Pre-Columbian | Ancient | Ethnographic 2025-09-18 Auction - 387 Price Results - Artemis Fine Arts in CO
Large 17th C. Tibetan Gilt Copper Tara w/ Inset StonesLate Cretaceous Mosasaur Fossil Skull with Pterygoid TeethChinese Han Dynasty Green Glazed Pottery Dog
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Louisville, CO, United States
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Pre-Columbian | Ancient | Ethnographic

You have shipping options - we offer affordable / convenient in-house shipping! Journey through history with a curated selection from around the world featuring Pre-Columbian, Native American, and Tribal artifacts, rare fossils, and timeless treasures from Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, and Asia. Complemented by fine and visual art, each piece is legally acquired and approved for sale, ensuring authenticity and peace of mind.
Auction Curators:
Bob Dodge
Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
Sydelle Dienstfrey
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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Rare Tlatilco Cream-Slipped Tecomate Bowl: Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Tlatilco culture, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. This elegant cream-colored ceramic bowl is a strikingly rare example of early Mesoamerican ceramic artistry, known as a tecomate
0002: Rare Tlatilco Cream-Slipped Tecomate BowlEst. $6,000-$9,000Lot Passed
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Mezcala Stone Temple Model w/ Figure, ex-Sotheby's: Pre-Columbian, Guerrero, Mexico, Mezcala culture, ca. 500 BCE to 100 BCE. A rare and evocative Mezcala carved stone temple model, fashioned from grey stone into a schematic architectural form with a
0003: Mezcala Stone Temple Model w/ Figure, ex-Sotheby'sEst. $3,000-$4,500
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Chavin Pottery Cylinder Vessel, ex-Arte Primitivo: Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A rare blackware cylinder vessel, its tall, straight walls decorated with sweeping diagonal bands of incised hatching that spiral around the
0004A: Chavin Pottery Cylinder Vessel, ex-Arte PrimitivoEst. $1,000-$1,500
Complete Nazca Child's Textile Tunic: Pre-Columbian, southern Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 to 400 CE. Fine woven Nazca shirt (tunic) of camelid fibers in shades of brown, red and gold. Mostly comprised geometric patterns of arrows , temples, and
0004B: Complete Nazca Child's Textile TunicEst. $1,500-$2,500Lot Passed
Nazca Polychrome Bowl + Kero - TL Tested: Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca culture, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A pair of pottery vessels, each with polychrome decoration. The flared kero-form cup presents vertical striations of red,
0005A: Nazca Polychrome Bowl + Kero - TL TestedEst. $1,500-$2,500Lot Passed
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Nazca Cream-Slipped Jar w/ Painted Fish Motifs - TL'd: Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. A cream-slipped terracotta jar of elegant flared form, decorated with three painted fish motifs rendered in bold black pigment around
0005B: Nazca Cream-Slipped Jar w/ Painted Fish Motifs - TL'dEst. $1,000-$1,500
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Huari Jaguar-Head Effigy Pottery Vessel, ex-Museum: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Central Andes, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. A striking Huari terracotta vessel modeled in the form of a jaguar head, the body globular with a tall cylindrical neck
0008A: Huari Jaguar-Head Effigy Pottery Vessel, ex-MuseumEst. $1,000-$1,800
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Peruvian Tiwanaku Effigy Vessel Ritual Libation Form: Pre-Columbian, Bolivia and Peru, Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A hand-built and painted pottery figural vessel depicting a stylized human torso, its flaring shoulders and
0008B: Peruvian Tiwanaku Effigy Vessel Ritual Libation FormEst. $1,200-$1,800