Ancient / Ethnographic Art for the Holidays

Pr. Chinese Tang Dynasty Sancai Glazed Tea Cups

Superb Roman Marble Head of Aphrodite / Venus

Large/Rare Etruscan Red-Figure Pottery Amphora

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Ancient / Ethnographic Art for the Holidays

Artemis Fine Arts

Monday December 7th is your opportunity to find hundreds of authentic examples of ancient, Asian, Tribal, Ethnographic, Native American, Pre-Columbian art and Spanish Colonial art, as well as prehistoric artifacts - all starting at a fraction of normal gallery prices! This incredible holiday auction includes classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece and Rome, the Near and Far East, Pre-Columbian art from over a dozen ancient American cultures, plus many examples of African Tribal artifacts and Spanish Colonial art. No matter what your budget, collector or dealer, we have something for you. The holidays will soon be upon us and all lots are priced to move! We handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.

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Egyptian Faience Amulet of Pataklos, ex-V. Funiciello: Egypt, New Kingdom, ca. 1500 BCE. A glazed faience standing male dwarf figure of blue-green hues with black and cobalt blue highlights and a wide suspension loop on the back of the neck as it was

0001: Egyptian Faience Amulet of Pataklos, ex-V. FunicielloEst. $1,800-$2,400Lot Passed

Egyptian Faience Ushabti - Third Intermediate Period: Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, dynasties 21 through 25, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. Lovely light green faience ushabti, standing mummiform, hair, eyes, seed-bag and flail in added black pigment. Custom

0001A: Egyptian Faience Ushabti - Third Intermediate PeriodEst. $700-$900Lot Passed

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Egyptian Faience Sekhmet Pendant Necklace, ex-Sotheby's: Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1479 to 1401 BCE. This is a pale turquoise faience pendant in the form of a lion strung as the center of a necklace with ancient banded agate barrel beads

0001B: Egyptian Faience Sekhmet Pendant Necklace, ex-Sotheby'sEst. $2,200-$3,300

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Egyptian Polychrome Wood Mask (from a Sarcophagus): Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. A large ancientwood mask from a sarcophagus with finely modeled lips, large eyes and strong nose. Includes custom stand. Size: 11"H not

0001C: Egyptian Polychrome Wood Mask (from a Sarcophagus)Est. $1,800-$2,200

Egyptian Bronze Seated Harpocrates Amulet: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 315 BCE. Lovely ancient bronze of a seated Harpocrates. The youthful prince sits with legs together, sidelock and pharonic crown

0002: Egyptian Bronze Seated Harpocrates AmuletEst. $800-$1,200Lot Passed

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Exhibited Egyptian Faience Amulet of Sekhmet, ex-Dubois: Egypt, Late Period, ca. 700 to 30 BCE. A miniature faience amulet depicting the striding lion-headed goddess Sekhmet with hands held to her sides, donning a tightly fitted garment, of saturated

0002A: Exhibited Egyptian Faience Amulet of Sekhmet, ex-DuboisEst. $1,500-$2,000

Translated Egyptian Faience Shabti for Paf Heri Hes: Egypt, 25th to 26th Dynasty, ca. 626 to 525 BCE. This is green-glazed faience shabti features incised hieroglyphic markings/decoration. It has its arms crossed over its chests and is holding hoes

0002B: Translated Egyptian Faience Shabti for Paf Heri HesEst. $1,500-$2,250Lot Passed

Egyptian Wood / Gesso Sarcophagus Mask: Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 315 BCE. Carved wood and gesso mask from a sarcophagus. Fine carved facial features, painted eyes and original dowels. Nice

0003: Egyptian Wood / Gesso Sarcophagus MaskEst. $1,500-$2,500Lot Passed

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Egyptian Bronze / Alabaster Eyes from Sacrophagus: Egypt, Late Period, ca. 600 to 300 BCE. A pair of bronze and inlaid alabaster eyes and eyebrows. Includes custom stand. Size: Each eye measures 3"; eyebrows measure 3-3/8" and 3-3/4", respectively

0003A: Egyptian Bronze / Alabaster Eyes from SacrophagusEst. $1,800-$2,200

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Egyptian Silver Tetradrachm - Ptolemy V: Egypt, under Ptolemy V, ca. 204 to 180 BCE. Fine tetradrachm silver coin with diademed head of Ptolemy I facing right, eagle standing on thunderbolt on reverse. Size: 26mm 13 grams. Provenance:

0003B: Egyptian Silver Tetradrachm - Ptolemy VEst. $500-$700

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Late Roman Egyptian Limestone Lintel - Oryxes, Grapes: Coptic / Roman Egypt, ca. 0 to 200 CE. This is a limestone lintel carved to show what appears to be two oryxes from the neck up and clusters of grapes. The quality of the carving is fine,

0003C: Late Roman Egyptian Limestone Lintel - Oryxes, GrapesEst. $2,600-$3,900

Daunian Polychrome Funnel Krater - Raised Hands: Magna Graecia, Daunia, ca. 6th to 5th century BCE. A pottery vessel of an unusual form with two handles modeled to resemble upraised hands emerging from the shoulder, all adorned with geometric

0003E: Daunian Polychrome Funnel Krater - Raised HandsEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Near-Miniature Greek Bronze Animal Votive Figure: Ancient Greece, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A near miniature ancient Greek bronze votive figurine depicting an animal, possibly a calf, upon an integrated base with outstretched front legs and

0004: Near-Miniature Greek Bronze Animal Votive FigureEst. $3,000-$5,000Lot Passed

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Wonderfully Detailed Greek Pottery Protome Head: Greek Empire, Corinth, ca. late 7th to ealry 6th century BCE. Very rare archaic pottery female head showing wide open eyes, arched eyebrows and carefully painted ears and hair. The skin itself was

0004A: Wonderfully Detailed Greek Pottery Protome HeadEst. $400-$600

Greek Bruttium Silver Stater - Apollo and Stag: Greece, Magna Graecia, ca. 480 to 338 BCE. This is a silver (7.74 g) stater from Bruttium, an ancient city in modern day Calabria, Italy. This cion has Apollo advancing right with a stag in front on

0004B: Greek Bruttium Silver Stater - Apollo and StagEst. $700-$900Lot Passed

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Greek Paestan Red-Figure Lekanis - Dionysos: Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Campania, Paestan or Paestum, ca 350 BCE. Rare lidded lekanis with base showing twin handles and typical laurel leave band, lid decorated on each side with a portrait

0004C: Greek Paestan Red-Figure Lekanis - DionysosEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Greek Apulian Bell Krater Fragment - Standing Youth: Greek Empire, Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. Fragment from what was once a stunning Bell Krater. Red-figure section showing a standing youth with torch in his right

0004D: Greek Apulian Bell Krater Fragment - Standing YouthEst. $600-$900

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Greek Apulian Pyxis - Lady of Fashion: Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 325 BCE. Cute pottery jar on short foot and twin handles at the rim, decorated on each side in red-figure technique with a Lady of Fashion portrait,

0004E: Greek Apulian Pyxis - Lady of FashionEst. $500-$750

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Large/Rare Etruscan Red-Figure Pottery Amphora: Etruria, norththern Italy, ca. last quarter of the 4th century BCE. A very rare and unusual vessel that is a hybrid of a peilke and an amphora. Large bulbous base with thin high neck and twin strap

0004F: Large/Rare Etruscan Red-Figure Pottery AmphoraEst. $4,000-$6,000

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Rare Near-Miniature Greek Owl Skyphos: Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 325 BCE. Rare squat skyphos decorated with an owl - symbol of their allegiance to Athens, on each side with laurel leaves to each side. Much more uncommon

0004G: Rare Near-Miniature Greek Owl SkyphosEst. $600-$800

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Fine Greek Apulian Red-Figure Greek Olpe - Eros: Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 BCE. Lovely terracotta vessep decorated in red-figure with Eros walking right, holding grape cluster in his left hand, garland in his right, wings

0004H: Fine Greek Apulian Red-Figure Greek Olpe - ErosEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Greek Silver Tetradrachm - Thracian Islands - Dionysos: Thasos, Thracian Islands, Greece, 148 BCE. This is a silver tetradrachm, a large coin used in ancient Greece. One side has the head of Dionysos on the right, wreathed with ivy. The other side shows

0004I: Greek Silver Tetradrachm - Thracian Islands - DionysosEst. $350-$450

0004J: Etruscan Genucilia Pedestal Plate - Lady of FashionEst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

Roman Bronze Applique, Theater Mask, ex-Royal Athena: Roman Empire, ca. 3rd to 4th centuries CE. Expressive depiction beautifully rendered in bronze, of an older, bearded actor, mouth wide open; the silver inlaid eyes deeply pierced, the curly hair

0004K: Roman Bronze Applique, Theater Mask, ex-Royal AthenaEst. $5,500-$8,250Lot Passed

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The following are the TERMS OF SALE for bidding in Live Auction, Thursday, December 7th, 2015. AUCTION will start at 9 a.m. MT, 11 a.m. EST, 8 a.m. PST - Live Online / Absentee Bidding only. Please read the following "Terms of Sale" carefully. These terms are applicable to all bidders in this auction, collectors and dealers alike. Please do not bid in this auction if you do not agree to all of the terms listed below. Your submission of bids in this auction constitutes your acceptance of these "Terms of Sale." 1. All items in this auction have been legally acquired, are legal to sell, and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. No sale is ever final if you're not happy. 2. This is an auction sale, not an approval sale. By bidding in this auction, the bidder personally guarantees payment. The auctioneer has final discretion in all matters. In case of dispute, the lot(s) in question may be resold. 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