Ancient / Ethnographic Art Holiday Auction

Large Anatolian Yortan Blackware Pitcher

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Boulder County, CO, United States

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Ancient / Ethnographic Art Holiday Auction

Artemis Gallery

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December 5 is your opportunity to find hundreds of authentic ancient examples of Classical, Asian, Tribal, Ethnographic, Native American and Pre-Columbian 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. From Neolithic hand axes to Mexican Retablos, Egyptian faience amulets to Chinese pottery. No matter what your budget, collector or dealer, we have something for you. Many group lots! The holidays will soon be upon us and all lots are priced to move - don't miss the fun!

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Lot of 3 Ancient Egyptian Scarabs: Egypt, Middle Kingdom to Late Dynastic, Ca 1850 to 650 BCE. Included are: a 14mm green faience with geometric pattern on base, 12th-18th Dyn; an 11mm green steatite with double uraeus, Nub, ankh,

0013: Lot of 3 Ancient Egyptian ScarabsEst. US$900-US$1,200Lot Passed

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Greco-Egyptian Faience Seal - Bes, Eye of Horus: Egypt, under Greek rule, ca 330 to 250 BCE. Very rare faience round amulet/seal. On one side is impressed an Eye of Horus, the other with an image of the Egyptian god Bes - drilled for suspension and

0013A: Greco-Egyptian Faience Seal - Bes, Eye of HorusEst. US$400-US$600

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Western Anatolia Yortan Ovoid Tripod Jar: Western Anatolia, Yortan Culture, c.a 3000 - 2500 BCE. A gray ware jar with ovoid body. The body of the vessel is decorated with zig-zag designs and four spikes. It has tapering legs and the rim was

0014: Western Anatolia Yortan Ovoid Tripod JarEst. US$600-US$800

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Lot of 2 Early Yortan Pottery Vessels: Western Anatolia, Yortan Culture, ca. 3000 BCE - 2500 BCE. Two interesting pieces that are contemporary to the period of Troy I. Both are grayware adorned with incised linear and geometric

0014A: Lot of 2 Early Yortan Pottery VesselsEst. US$200-US$400

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Large Anatolian Yortan Blackware Pitcher: Western Anatolia, Yortan Culture, c.a 3000 - 2500 BCE. Lovely long-necked pitcher in red clay, fired deep black. Bulbous base with long rectangular handle attaching at base of large sloping spout.

0015: Large Anatolian Yortan Blackware PitcherEst. US$700-US$900

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Large Yortan Terracotta Canteen - Rare!: Western Anatolia, Yortan Culture, c.a 2500 - 2000 BCE. Rare "canteen" in rounded form, twin lug handles on the sides, decorated with three impressed panels of concentric circles, small neck and flat

0016: Large Yortan Terracotta Canteen - Rare!Est. US$800-US$1,200

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Neolithic Obsidian Blade Section - Catal Huyuk: Catal Huyuk, Turkey, Ca 7000 BCE. 9000 year old flaked obsidian blade from the largest and best-preserved Neolithic site found to date. Catal Huyuk, or Catal Hoyuk, is located in southern Anatolia

0017: Neolithic Obsidian Blade Section - Catal HuyukEst. US$200-US$300

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Lot of 2 Anatolian Bronze Age Bowls: Turkey, Anatolia, Bronze Age, ca 2000 to 1500 BCE. Two remarkable bowls. If I were to show these to any collector of Pre-Columbian art, they would swear these are from Colima, Mexico, dating to 300

0018: Lot of 2 Anatolian Bronze Age BowlsEst. US$400-US$600

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Tell Halaf Fertility Goddess: Anatolia, Central Turkey, to northern Syria, Ca 5000 to 4000 BCE. Small painted pottery fertility goddess (Tel Halaf). She has the typical sloped head, hands to her ample thighs, smallish breasts

0019: Tell Halaf Fertility GoddessEst. US$600-US$800

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Syro-Hittite Pillar Figurine: Syria/Turkey, Ca 2750 to 1900 BCE. At first glance, this piece is both mysterious yet familiar. Its mythical eyes and face are almost bird-like, yet the hair and pendant are distinctly human, all

0019A: Syro-Hittite Pillar FigurineEst. US$800-US$1,200

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Syro-Hittite Fertility Figurine: Syria/Turkey, Ca 2nd Millennium B.C. Syro-Hittite figure of a goddess of slender flattened form with short outstretched arms, wearing a notched girdle, her bird-like face with large circular eyes.

0019B: Syro-Hittite Fertility FigurineEst. US$800-US$1,200

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Rare Sumerian Pottery Mask of Humbaba: Sumer, Ca 20th-16th centuries BCE. Terracotta maskette of Humbaba. Humbaba was demon, genie, and guardian of the cedar forests of Lebanon during the period of the Amorite dynasties. In the

0019C: Rare Sumerian Pottery Mask of HumbabaEst. US$1,000-US$1,500

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Lot of 10 Early Anatolian Spindle Whorls: Anatolia, western Turkey, 1000 BCE to 100 CE. Nice study lot of 10 spindle whorls - used in making threads for the production of textiles. Group includes examples in pottery, stone, and bone, most

0020: Lot of 10 Early Anatolian Spindle WhorlsEst. US$200-US$300

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Central European Bronze Armband: Central Europe, Greek influence, Ca 1000 to 800 BCE. Large and quite wide decorated armband in sheet bronze with twin ridges to either edge, triple raised ridge down center, punched dots on each

0020A: Central European Bronze ArmbandEst. US$1,000-US$1,500Lot Passed

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Rare Anatolian Hittite Bronze Ax Head: Anatolia, Hittite. Ca. 2nd Millennium BCE. Cast bronze blade with narrow center and flared end, the cutting edge rounded. The base thin for attachment into a shaft. This is a very rare form that

0021: Rare Anatolian Hittite Bronze Ax HeadEst. US$400-US$600

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Two Early Villanovan Pottery Vessels: Northern Italy, 8th to 6th century BCE. Two early pottery vessels from this culture that predates the Etruscans. First, twin handled jar, lower section decorated with applied dots and slashes on

0021A: Two Early Villanovan Pottery VesselsEst. US$700-US$900

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Central European Hallstadt Bronze Hair Ring: Central Europe, Danube River Basin, Ca 1000 to 700 BCE. Lovely double spiral bronze hair ring. Larger than most, with each spiral comprised of 8 bands of coiled bronze wire, triple loop at reverse.

0021B: Central European Hallstadt Bronze Hair RingEst. US$800-US$1,200

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Pr. Anatolian Female Figures / Mother Goddess: Asia Minor, Anatolia peninsula, 3rd century BCE. Two fine, mold made pottery figurines, created from the same mold. Each depicts a female figure - most likely a rendering of the mother goddess later

0022: Pr. Anatolian Female Figures / Mother GoddessEst. US$500-US$800

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Lot of 4 Ancient Stamp Seals /Amulets: Anatolia or Syria, Proto-Literate period, ca. 3500 - 2900 BCE. This group of four ancient seals or bullae includes two stone and two pottery seals. The pottery seals and one of the stone seals are

0023: Lot of 4 Ancient Stamp Seals /AmuletsEst. US$200-US$400

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Greek Attic Red-Figure Owl Lekythos, ex-Sotheby's: Athens, Greece, second quarter 5th century BCE. A sweet example of Greek pottery! Small oil vessel decorated in red-figure technique, with owl looking forward, standing between two laurel sprigs,

0023A: Greek Attic Red-Figure Owl Lekythos, ex-Sotheby'sEst. US$4,500-US$6,000

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Hellenistic Greek Terracotta Storage Jar: Southern Italy, probably Canosa region, Ca 3rd to 2nd century BCE. Nice large pottery jar with long thin neck, twin strap handles, exterior in unusual light yellow, with nice sea encrustations on

0023B: Hellenistic Greek Terracotta Storage JarEst. US$800-US$1,200Lot Passed

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Hellenistic Transport Amphora Dressel 1B Type: Late Hellenistic, ca. 100 BCE. Rare torpedo-shaped terracotta vessel with long cylindrical neck with two elegant side handles, and pointed base. Such amphorae were used throughout antiquity to

0023C: Hellenistic Transport Amphora Dressel 1B TypeEst. US$5,000-US$7,000

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Incredibly Fine Greek Boeotian Aryballos: Greece, Boeotia, Ca 560 BCE. Among one of the finest arybaloi we have ever had the pleasure of handling! Manufactured in Boeotia, northeast of the Gulf of Corinth, but attributed to an Attic painter

0023D: Incredibly Fine Greek Boeotian AryballosEst. US$8,000-US$12,000Lot Passed

Greek Geometric Period Bird Pendant: Greece, Ca late 8th to 7th century BCE. Abstract bird with elongated neck and tail, small crest rises from the back and smaller support emerges from the belly - large suspension loop through center.

0023E: Greek Geometric Period Bird PendantEst. US$1,200-US$1,500Lot Passed

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