a classical Japanese anthology of 100 Japanese poems

0097A: Four Framed 18th C. Japanese Edo Hyakunin Isshu PoemsEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Japanese Meiji / Showa Wood Theatre Noh Mask: East Asia, Japan, Meiji to Showa Period, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A compelling Noh theatre mask, hand-carved from wood to represent a demon character known as Shishiguchi with bared fangs

0098: Japanese Meiji / Showa Wood Theatre Noh MaskEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Japanese Meiji Imari Porcelain Plate w/ Curled Rim: East Asia, Japan, Meiji Period, ca. 1868 to 1912 CE. A pretty Arita ware and Imari style porcelain dish with unique sides that curl inward. The surface is painted in characteristically bright colors,

0099: Japanese Meiji Imari Porcelain Plate w/ Curled RimEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

Set of 12 Japanese Sterling Silver Floral Tea Spoons: East Asia, Japan, Meiji era, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A collection of 12 sterling silver tea spoons- each with floral and foliate decoration on the handles, perhaps influenced by the

0100: Set of 12 Japanese Sterling Silver Floral Tea SpoonsEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

Thai Khmer Pottery Jar, TL Tested: Southeast Asia, Cambodia or Northern Thailand, Khmer Empire (Angkor culture), ca. 12th to 13th century CE. A refined pottery vase boasting an elegant silhouette and intricate impressed and applied

0101: Thai Khmer Pottery Jar, TL TestedEst. $900-$1,350Lot Passed

19th C. Thai Bronze Balance Opium Scale & Wood Case: Southeast Asia, Thailand, ca. 1880s to 1940s CE. An equal-arm balance scale cast from bronze & copper with a carved wood case for storing the instrument. The beam has stupa shaped terminal tips on

0102: 19th C. Thai Bronze Balance Opium Scale & Wood CaseEst. $700-$1,050Lot Passed

18th C. Thai Rattanakosin Gilded Buddha Abhaya Mudra: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Rattanakosin period, ca. late 18th to 19th century CE. An ethereal cast brass standing Buddha statue and gilt in lustrous gold, upon a tiered pedestal with his hands held up

0103: 18th C. Thai Rattanakosin Gilded Buddha Abhaya MudraEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

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17th C. Burmese Ritualistic Kapala w/ Mythical Beast: Southeast Asia, Burma (Myanmar), Shan culture, ca. 17th to 19th century CE. A human skull cap fragment that was used as kapala, a dish that is carved with a mythical beast and script. The kapala is

0104: 17th C. Burmese Ritualistic Kapala w/ Mythical BeastEst. $2,400-$2,600

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Cambodian Khmer Leaded-Bronze Standing Goddess Fragment: Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Khmer, ca. 10th to 15th century CE. A cast leaded-bronze statue of a beautiful goddess or devi, her waist and legs clad in a sampot / sarong style of skirt and a large

0104A: Cambodian Khmer Leaded-Bronze Standing Goddess FragmentEst. $800-$1,200

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Lifesize 17th C. Thai Bronze Head of Buddha: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Ayutthaya period, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. A beautiful and serene example of a cast-leaded bronze Buddha head. The face is wonderfully-expressive, with sweeping, arched

0105: Lifesize 17th C. Thai Bronze Head of BuddhaEst. $5,500-$7,750Lot Passed

20th C. Cambodian Brass Buddha Bust: Southeast Asia, Cambodia, ca. mid-20th century CE. A lovely brass bust of Buddha depicted in the tradition of the ancient Khmer Empire lavishly adorned in an intricate, tiered headdress, a thick,

0106: 20th C. Cambodian Brass Buddha BustEst. $700-$1,050Lot Passed

Arizona Triassic Petrified Wood Slab: North America, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Late Triassic, ca. 225 million years ago. A slab of fossilized wood the petrified tree trunk is sliced crossways and polished to a mirror finish on

0107: Arizona Triassic Petrified Wood SlabEst. $3,000-$4,500Lot Passed

Fossilized Mastodon Molar Tooth, Black Enamel!: North America, Pliocene to Pleistocene, Ice Age, ca. 100,000 to 20,000 years old. A fossilized molar from a mastodon (Mammut americanum) fossilized to a lustrous black with some mineral deposits

0108: Fossilized Mastodon Molar Tooth, Black Enamel!Est. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

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