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Fine Roman Marble Portrait Herm of Apollo

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Fine Antiquities, Ancient, Ethnographic, Arts

Artemis Gallery

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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-$13,500Buy Now for $5,737.50

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-$18,000Buy Now for $7,650.00

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-$13,500Buy Now for $5,737.50

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-$13,500Buy Now for $5,737.50

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-$8,250Buy Now for $3,506.25

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-$6,000Buy Now for $2,550.00

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-$4,500Buy Now for $2,550.00

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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-$3,600Buy Now for $1,530.00

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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-$9,000Buy Now for $4,462.50

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-$1,200Buy Now for $510.00

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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-$1,800Buy Now for $765.00

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-$12,000Buy Now for $5,100.00

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-$9,000Buy Now for $3,825.00

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-$5,400Buy Now for $2,295.00

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-$2,500Buy Now for $1,147.50

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-$750Buy Now for $318.75

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-$42,000Buy Now for $15,937.50

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-$25,000Buy Now for $10,837.50

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-$22,500Buy Now for $9,243.75

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-$24,000Buy Now for $10,200.00

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Please read the following "Terms of Sale" carefully. Your submission of bids in this auction constitutes your acceptance. 1. All ancient items have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described. 2. All lots will sell to the highest bidder without hidden / confidential reserves. HIGH and LOW ESTIMATES are provided for each lot for reference only. The actual hammer price may be higher or lower based on bidder demand. 3. PAYMENT POLICY: To provide a seamless bidder checkout, all winning lots will be invoiced through LiveAuctioneers' LivePayments invoicing system, unless bidder chooses to pay Artemis Gallery directly via personal check or money order, via credit card (MasterCard, Visa, Discover), PayPal or Bank Wire Transfer. If bidder chooses to pay Artemis Gallery directly, bidder must contact Artemis Gallery to arrange payment. 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