Summer Clearance - Ancient, Ethno, Fine Art

Egyptian Faience Amulet - Thoth as Ibis w/ Maat

Casas Grandes Ramos Polychrome Pottery Jar

Allison Merriweather Painting - Fantastical Garden

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Louisville, CO, United States

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Summer Clearance - Ancient, Ethno, Fine Art

Artemis Fine Arts

Antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East. Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, India. Pre-Columbian. Native American. Spanish Colonial. Fossils. Fine / Visual Art. Coins. Decorative Antiques. So much more! This is a timed auction, so no telephone/absentee bids accepted.

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Egyptian Faience Amulet - Thoth as Ibis w/ Maat: **Originally Listed At $250** Egypt, Second Intermediate period to New Kingdom, ca. 14th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1705 to 1077 BCE. A charming, mold-made faience amulet featuring an ibis atop an

0001: Egyptian Faience Amulet - Thoth as Ibis w/ MaatEst. $450-$675Lot Passed

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Wearable Ancient Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace: **Originally Listed At $250** Egypt, New Kingdom to Late Period, ca. 1550 to 332 BCE. A vibrant three-strand faience bead necklace composed of tubular and seed beads in varying hues of blue and

0002: Wearable Ancient Egyptian Faience Bead NecklaceEst. $450-$675

Egyptian Red Sandstone Scarab Amulet, New Kingdom: **Originally Listed At $250** Ancient Egypt, likely New Kingdom Period, ca. 1550 to 1070 BCE. A small scarab amulet carved from reddish sandstone, shaped in the classic form of a beetle with

0003: Egyptian Red Sandstone Scarab Amulet, New KingdomEst. $450-$675Lot Passed

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Egyptian Faience Isis Suckling Horus Amulet, Ex Mitry: **Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom period, Dynasties 18th to 20th, ca. 1549 to 1077 BCE. An endearing, mold-formed faience amulet depicting the goddess Isis feeding her infant

0004: Egyptian Faience Isis Suckling Horus Amulet, Ex MitryEst. $500-$750

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Egyptian Green Steatite Cowroid w/ Uraei - Ex Sotheby's: **Originally Listed At $250** Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1570 to 1070 CE. A delightful hand-carved steatite bead in the form of a cowrie snail shell, hence the name "cowroid". A

0005: Egyptian Green Steatite Cowroid w/ Uraei - Ex Sotheby'sEst. $400-$600

Three Egyptian Flint Blades & Miniature Faience Ushabti: **Originally Listed At $400** Ancient Egypt, Neolithic to Predynastic Period, ca. 5000 to 3500 BCE; Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 664 BCE. A set of 3 hand-knapped

0006: Three Egyptian Flint Blades & Miniature Faience UshabtiEst. $450-$675Lot Passed

Ancient Egyptian Terracotta Mold for Deity Bes Amulets: **Originally Listed At $400** Egypt, New Kingdom to Late Period, ca. 1570 to 332 BCE. A pottery mold for creating amulets of the dwarf deity Bes. These molds were primarily used to produce amulets

0007: Ancient Egyptian Terracotta Mold for Deity Bes AmuletsEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

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Wearable Ancient Faience & Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace: **First Time At Auction** Egypt, New Kingdom to Late Dynastic Period, ca. 1550 to 332 BCE. A necklace composed of ancient faience beads, each displaying the soft turquoise-green surface and subtle

0008: Wearable Ancient Faience & Lapis Lazuli Bead NecklaceEst. $500-$800

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Two Egyptian Faience Flasks w/ Rosettes & Lotus Flower: **Originally Listed At $400** Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. An elegant pair of faience New Year's flasks, each boasting a mold-made, lentoid body and a

0009: Two Egyptian Faience Flasks w/ Rosettes & Lotus FlowerEst. $600-$900

Egyptian Faience Amulet - Hathor as Recumbent Cow: **Originally Listed At $350** Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. An elegant faience amulet depicting the goddess Hathor as a recumbent cow. Fashioned from vibrant

0010: Egyptian Faience Amulet - Hathor as Recumbent CowEst. $500-$750Lot Passed

Miniature Romano-Egyptian Silver & Bronze Harpokrates: **Originally Listed At $250** Romano Egypt, probably Alexandria but purportedly found in Israel, 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. As we write all of these extremely fine examples of miniature

0011: Miniature Romano-Egyptian Silver & Bronze HarpokratesEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

Egyptian Coptic Bone Figural Effigy Amulet: **Originally Listed At $300** Egypt, Roman period / Coptic era, ca. 200 CE. A stylized mummiform figure carved from bovine bone, likely functioning as a charm or amulet. The figure features incised

0012: Egyptian Coptic Bone Figural Effigy AmuletEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Ancient Bronze Age Near Eastern Alabaster Jar: **Originally Listed At $300** Near East / Egypt, Late Bronze Age to Iron Age, ca. 3000 to 300 BCE. An alabaster jar with a circular form that gently tapers to an outturned rim. The symmetrical shape

0013: Ancient Bronze Age Near Eastern Alabaster JarEst. $450-$675

Ancient Classical Greek Opaque Red Glass Perfume Bottle: **Originally Listed At $300** Greece, Classical Period, ca. 5th century BCE. A small opaque red glass bottle featuring zigzagging white lines encircling its globular body, with a tiny neck and

0014: Ancient Classical Greek Opaque Red Glass Perfume BottleEst. $450-$675Lot Passed

Ancient Greek Miniature Alabaster Perfume Jar: **Originally Listed At $250** Greece, Archaic Period to Hellenistic Period, ca. 6th to 3rd century BCE. A delicate miniature jar, possibly an alabastron, expertly carved from a thimble-sized piece

0015: Ancient Greek Miniature Alabaster Perfume JarEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

Ancient Greek Pottery Recumbent Symposium Banqueteer: **Originally Listed At $300** Greece, possibly eastern empire, ca. 6th century BCE. A Greek terracotta figure in the form of a reclining male draped in long himation. He lays with his head raised,

0016: Ancient Greek Pottery Recumbent Symposium BanqueteerEst. $450-$675Lot Passed

Campanian Pottery Guttus, Lion Spouted: **Originally Listed At $225** Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Campania, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A nice example of a black-glazed pottery guttos (oil-pouring vessel) of a characteristically squat and

0017: Campanian Pottery Guttus, Lion SpoutedEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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Rare Phoenician/Greek Glass Amphora Pendant: **Originally Listed At $125** Eastern Mediterranean, Phoenician / Greek, Classical Period, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A tiny opaque black glass amphora bottle, elegantly adorned with a zigzagging

0018: Rare Phoenician/Greek Glass Amphora PendantEst. $150-$225

Magna Graecia Sicilian Pottery Standing Figure of a Boy: **Originally Listed At $200** Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Sicily, ca. 4th century BCE. A charming pottery relief figure of a young boy shown standing in a tunic with a shield in one hand

0019: Magna Graecia Sicilian Pottery Standing Figure of a BoyEst. $350-$525Lot Passed

Near-Miniature Campanian Trefoil Oinochoe: **Originally Listed At $200** Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, Campania, ca. 360 to 320 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery blackware pottery pouring vessel known as an oinochoe with a ringed foot, an

0020: Near-Miniature Campanian Trefoil OinochoeEst. $350-$525Lot Passed

Two Greek Blackware Pottery Vessels: **Originally Listed At $200** Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Greek colonies of Campania and Apulia, ca. 325 BCE. Pair of blackware vessels dating to the time of Greek settlements in southern Italy.

0021: Two Greek Blackware Pottery VesselsEst. $350-$525Lot Passed

Thracian Bronze Horseman - Icon of Hero Worship: **Originally Listed At $250** Eastern Europe, Balkan region, Hellenistic to Roman period, Thrace, ca. 3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE. A splendid and stylized leaded bronze figure of a Thracian

0022: Thracian Bronze Horseman - Icon of Hero WorshipEst. $450-$675Lot Passed

Three Petite Greek Pottery Salt Dishes - South Italic: **Originally Listed At $200** Magna Graecia, South Italic Colonies, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. A charming trio of miniature black-glazed pedestal dishes used for salt, each featuring a delicately raised

0023: Three Petite Greek Pottery Salt Dishes - South ItalicEst. $350-$525Lot Passed

Miniature Pottery Kylix & Blue Glass Handled Jug: **Originally Listed At $200** Greek and Roman Empires, Magna-Graecia , southern Italy, for the kylix and probably Levant (northern Africa, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt) for the glass, ca, 300 BCE

0024: Miniature Pottery Kylix & Blue Glass Handled JugEst. $300-$450Lot Passed

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