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Apulian Red Figure Amphora - Kantharos Group, TL'd

Teotihuacan Theater-Type Censer Lid, TL Tested

Prehistoric Mimbres Bowl w/ Antelope, Kill Hole

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Fine Antiquities | Ethnographic | Fine Art

Artemis Gallery

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Classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine / Visual Arts, so much more! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Convenient 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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Greek Tarentum Terracotta Votive Fertility Bust - Turna: **First Time At Auction** South Italic, Magna Graecia, Tarentum, ca. late 4th century BCE. A mold-formed terracotta votive bust of delicate form featuring a stylized woman, perhaps the goddess

0031: Greek Tarentum Terracotta Votive Fertility Bust - TurnaEst. $8,000-$12,000Lot Passed

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Apulian Red-Figure Pelike w/ Xylophone, TL Tested: Magna Graecia, Apulia, ca. 370 BCE. An elegant pottery pelike with a graceful silhouette and hand-painted red figure imagery of 2 maenads and an ephebe. The first side features a maenad draped in a

0032: Apulian Red-Figure Pelike w/ Xylophone, TL TestedEst. $5,000-$7,500

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Archaic Greek Bronze Figure of a Nude Kouros: Greece, northern Peloponnese, perhaps Olympia, ca. late 6th century BCE. A cast bronze figure of a nude, youthful man, shown with his long hair falling to his neck, his left leg advancing, and his

0033: Archaic Greek Bronze Figure of a Nude KourosEst. $6,000-$9,000Lot Passed

Archaic Greek Terracotta Votive of Goddess: Greece, Archaic Period, ca. 6th century BCE. A mold-made votive figure of a woman. She stands, wearing a polos hat over a towering wiglike hairstyle, and a long chiton, with her hair falling over the

0034: Archaic Greek Terracotta Votive of GoddessEst. $2,400-$3,600Lot Passed

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Thrace Maroneia Silver Triobol - 377 to 365 BCE: THRACE, Maroneia. Circa 377-365 BC. AR Triobol (14mm by 16mm, 2.70 g). Forepart of horse left on obverse with "K" and "A" forward and rear of horse. Grape-bunch on vine; kantharos to lower left; all

0035: Thrace Maroneia Silver Triobol - 377 to 365 BCEEst. $1,200-$1,500

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Greek Hellenistic Necklace Gold, Carnelian, Glass Beads: Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. A stunning necklace comprised of 60 ancient beads made from gold (59.84% to 69.74%, equivalent to 14K+), carnelian, and glass. The gold beads

0036: Greek Hellenistic Necklace Gold, Carnelian, Glass BeadsEst. $3,000-$4,000Lot Passed

Apulian Red Figure Amphora - Kantharos Group, TL'd: **This item is heavy/oversized and will require 3rd party shipping. Please inquire about shipping cost prior to bidding.** Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Apulia, ca. 320 to 310 BCE. A

0037: Apulian Red Figure Amphora - Kantharos Group, TL'dEst. $30,000-$45,000Lot Passed

Canosan Yellow Glazed Pottery Olpe - TL Tested: Magna Graecia, Apulia, Southern Italy, Canosa, ca. 3rd century BCE. Exquisite and elaborately decorated oinochoe (wine pouring vessel) with upper register decorated with relief masks of goddesses and

0038: Canosan Yellow Glazed Pottery Olpe - TL TestedEst. $9,000-$13,500Lot Passed

Attic Black Figure Lekythos - Herakles Wrestling Bull: **This item is heavy/oversized and will require 3rd party shipping. Please inquire about shipping cost prior to bidding.** Ancient Greece, Athens, Attic, ca. 6th century BCE. The Scene is from The

0039: Attic Black Figure Lekythos - Herakles Wrestling BullEst. $10,000-$15,000Lot Passed

Fine Roman Marble Portrait Herm of Apollo: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A wonderful marble portrait herm of Apollo with his hair arranged in 3 rows of coils at the top of his head, while long

0040: Fine Roman Marble Portrait Herm of ApolloEst. $30,000-$45,000Lot Passed

Roman Marble Relief - Female Holding Basket: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An elegant marble sculpture depicting a woman in high relief holding carrying a basket. Standing contrapposto, the

0041: Roman Marble Relief - Female Holding BasketEst. $8,000-$12,000Lot Passed

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Superb Roman Bronze Statuette of Nude Jupiter: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A superb bronze figure of Jupiter - Greek Zeus - rendered with immaculate detail and exhibiting a muscular physique as he

0042: Superb Roman Bronze Statuette of Nude JupiterEst. $13,000-$19,500

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Necklace w/ Roman, Persian, Islamic Glass Beads: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE; Near East, Islamic Period, ca. 500 to 1000 CE; Persia, modern day Iran and Turkey, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A gorgeous

0043: Necklace w/ Roman, Persian, Islamic Glass BeadsEst. $1,500-$2,250Lot Passed

Rare Roman Glass Beaker Hand-Painted Figural Scene: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial period, possibly Romano-Egyptian, ca. 2nd century CE. A fabulous beaker free-blown from translucent light green glass and hand-painted with a horizontal

0044: Rare Roman Glass Beaker Hand-Painted Figural SceneEst. $18,000-$25,000Lot Passed

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Impressive Roman Agate Intaglio Mercury & Fortuna: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A large intaglio, made of a beautiful translucent banded amber- and cream-colored piece of agate, with its flat face

0045: Impressive Roman Agate Intaglio Mercury & FortunaEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Roman Bronze Steelyard Beam + Weight: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A petite bronze steelyard beam with a trio of suspended hooks on one side and a teardrop-shaped weight on the other. The

0046: Roman Bronze Steelyard Beam + WeightEst. $800-$1,200

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Delicate / Tall Roman Glass Bottle Applied Trailing: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A free-blown glass vase of delicate form exhibiting a spherical body, a tapering cylindrical neck,

0047: Delicate / Tall Roman Glass Bottle Applied TrailingEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

Ancient Roman Gold Earring w/ Emeralds: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A beautiful earring with a circular ear wire as well as a rod-shaped body formed from 85.02% gold. Suspended beneath the

0048: Ancient Roman Gold Earring w/ EmeraldsEst. $2,000-$4,000Lot Passed

Roman Bronze Cautes / Cautopates Figure, ex-Sotheby's: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A rare and quite remarkable bronze figure of a cautes or cautopates, an attendant of the sun god Mithras, depicted

0049: Roman Bronze Cautes / Cautopates Figure, ex-Sotheby'sEst. $20,000-$30,000Lot Passed

Rare Roman Bronze Steelyard Weight, Nubian Youth: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd century CE. This is a bronze part of a steelyard weight in the shape of a Nubian youth's head, with the characteristic Roman depiction of the people who lived south

0050: Rare Roman Bronze Steelyard Weight, Nubian YouthEst. $6,000-$9,000Lot Passed

Sensitive Roman Marble Head of a Male Youth: Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. Skillfully sculpted from a single piece of marble, the head of a male youth with sensitively rendered features including heavy-lidded eyes with

0051: Sensitive Roman Marble Head of a Male YouthEst. $16,000-$24,000Lot Passed

Roman Bronze Appliques - Busts of Hercules: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd century CE. A fine pair of bronze appliques of the legendary hero Hercules (Greek Herakles), each depicting him from the chest up and likely intended for a wagon or

0052: Roman Bronze Appliques - Busts of HerculesEst. $18,000-$27,000Lot Passed

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Roman Alabaster Relief - 3 Women Holding Torches: Back at auction due to non-paying bidder? Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A fascinating alabaster carving of three women - all depicted standing, dressed in identical draped

0052A: Roman Alabaster Relief - 3 Women Holding TorchesEst. $4,000-$6,000

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Roman Bronze Nude Apollo Kitharoidos, ex-Christie's: Roman, Imperial period, ca. 2nd century CE. A fabulous bronze figure of Apollo Kitharoidos or Citharoedus - a depiction of Apollo, the Greek and Roman god of archery, music, and prophecy, holding a

0053: Roman Bronze Nude Apollo Kitharoidos, ex-Christie'sEst. $9,000-$13,500Lot Passed

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