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Fine Antiquities, Ancient, Ethnographic, Arts

Artemis Fine Arts

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Featuring Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine / Visual Arts, so much more! All ancient items have been 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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Egyptian Bronze Priestess Divine Adoratrice, Christie's: Ancient Egypt, late Third Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, ca. 744 to 656 BCE. A cast-bronze figure depicting a priestess known as a Divine Adoratrice. The woman presents in an ankle-length sheath

0001: Egyptian Bronze Priestess Divine Adoratrice, Christie'sEst. $9,000-$13,500Lot Passed

Egyptian Limestone Sculptor's Model Youthful Male Face: Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 712 to 30 BCE. A hand-carved sculptor's model of a youthful male portrait, perhaps of a king. The heart-shaped visage exhibits ovoid eyes, a

0002: Egyptian Limestone Sculptor's Model Youthful Male FaceEst. $12,000-$18,000Lot Passed

Fine Egyptian Faience Figural Seated Isis & Horus: Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A gorgeous faience sculpture of Isis, goddess of magic and healing, seated atop a slender throne while holding her infant son,

0003: Fine Egyptian Faience Figural Seated Isis & HorusEst. $9,000-$13,500Lot Passed

Egyptian Glazed Faience Ushabti - Cobalt Blue: Ancient Egypt, Deir el-Bahari, Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 988 to 955 BCE. A mold-formed faience ushabti enveloped in layers of gorgeous glaze of an incredibly deep blue hue. The

0004: Egyptian Glazed Faience Ushabti - Cobalt BlueEst. $9,000-$13,500Lot Passed

Egyptian Beaded Necklace Wadjet Pendant, ex-Sotheby's: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1292 BCE. A stunning necklace of wearable form that is constructed with dozens of faience, carnelian, and shell beads. Several blue faience tube

0005: Egyptian Beaded Necklace Wadjet Pendant, ex-Sotheby'sEst. $5,500-$8,250Lot Passed

Rare Egyptian Pottery Hippopotamus, ex-Bonhams: Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2130 to 1650 BCE. An exceedingly rare, hand-built pottery hippopotamus figure standing upon a quartet of sturdy legs atop an integral

0006: Rare Egyptian Pottery Hippopotamus, ex-BonhamsEst. $4,000-$6,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Mummy Linen - Hieratic Script Book of the Dead: Ancient Egypt, Early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 300 BCE. A rare mummy linen textile fragment with hieratic script in black ink, which is a section of text from the Egyptian Book of the Dead (or the Book

0007: Egyptian Mummy Linen - Hieratic Script Book of the DeadEst. $3,500-$4,500Lot Passed

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14K Gold Pin w/ Egyptian Faience Scarab: Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1292 BCE. A petite faience scarab of ovoid form, covered in turquoise-hued glaze and set in a modern 14K gold pin. The scarab exhibits typical

0008: 14K Gold Pin w/ Egyptian Faience ScarabEst. $2,200-$3,300

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Egyptian 20th Dynasty Limestone Bust of a Scribe: Egypt, Late New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, ca. 1185 to 1070 BCE. A well-executed carved limestone bust, probably depicting a scribe, wearing a tiered wig with nice remains of black pigment. Egyptian

0009: Egyptian 20th Dynasty Limestone Bust of a ScribeEst. $2,400-$3,600Lot Passed

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Egyptian Third Intermediate Stone Heart Scarab: Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 664 BCE. A hand-carved hardstone heart scarab exhibiting naturalistic features along the topside like striated elytra and a

0010: Egyptian Third Intermediate Stone Heart ScarabEst. $1,300-$1,950

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Egyptian Bronze Nude God's Wife of Amun, ex-Chistie's: Ancient Egypt, late Third Intermediate Period, Kushite, 25th Dynasty, ca. 744 to 656 BCE. A cast-bronze female figure, nude and standing with closely-held legs, known as a God's Wife of Amun. She

0011: Egyptian Bronze Nude God's Wife of Amun, ex-Chistie'sEst. $6,000-$9,000Lot Passed

Egyptian Faience Necklace w/ Menat Amulet: Ancient Egypt, Late Period, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A pretty collection of ancient dark green faience tube beads and pale brown/ocher yellow faience seed beads, strung using modern materials, with an

0012: Egyptian Faience Necklace w/ Menat AmuletEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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Egyptian Faience Scarab (in 14K Gold Swivel Ring): Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom to Second Intermediate period, 11th to 17th Dynasty, ca. 2130 to 1550 BCE. A modern 14K gold ring setting that displays an ancient glazed faience scarab in the swiveling

0013: Egyptian Faience Scarab (in 14K Gold Swivel Ring)Est. $1,300-$1,950

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Egyptian Late Dynastic / Ptolemaic Cedar Mummy Mask: Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, ca. 672 to 30 BCE. An impressive mummy mask that is expertly carved from cedar and covered in a layer of white gesso decorated with thick, opaque pigments of

0014: Egyptian Late Dynastic / Ptolemaic Cedar Mummy MaskEst. $1,200-$1,800

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Egyptian Limestone Dwarf w/ Huge Phallus, ex-Bonhams: Ancient Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A hand-carved limestone dwarf figure possessing a massive phallus. The kneeling figure holds both arms out to the base of the phallus, and the

0015: Egyptian Limestone Dwarf w/ Huge Phallus, ex-BonhamsEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

Canosan Glazed Olpe Goddesses, Satyrs, Heracles - TL'd: 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

0016: Canosan Glazed Olpe Goddesses, Satyrs, Heracles - TL'dEst. $8,000-$12,000Lot Passed

Archaic Greek Bronze Figure Youthful 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

0017: Archaic Greek Bronze Figure Youthful Nude KourosEst. $6,000-$9,000Lot Passed

Tall Greek Cypro-Archaic Oinochoe w/ Bull's Eyes: Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Iron Age, Cypro-Archaic Phase, ca. 900 to 750 BCE. A hand-built pottery oinochoe of substantial size with an egg-shaped body, a tapered cylindrical neck, a trefoil spout, and

0018: Tall Greek Cypro-Archaic Oinochoe w/ Bull's EyesEst. $3,600-$5,400Lot 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

0019: Archaic Greek Terracotta Votive of GoddessEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

5 Ancient Coins - Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Thrace: Ancient World, Egypt, Rome, Greece, and Thrace, ca. 3rd century BCE to early 4th century CE. A fine selection of 5 coins from the ancient world. Included are coins depicting Ptolemy V Epiphanes;

0019A: 5 Ancient Coins - Egyptian, Roman, Greek, ThraceEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

Fine Roman Marble Portrait Herm of Apollo: 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 wavy tresses fall down to

0020: Fine Roman Marble Portrait Herm of ApolloEst. $28,000-$42,000Lot Passed

Rare Roman Glass Beaker Hand-Painted Figural Scene: 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 band featuring a fascinating,

0021: Rare Roman Glass Beaker Hand-Painted Figural SceneEst. $17,000-$25,000Lot Passed

Naturalistic 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

0022: Naturalistic Roman Marble Head of a Male YouthEst. $15,000-$22,500Lot 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

0023: Roman Bronze Appliques - Busts of HerculesEst. $16,000-$24,000Lot Passed

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