Ancient & Ethnographic Art Through The Ages

Roman Glass Double Unguentarium Cobalt Trailing

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Signed Elizebeth Lincoln Rookwood Pottery Vase (1920)

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Ancient & Ethnographic Art Through The Ages

Artemis Gallery

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Featuring antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian Art, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African/Tribal / Oceanic, Fine / Visual art, and much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Convenient / affordable in-house shipping.

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Maya Polychrome Jar w/ Geometric Motifs: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. An elegant jar with a flattened, stable base, globular body, waisted neck, and slightly flared rim. The

0121: Maya Polychrome Jar w/ Geometric MotifsEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

Maya Terracotta Whistle - Avian Form: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A fine molded pottery whistle in the form of a bird head with three feathered comb and curved beak. A

0122: Maya Terracotta Whistle - Avian FormEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

Maya Cylinder, Liberal Remains Stucco / Pigment: Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A gorgeous pottery vessel presenting a column-like body with a flared rim and a flat base, all

0123: Maya Cylinder, Liberal Remains Stucco / PigmentEst. US$1,500-US$2,250Lot Passed

2 Maya Jaina Terracotta Figural Instruments: Pre-Columbian, Jaina / Campeche Mexico, Maya, Late Classic Period, ca. 600 to 850 CE. A fascinating pair of mold-made terracotta figures that may have functioned as instruments. The first is a hollow

0124: 2 Maya Jaina Terracotta Figural InstrumentsEst. US$600-US$900Lot Passed

Fine Olmec Serpentine Batwing Pendant: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 1150 to 550 BCE. This is a fine serpentine pendant, hand pecked and polished into a bifacial flattened bar shape, then pierced through one face

0125: Fine Olmec Serpentine Batwing PendantEst. US$600-US$900Lot Passed

Fine Guerrero Olmec Marble Bowl: Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Olmec culture, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A lovely bowl, skillfully carved from banded marble of charcoal and ash gray hues with natural white inclusions.

0126: Fine Guerrero Olmec Marble BowlEst. US$1,100-US$1,650Lot Passed

Olmec Greenstone Figure of a Were-Jaguar: Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A standing Olmec were-jaguar figure, finely carved from a beautiful blue-green stone. The body is banded with creamy-white

0127: Olmec Greenstone Figure of a Were-JaguarEst. US$4,500-US$6,750Lot Passed

Chancay Pottery Jar w/ Black & White Abstract Motifs: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A fine pottery jar boasting a rotund form and lovely black and white decoration. Sitting upon a rounded base, the ancient vessel

0128: Chancay Pottery Jar w/ Black & White Abstract MotifsEst. US$1,100-US$1,650Lot Passed

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Chancay Whistling Vessel w/ Figure, ex-Museum: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A delightful pottery, double-chambered stirrup vessel featuring an intricately formed cacique and still producing a high-pitched

0129: Chancay Whistling Vessel w/ Figure, ex-MuseumEst. US$700-US$1,000

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Chancay Woven Basket w/ Wood Spindles & Whorl Beads: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1300 CE. A superb hand-woven reed basket that holds textile weaving tools: 10 wooden spindle needles with 8 attached pottery spindle whorls.

0130: Chancay Woven Basket w/ Wood Spindles & Whorl BeadsEst. US$1,400-US$2,100Lot Passed

2 Chancay Pottery Vessels w/ Linear Decorations: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A set of 2 hand-built pottery vessels - a bowl and a vase - with attractive motifs painted in black or red-brown hues. The bowl is of a

0131: 2 Chancay Pottery Vessels w/ Linear DecorationsEst. US$700-US$1,050Lot Passed

Chancay Pottery Two Chambered Whistling Vessel w/ Man: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A hand-built pottery vessel bearing a pair of discoid chambers resting atop two flared feet. The vessel's chambers are bridged by a

0132: Chancay Pottery Two Chambered Whistling Vessel w/ ManEst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed

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Chancay Polychrome Textile Panel Stylized Zoomorphs: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A tightly woven textile made from camelid wool (alpaca or llama) in hues of deep burgundy red, yellow, and white with a tassel hem

0133: Chancay Polychrome Textile Panel Stylized ZoomorphsEst. US$600-US$900

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Vibrant Chancay Textile Fragment Abstract Zoomorphs: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast of Peru, Chancay, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A beautiful textile fragment made from brightly dyed camelid (alpaca or llama) wool in hues of ochre yellow, red, mulberry purple,

0134: Vibrant Chancay Textile Fragment Abstract ZoomorphsEst. US$600-US$900

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Colorful Chancay Woven Gauze Textile Panel: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast, Chancay to Colonial Period, ca. 11th to 18th century CE. A colorful loosely woven gauze like textile panel made from cotton and camelid wool (alpaca or llama). The warp

0135: Colorful Chancay Woven Gauze Textile PanelEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

Chancay Textile Panel Embroidered Spiders: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A tightly woven brown ground panel made from fine cotton threads with spider motifs. The spiders are embroidered into the panel in

0136: Chancay Textile Panel Embroidered SpidersEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

Chancay Wood Weaving Beater + Inca Antler Awl: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay & Inca culture, ca. 1100 to 1500 CE. A fine pair of weaving tools: a deer antler awl and a wooden spatulate shaped batten or beater stick. The antler is heavily polished

0137: Chancay Wood Weaving Beater + Inca Antler AwlEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

2 Chavin Stone / Shell Amulets + 2 Huari Stone Figures: Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 500 BCE; South Coast Peru, Huari, ca. 500 to 800 CE. A fine gathering of 4 hand-carved figurine amulets of petite sizes and charming forms. First is a

0138: 2 Chavin Stone / Shell Amulets + 2 Huari Stone FiguresEst. US$900-US$1,350Lot Passed

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Chavin Tembladera Spouted Vessel w/ Two Shells: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin culture, Tembladera phase, ca. 800 to 500 BCE. A remarkable mold-made pottery stirrup vessel presenting a double-chamber body in the form of a conch shell and

0139: Chavin Tembladera Spouted Vessel w/ Two ShellsEst. US$1,600-US$2,400

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Chavin Pottery Stirrup Vessel - Chosa Form: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 700 to 500 BCE. A fabulous mold-formed pottery stirrup vessel presenting a two-tiered form that resembles a vernacular house known as a chosa coated in a

0140: Chavin Pottery Stirrup Vessel - Chosa FormEst. US$700-US$1,050

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Chavin Stone Mace Head: Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Chavin, ca. 900 to 500 BCE. A nicely preserved stone mace head made from a mottled light gray stone. The conical form features 4 rows of 8 protruding nodules for a

0141: Chavin Stone Mace HeadEst. US$1,500-US$2,250Lot Passed

Rare Chavin Maranon Standing Pottery Figure: Pre-Columbian, Northern Peru, Cupisnique, Chavin Maranon, ca. 500 to 300 BCE. A very rare standing figure that is hollow-built from pottery and presents with highly burnished surfaces. The figure

0142: Rare Chavin Maranon Standing Pottery FigureEst. US$1,200-US$1,800Lot Passed

2 Chimu / Inca Camelid Bone Flutes - Quenas: Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu to Inca culture, ca. 1100 to 1533 CE. A pair of flutes known as quenas, made from either camelid or deer ulna leg bones with 4 note holes cut into the upper face. The notch

0143: 2 Chimu / Inca Camelid Bone Flutes - QuenasEst. US$700-US$1,050Lot Passed

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Chimu Blackware Vessel w/ Lordly Figures: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A mold-formed pottery vessel featuring important anthropomorphic beings positioned in the center of each side. Resting on a flattened,

0144: Chimu Blackware Vessel w/ Lordly FiguresEst. US$700-US$1,050

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