Sold2015Anatolian Kilia Stargazer Head, ex-Arte PrimitivoAnatolia, Cycladic, western Turkey, ca. 2500 BCE. A carved white marble stargazer, with faint nose and neck. Marble is off white in color with some tan. Size: 1-3/8"H. Provenance: Ex-Arte Primitivo GSee Sold Price
Sold2019Central Asian Bronze Axe Head - Ex Arte Primitivo**Originally Listed At $200** Central Asia, Bronze Age, ca. 10th to 7th century BCE. An elegant cast bronze axe head of simple form, with a long, straight, rectangular blade and a round socket with aSee Sold Price
Sold2015Chancay Cuchimilico Stargazer, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000 CE. A very colorful terracotta standing Cuchimilco or stargazer holding her arms in an upraised position of prayer and adoration. Perforations in eSee Sold Price
Sold2016Nazca Polychrome Kero Trophy Heads, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, South Peru, ca. 125 to 250 CE. A Nazca ceramic kero rising from a round-bottomed base, its elegant silhoutte displaying a soft curve on the lower body. The surface decoration is organizSee Sold Price
Sold2018Large Anatolian Kilia Marble Stargazer HeadAsia Minor, modern-day western Turkey, Anatolia, ca. 3200 to 2300 BCE. A carved white marble stargazer, with a faint nose, suggested ears, and neck. Marble is off white in color with some beige and ruSee Sold Price
Sold2019Anatolian Kilia Marble Stargazer Head100% of the Hammer price of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **Originally Listed At $250** Anatolia, present-day Turkey, caSee Sold Price
Sold2016Anatolian Kilia Marble Stargazer HeadAnatolia, present-day Turkey, ca. 2800 to 2200 BCE. This is a kilia head made from a marble-like cream-colored stone, with a defined chin and otherwise flat face. Kilia are highly stylized female figuSee Sold Price
Sold2024Mayan Jaguar head Tenon - Ex-Arte PrimitivoMayan 500-800BC Massive fanged jaguar head tenon carved in dark gray volcanic stone. Coiled tongue with remnants of red cinnabar pigment - measures15.5" x 6.5" x 7"See Sold Price
Sold2022Maya Plumbate Pottery Head Vessel, ex-Arte Primitivo**Originally Listed At $200** Pre-Columbian, Mayan region, Maya/Toltec, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A "plumbate" pottery head vessel depicting a shaman or priest wearing an enormous tapir head headdress, hisSee Sold Price
Sold2020Maya Plumbate Pottery Head Vessel - ex-Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mayan region, Maya/Toltec, ca. 900 to 1200 CE. A "plumbate" pottery head vessel depicting a shaman or priest wearing an enormous tapir head headdress, his faceSee Sold Price
Sold2015Anatolian marble Kilia idol head, Ex Royal AthenaA Western Anatolian marble head from a Kilia idol, Bronze Age II, c. 2700 - 2500 BC, of basic form with a nearly hemispherical crown arch and completely smooth facial plane. The angle of the neck is cSee Sold Price
Sold2023Anatolian Kilia Marble Stargazer Idol Head**Originally Listed At $300** Ancient Near East, present-day Turkey, Anatolia, ca. 2800 to 2200 BCE. A wondrous example of an abstract stargazer idol known as a kilia, hand-carved from creamy white maSee Sold Price
Sold2023Colima Redware Pottery Bird Vessel, Ex Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima culture, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A charming pottery vessel in the form of a swallow mid-flight with wings widely spread and head lifted at aSee Sold Price
Sold2024Ancient Anatolian Stone Footed Bowl c.2000 BC.Ancient Anatolian Stone Footed Bowl c.2000 BC. Size 5 3/8 inches Wide. 1 5/8 inches high. Rare stone footed shallow bowl. Provenance: NYC collection. Ex. Arte Primitivo, Ex; Fortuna Fine Arts, NYC.See Sold Price
Sold2022Veracruz Stone Coyote Head Tennon c.600-900 AD.Veracruz Stone Coyote Head Tennon. Size 5 5/8 inches length. Veracruz, Mexico. Ca. 600-900 A.D. Ex Arte PrimitivoSee Sold Price
Sold2022Tiahuanaco Double Lobed Vessel with Human HeadTiahuanaco Double Lobed Vessel with Human Head. Size 10 inches length, 6 5.8 inches high. Ex. private collection of a California attorney, ex. Arte Primitivo, auction 75, lot 314, ex. Private CA. collSee Sold Price
Sold2016Recuay Cream Slip Portrait Vessel, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Peru, northern coastal region, Recuay, ca. 100 BCE to 400 CE. Large double-sided canteen vessel depicting a stylized human head. Wide toothy grin, face painted in reddish-brown on a creSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mayan Polychrome Tripod Plate, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Highlands (Chiapas, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador), Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 600 CE. A flare-rimmed dish standing on three short legs, with a central portrait head iSee Sold Price
Sold2016Mayan Stone Metate in Animal Form, ex-Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, Maya Territories, ca. 200 to 900 CE. A green-grey volcanic stone metate (metlatl) with sturdy tripod legs and a head that - combined with the stiff back - calls to mind a turtle or possSee Sold Price
Sold2017Mayan Green Stone Maskette , ex-Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A smooth greenstone maskette pendant in the form of a human head with drilled eyes, an open mouth as if speSee Sold Price
Sold2018Lot of 2 Anatolian Marble Stargazers - 2500 BCE!**Originally Listed At $150** Anatolia, present-day Turkey, ca. 2500 BCE. This is a pair of complementary kilia heads. One is from a more gray quartzite stone, rounder in shape, with a pronouced nose;See Sold Price
Sold2023Nazca Wood, Ivory, & Copper Atl Atl, Ex Arte PrimitivoPre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Nazca, ca. 100 to 300 CE. A wonderful hand-carved wooden atl atl (also atlatl, atl-atl) or spear thrower of a rod-shaped form with an ivory finial at one end and a copSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Senufo Female Figure Ex Simmons, Ex Arte PrimitivoA lovely carved wooden female effigy with highly stylized face and form, and a deep well handled surface patina, custom mounted. The statue measures 17.5 inches tall ( 19.25 inches tall on professionaSee Sold Price
Sold2022Large Tlatilco Pottery Female Figure, Ex Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200 to 200 BCE. An exemplary hand-built pottery sculpture of a standing female presenting bulbous legs, wide hips, petite breaSee Sold Price
May 23Freeman's | HindmanAn Egyptian Limestone Relief Fragment Depicting an Attendant Wearing a Head-Cone$1,000