VARIETY SALE Pre Columbian, Ethnographic Art

Lot: 1 - Panamanian Coclé Polychrome Frutera, Boa and Jaguar/Saurian Motifs

Ca. 1000 - 1050 CE. Pre-Columbian, Panama, Macaracas phase/style. A polychrome Pre-Columbian Cocle pedestal plate often referred to as a “Frutera,” from ancient Panama. This example is features a deep orange slip with designs in black, and red. The designs on the sides of the pedestal stem are thought to represent the pattern of the Boa Constrictor, while the patterns on the top likely depict stylized Jaguars or Saurian deities. Size: 8"(H) x 9"(D - Top)/6.5")D - Bottom) Provenance: Private collection of S. Saunders, Nogales Arizona, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201742

Lot: 2 - Chancay Wood Burial Doll - Striped Cotton Tunic

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay, ca. 1000–1470 CE. A carved wood burial figure of simplified form, the flat face painted with stylized red and white features in the manner seen on wooden funerary masks. The figure wears a tunic of striped, plain-woven cotton cloth, secured at the waist with a twisted fiber cord. The wood surface shows extensive age-related erosion and losses consistent with burial, but at nearly 1,000 years old the figure is very nicely preserved thanks to the arid climate and burial practices. Size: 2" W x 9.25" H x 1.5" D (5.1 cm W x 23.5 cm H x 3.8 cm D). The Chancay flourished along the central coast of Peru between roughly 1000 and 1470 CE, in the arid valleys north of present-day Lima. Their dry desert cemeteries have preserved extraordinary quantities of perishable material, textiles above all, for which the culture is best known. Figures of this type, combining a simply carved wooden armature with garments of actual woven cloth, are characteristic of Chancay funerary practice, where the dead were wrapped in elaborate bundles accompanied by miniature companions and offerings. The striped plain-weave tunic here echoes full-scale Chancay garments in fiber and technique, a miniature testament to the weaving tradition that defined the culture. Provenance: private Saint Louis, Missouri, USA collection acquired between 1970 and 1995 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 204008

Lot: 3 - Michoacan Pottery Figure - Seated Dignitary in Headdress

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Michoacan, ca. 100 BCE – 300 CE. A seated terracotta personage arrests attention through the intensity of its modeled face: wide almond eyes, a firm straight nose, and full lips set beneath a towering, hatched headdress that crowns the head like a fan. The figure sits with the proper right knee drawn up, that hand resting upon it while the opposite hand presses to the chest, a posture of quiet self-possession. Prominent circular earspools flank the face, and layered necklaces of beaded and tubular elements drape across the torso above a cinched belt. The reddish-brown clay retains earthen encrustation across its incised ornament. Such solid handmodeled figures, produced in west Mexican Michoacan, likely served votive or funerary purposes, accompanying the dead as attendants or as images of ancestors and persons of rank whose finery marked their standing. Size: 2.7" W x 4.8" H (6.9 cm W x 12.2 cm H). West Mexican ceramic traditions, spanning the modern states of Michoacan, Jalisco, Nayarit, and Colima, remained largely outside the great highland horizons of Teotihuacan and were long overlooked by early scholarship. Their tomb figures, recovered from deep shaft-and-chamber burials, celebrate the human presence with a directness rare in Mesoamerican art: warriors, ballplayers, seated dignitaries, and richly adorned women. The elaborate headdress, earspools, and multiple necklaces on this figure signal elevated social rank, the visual grammar by which these communities distinguished persons of consequence. Provenance: ex-David Zahler collection, acquired between 1975 to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203756

Lot: 4 - Pre-Columbian Nayarit Figural Vessels (pr)

West Mexico, Nayarit, Protoclassic to Early Classic, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A charismatic duo of hand-modeled figure vessels - one red-slipped and stout with hands akimbo, the other cream-slipped and kneeling with a flared spout rising from the shoulder - each rendered with expressive faces, pierced ears for earspools, and traces of pigment that enliven the surfaces. Formed in terracotta by coil and modeling techniques, the corpulent bodies double as containers, with apertures integrated into the backs and the spouted example likely used to pour libations; the red example retains a painted belt with dotted motifs, while the pale figure bears a circumferential reddish band and marbled patina from burial. Size: 4" W x 5" H x 3.5" D (10.2 cm W x 12.7 cm H x 8.9 cm D) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202449

Lot: 5 - Jalisco Standing Pregnant Female Figure, Painted Skirt

Ca. 100 BCE - 250 CE. Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco culture. A standing pregnant woman whose broad, planted stance carries an air of unshakeable physical authority - arms extended slightly from the body, knees bent, as though she has just risen or is about to move. Her rounded abdomen and bare, modeled breasts announce her condition without ceremony, the body treated as a plain statement of generative fact rather than an occasion for adornment. A painted skirt wraps her lower body, its surface decorated with sweeping diagonal stripes in red-brown on a warm buff ground - the garment's casual elegance a reminder that West Mexican figurine makers were attentive to the social markers of dress even when the torso above went unclothed. A flat, visor-like headdress or hair arrangement crowns the head, small coiled ear ornaments flank the face, and the features - heavy-lidded eyes, broad nose, a mouth set in the faint suggestion of a smile - wear the composed, inward expression common to the finest Jalisco figural work. The hollow body retains a small opening at the crown, characteristic of the shaft-tomb tradition of ancient Jalisco, where such figures accompanied the dead as companions or ritual surrogates in the afterlife. Standing pregnant females of this type are understood as embodiments of fertility and continuity, their upright posture distinguishing them from the seated variants and perhaps implying a more active or processional ritual role. Publication: For a similar Jalisco figure, see LACMA, accession number M.86.296.94. Provenance: Ex-Parker Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202570

Lot: 6 - Tlatilco Terracotta Nude Female Figure - Fertility Idol

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Tlatilco, ca. 1200–900 BCE. A standing nude female modeled in warm reddish-brown clay, her body rendered with the plump thighs and tapering legs that distinguish the ceramic tradition of Tlatilco in the Valley of Mexico. Punctate eyes and nostrils, a strong ridged nose, and pursed lips animate a wide face crowned by an elaborate coiffure worked into raised locks. The arms are reduced to short outstretched stumps, throwing emphasis onto the swelling torso and hips. Such figures, hand-formed and fired to an earthy patina, likely served as votive images tied to fertility, regeneration, and the cycles of agrarian life. Recovered largely from burial contexts, they speak to a Formative-period preoccupation with the female body as a vessel of abundance and continuity, made vivid here in spare, confident sculptural gesture. Size: 2.5" W x 6.3" H x 1.6" D (6.3 cm W x 16.0 cm H x 4.1 cm D). Tlatilco, meaning "where things are hidden" in Nahuatl, was a village site on the western shore of the ancient lakes of the Basin of Mexico, occupied during the Middle Formative period. Its cemeteries yielded thousands of small solid figurines, overwhelmingly female, which have become emblematic of Preclassic Mesoamerican art. Scholars connect them to concerns with fertility and lineage, and their persistent burial with the dead suggests a role bridging the living community and the ancestral world. The site also shows Olmec-influenced iconography, marking Tlatilco as an early crossroads of highland and Gulf Coast artistic currents. Provenance: ex-David Zahler collection, acquired between 1975 to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203792

Lot: 7 - Lot of 3 Colima, Michoacan, & Tlatilco Pottery Figures

Pre-Columbian, Central Mexico, Tlatilco culture, Early Preclassic period, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE; West Mexico, Michoacan, ca. 500 to 100 BCE; Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE. A compelling grouping of three pre-Columbian Mexican pottery figures, each representing a distinct regional tradition and aesthetic language across ancient Mexico. The tallest figure, attributed to the Colima culture of West Mexico, dates to the late Preclassic to Early Classic period and stands with confident poise, its legs elongated and tapering, and its arms crossed across the chest in a gesture of composure or authority. The figure wears a headdress and loincloth, with applied circular elements at the hips and ears. Colima sculptors are celebrated for their lively figural traditions, often associated with shaft tomb contexts, and this example reflects that heritage in its strong silhouette and quiet, commanding presence. The mid-size standing figure, attributed to Michoacan, presents a more compact and boldly stylized form. Size of largest: 2.1" W x 5.3" H (5.3 cm x 13.5 cm) With a broad face, prominent earspools, and a cap-like headdress, the figure communicates personality through simplified geometry and direct frontality. The modeling emphasizes clear volumes and graphic facial features, traits often seen in later West Mexican ceramic traditions. The smallest piece, a Tlatilco head from Central Mexico, offers a glimpse into one of the earliest and most influential figurative traditions in Mesoamerica. Softly modeled and intimate in scale, it reflects Tlatilco's enduring interest in human identity and expressive portraiture, distilled into a compact sculptural fragment. Together, these three works form a miniature survey of regional style, spanning the Formative period through later ceramic traditions, and highlighting the remarkable diversity of pre-Columbian Mexican figural art. Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199623

Lot: 8 - Ancient Mexican Pottery, Stone Beads & Bird Points

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Mesoamerican cultures, ca. 300 BCE to 900 CE. A collector's assortment of artifacts including beads, pottery, stone tools, and carved objects. The group includes a carved double-chambered stone object, possibly a pipe bowl or small incense burner, seven quartz "bird point" projectile points, and several discoidal stone beads with drilled perforations. Also included is a long strand of small stone beads and a polychrome pottery vessel with pierced lug handles attributed to Maya or Costa Rican traditions. Completing the group is a small Maya redware pottery pot with a rounded body and flared rim. Size of redware pot: 3" W x 3" H (7.6 cm x 7.6 cm) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199633

Lot: 9 - Guerrero Mezcala Greenstone Head

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Mezcala, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A finely ground greenstone head in the characteristic Mezcala style, with a broad rounded cranium, simplified facial features, and a drilled suspension hole at the crown suggesting use as a pendant or votive offering. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, ex collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from Barakat Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA. acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202845

Lot: 10 - Colima Pottery Hunchback Jar & Zapotec Cocijo Urn

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec, Monte Alban, ca. 600 to 200 BCE; West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A compelling dialogue between flesh and storm, this pair of figural vessels - a Colima redware jar in the form of an ithyphallic hunchback and a Zapotec Monte Alban urn depicting Cocijo, the god of rain and lightning - embodies two distinct yet intertwined currents of ancient

Lot: 11 - Large Mezcala Jade Maskette Pendant

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala culture, ca. 700 to 200 BCE. A substantial and weighty Mezcala jade maskette pendant, its broad, abstracted facial planes rendered with restrained features and a drilled suspension hole at the crown, suggesting use as a powerful personal ornament or emblem of status and protection. Size: 3.5" W x 4.3" H (8.9 cm x 10.9 cm) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200310

Lot: 12 - Pre-Columbian Mezcala Stone Axe God Figures, Pair

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero, Mezcala, ca. 500 BCE – 300 CE. A pair of abstracted anthropomorphic figures carved from dense grey stone in the distinctive idiom of the Mezcala lapidaries of ancient Guerrero. Each is reduced to its essential geometry: a smooth ovoid head set upon a columnar body, with shallow grooves incising arms close to the torso and shoulders meeting hips in a series of stepped notches. The larger of the pair retains traces of red pigment, perhaps cinnabar, lingering in the recesses, a chromatic memory of ritual use. Both preserve the elongated celtiform silhouette that gives the type its name, "axe god" figures whose silhouettes derive from the reworking of polished stone celts into human likenesses. The Mezcala sculptors, working along the Balsas river drainage, achieved a remarkable economy of means: planar surfaces meet at deliberate angles, features are suggested rather than described, and the resulting figures hover between tool and idol. Such pieces are commonly recovered from cave caches and burial contexts, where they likely served as offerings or attendants for the deceased, though their precise ceremonial function remains debated. Their austere modernism so impressed twentieth-century collectors that figures of this lineage were eagerly sought by sculptors including Henry Moore and the Surrealists, who recognized in them a sympathetic abstraction across millennia. Size of larger: 3" W x 6.3" H (7.6 cm W x 16.0 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private San Antonio, Texas, USA collection, before 2006 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203132

Lot: 13 - 6 Nicoya, Narino, Colima, Maya & Tiahuanaco Vessels

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, Nicoya, ca. 500 BCE to 800 CE; Northern Andes, Narino-Carchi, ca. 500 BCE to 1500 CE; West Mexico, Colima, ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE; Mesoamerica, Maya, ca. 250 to 900 CE; Central Andes, Tiahuanaco, ca. 300 to 1000 CE. A varied and visually engaging group of six Pre-Columbian pottery vessels, spanning a broad geographic and cultural range across the ancient Americas. The assemblage brings together distinct traditions from Central America, Mesoamerica, West Mexico, and the Andes, offering a compact survey of regional ceramic innovation. The Tiahuanaco vessel from the Central Andes is distinguished by its compact form and restrained surface treatment. A painted jar from Costa Rican Nicoya displays crisp geometric ornament, while a larger Nicoya bowl features bold rectilinear designs characteristic of the region’s polychrome tradition. The lobed jar from Colima reflects the sculptural, rounded forms favored in West Mexican ceramics. Size of largest (tripod): 11.8" Diameter x 3.2" H (30 cm x 8.1 cm) A Narino-Carchi rectangular vessel introduces a striking architectural geometry, contrasting with the rounded profiles elsewhere in the group. Completing the set is a Maya tripod bowl, its elevated form and painted interior suggesting ceremonial or high-status use. Together, these vessels form a cohesive yet diverse group, unified by earthen palettes and timeworn surfaces, and well suited for comparative display or study of Pre-Columbian ceramic traditions. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, acquired from various auction houses 2024-2025 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196976

Lot: 14 - Chupicuaro Bichrome Pottery Bowl with Diamond Band

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 400–100 BCE. This Chupicuaro hemispherical bowl has a highly burnished red slip surface decorated with a band of cream diamonds set between paired horizontal lines around the shoulder. The lower body is left in unslipped buff earthenware, creating a clean contrast with the painted zone above. The interior retains its polished red slip finish. Size: 7" D x 3.75" H (17.8 cm D x 9.5 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private San Antonio, Texas, USA collection, before 2006 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203135

Lot: 15 - Two Chupicuaro / Michoacan Burnished Redware Bowls

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan & Chupicuaro, ca. 300 BCE – 500 CE. Two Mesoamerican pottery bowls offered together. The smaller is a miniature hemispherical cup with a red burnished exterior decorated with faint curvilinear buff motifs, the interior retaining a pale buff tone. The larger is a wide hemispherical bowl with a burnished dark orange-red slip accented by deeper sienna vertical lines and faint geometric motifs across the surface. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202777

Lot: 16 - Veracruz & Michoacan Pottery Heads with Colima Stone Effigy Pendant

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Veracruz, Michoacan, and Colima cultures, ca. 300 BCE – 900 CE. A trio of diminutive figural fragments from three of ancient Mexico's most expressive ceramic and lapidary traditions, each surviving as a portable witness to the hands that shaped it. On the left, a Michoacan terracotta head wears a tiered, pleated headdress that rises above almond-cut eyes and pierced nostrils, the modeled features framed by disk-form ear ornaments. On the right, a Veracruz pottery head presents the elaborate coiffure and applied filigree typical of the Gulf Coast modeling tradition, with eyes and mouth defined by sharp incisions and the residue of a once-larger figurine still visible at the broken nape. Between them stands a Colima stone effigy pendant carved in pale, granular stone, the figure rendered frontally with arms folded across the chest, a domed cap or coiffure crowning the head, and a suspension perforation that betrays its original use as personal adornment or amuletic charge. Together, the group encapsulates the breadth of West and Gulf Coast figurative practice across nearly a millennium, from the shaft-tomb sensibilities of Colima to the lively portraiture of Classic Veracruz and the distinctive modeling vernacular of Michoacan. Likely intended for household altars, funerary inclusion, or worn close to the body, these pieces transmit the intimacy of devotion and ornament at human scale. Two heads arrive on custom clear acrylic display mounts. Size of largest (Veracruz head): 2.3" W x 2" H (5.8 cm W x 5.1 cm H); on included custom stand: 6.3" H (16.0 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; Two mounted heads and petite figure: ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202454

Lot: 17 - Four Pre-Columbian Pottery Figures - Jalisco, Costa Rican & Bahia Figures

Pre-Columbian, Mexico and Costa Rica, Jalisco, Bahia and Costa Rican cultures, ca. 300 BCE – 500 CE. A quartet of earthenware works drawn from across the ancient Americas, each modeled and slip-painted in the warm ochres and creams of fired clay. A robust standing female stretches her arms wide, her cream torso scored with red and grey body-paint, in the full-bodied Jalisco idiom of western Mexico. Beside her crouches a small white zoomorph, perhaps a dog or feline, rendered with spare economy. A footed pedestal bowl flares like an open blossom, its interior cradling a modeled bird whose wings rise from the basin, a vessel from the potters of ancient Costa Rica. Completing the assembly stands an androgynous figure with a broad cruciform head and slab-like body, attributed to the Bahia or Esteros tradition. Together they speak to domestic, funerary, and ceremonial life across distant cultures unified by clay. Size of tallest (standing female): 3.5" W x 4.5" H (8.9 cm W x 11.4 cm H). The exuberant solid and hollow ceramic figures of Jalisco belong to the shaft-tomb tradition of western Mexico (roughly 300 BCE to 300 CE), interred with the dead and prized today for their candid vitality. The standing female, with arms outflung and torso decorated in resist and direct painting, exemplifies the type. Costa Rican pedestal vessels surmounted by avian or animal effigies served ceremonial and mortuary functions in the Greater Nicoya and Atlantic Watershed zones. The flat, slab-bodied figure with its distinctive cruciform or "T" shaped head reflects the Esteros/Bahia conventions of coastal Ecuador, where geometric abstraction of the human form prevailed. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202803

Lot: 18 - Pre-Columbian Pottery Heads & Figural Fragments - Lot of 10

Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerica & South America, ca. 300 BCE – 1500 CE. A group of 10 hand-modeled pottery heads and figural fragments representing a range of regional traditions. Faces are rendered with incised or appliqued eyes, modeled headdresses, and incised surface detail; one torso fragment retains arms and a flared collar. Size of largest: 2.5" W x 4.25" H (6.3 cm W x 10.8 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, acquired from multiple aution galleries in 2024 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196982

Lot: 19 - Colima Pottery Flutes - Perched Birds & Owl, Pair of Playable Aerophones

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE – 300 CE. A pair of earthenware flutes from West Mexico, each fashioned as a small musical instrument that still answers to breath. The larger is a tubular aerophone surmounted by three birds perched in a row along its spine, their rounded bodies modeled with applied pellet eyes, a fluted lower register hinting at finger stops below. Its companion is more compact, conceived in the form of an owl, the creature's broad face and ridged brow rising at one end while paired tone holes pierce the elongated body. Both wear the buff-to-ochre slip and earthen incrustation of long burial. More than ornaments, these were sounding things, voices for ritual and procession, perhaps summoning rain or accompanying the dead. Their survival as playable instruments lends them a rare and quiet intimacy. Size of larger (three birds): 7.5" W x 2.5" H x 1.8" D (19.1 cm W x 6.3 cm H x 4.6 cm D). The peoples of Colima, in the shaft-tomb tradition of West Mexico, are celebrated above all for their ceramic art, the rotund dogs, warriors, and genre figures placed with the dead. Musical instruments survive in smaller numbers, yet sound held deep ritual weight across Mesoamerica: flutes, whistles, and ocarinas voiced the presence of gods and ancestors. Birds and owls carried particular charge, the owl often linked to night, death, and the underworld, the perched birds perhaps evoking flight between earthly and celestial realms. That both examples remain playable is uncommon for objects of this antiquity and offers a direct, audible thread back to ceremonies two millennia gone. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202961

Lot: 20 - Pre-Columbian Pottery Female Figures - West Mexican Group of Four

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Jalisco, Chupicuaro and Remojadas cultures, ca. 300 BCE – 300 CE. A quartet of hand-modeled terracotta women, each a distinct dialect of West Mexican clay-craft. The largest stands nude with arms folded across the chest, a turbaned coiffure framing wide ringed eyes, in the manner of Colima. Beside it, a Jalisco-style figure clasps hands to its breast, its bound or wrapped torso incised with crossing bands. A third spreads its arms outward in the frontal Chupicuaro idiom, hips swelling above tapered legs. The most petite, robed and seated, carries the soft modeling and red slip of Remojadas. Pigment survives in patches of ochre and warm earthen red. Such figures, recovered from shaft tombs and burial contexts, likely served as funerary companions, embodiments of fertility, ancestry, and the feminine principle that anchored West Mexican mortuary belief. Size of largest: 1.3" W x 3.3" H (3.3 cm W x 8.4 cm H). The shaft-tomb cultures of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit produced some of ancient Mesoamerica's most vivid ceramic sculpture, deposited with the dead in deep subterranean chambers. Female figures dominate these assemblages, generally read as emblems of fertility and lineage continuity. Chupicuaro, centered in Guanajuato and among the earliest of these traditions, favored frontal, arms-out poses and bold geometric body painting. Remojadas, by contrast, belongs to the Gulf Coast of Veracruz, distinguished by its naturalistic modeling and the chapopote (asphalt) and red slip that often coat its surfaces, a reminder that this group gathers several regional schools under one West-and-Gulf Mexican umbrella. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; Second Smallest + Tall Headed: ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202805

Lot: 21 - Colima Redware Jar - Globular Olla with Mineral Encrustation

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE – 300 CE. A squat globular olla thrown from earthenware and burnished to a warm reddish-brown slip, its low profile swelling from a rounded base to a short constricted neck and an outturned lip. The surface carries a heavy calcareous encrustation, the pale mineral bloom of long burial that maps across the shoulder and belly in lace-like patches. No modeled ornament interrupts the form; the potter trusted the vessel's taut silhouette and the play of light on its polished ground. Such small jars served everyday and mortuary purposes alike among the peoples of western Mexico, holding foodstuffs, water, or pigment before accompanying the dead into shaft-tomb interments. The economy of line is characteristic of Colima work, where utilitarian ware and effigy sculpture shared a confident, rounded vocabulary of volume. Size: 4.3" D x 3.1" H (10.9 cm D x 7.9 cm H). The Colima culture flourished in the modern Mexican state of the same name and is best known for its deep shaft-and-chamber tombs, which preserved ceramic offerings ranging from the celebrated fattened "Colima dogs" to plainer domestic vessels like this one. Undecorated ollas were the workhorses of the household, and their inclusion in burials suggests a belief that the dead required the same provisions as the living. The mineral crust seen here forms over centuries of contact with tomb soil and is often cited by collectors as corroborating evidence of genuine antiquity. Provenance: ex-David Zahler collection, acquired between 1975 to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203798

Lot: 22 - Pre-Columbian San Jeronimo Terracotta Female Figure - Biconical Headdress

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, San Jeronimo, ca. 300 BCE – 300 CE. A standing female figure modeled in buff terracotta, her body distilled to a frank geometry of tapering legs, a slim torso, and short arms flung outward like wings. The oversized head commands attention: a broad, angular face with punctate coffee-bean eyes, an incised brow, and a dramatic biconical headdress rising in twin horn-like volumes, its surfaces ribbed with hatching. She wears the ornaments of status and nothing else, large ring earspools, a fringed collar necklace, and perhaps a low belt marking the hips. Fine incised lines rake across her chest and abdomen, likely denoting tattooing or ceremonial scarification. Figures of this type, hand-built and appliqued, were probably fertility or ancestral effigies, buried as offerings to accompany the dead and affirm the continuity of life. Size: 3.2" W x 7.1" H (8.1 cm W x 18.0 cm H); on included custom stand: 3.2" W x 7.4" H (8.1 cm W x 18.8 cm H). The bodily markings on figures like this one reward attention. Incised or punctate lines across the chest and torso are widely read as tattooing or scarification, a permanent language of identity, lineage, and beauty rendered on the skin and then translated into clay. Combined with earspools, collar, and elaborate coiffure or headdress, the figure presents an idealized image of adornment rather than mere nudity, the body dressed in status even when unclothed. Provenance: ex-David Zahler collection, acquired between 1975 to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203759

Lot: 23 - West Mexican Pottery Vessels - Jalisco Olla & Zoomorphic Effigy

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE – 300 CE. A pair of burnished West Mexican earthenware vessels. The larger is a globular olla with an everted rim and mottled red-brown surface bearing vertical stripe decoration, likely Jalisco. The smaller is a zoomorphic effigy vessel, probably a lizard or turtle, with modeled legs, a flared neck, and white-painted circles and scrolls over a burnished orange-brown body. Size of largest: 5.5" W x 4.5" H (14.0 cm W x 11.4 cm H). Provenance: private Phoenix, Arizona, USA collection, ex Dr. G. Smith, San Diego, CA, before 2015, ex Denver, Colorado collection, before 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203558

Lot: 24 - Chupicuaro Bowl, Casas Grandes Jar & 2 Colima Whistles

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Chupicuaro, ca. 300 BCE to 100 CE; Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Northern Mexico, Casas Grandes (Paquime), ca. 1200 CE. A fine group of four Pre-Columbian pottery objects representing three distinct cultural traditions of ancient Mesoamerica. Included are a Chupicuaro tripod bowl, a Casas Grandes (Paquime) Ramos Blackware lobed jar, and two charming Colima bird effigy whistles. The Chupicuaro tripod bowl, dating to the Late Formative period, is skillfully modeled with three hollow conical legs and finished in a lustrous red slip with a burnished surface. Chupicuaro ceramics, among the earliest refined wares of ancient Mexico, are noted for their graceful shapes and vivid polychrome finishes, serving both domestic and ceremonial functions. Beside it stands a Casas Grandes Ramos Blackware jar from Northern Mexico. The vessel displays the characteristic lobed body and short neck, its surface fired to a smoky gray-black hue through reduction firing. Size of largest (tripod): 7.9" Diameter x 3.3" H (20.1 cm x 8.4 cm) Pottery of this type is associated with the later Ramos phase of the Casas Grandes tradition, when artisans produced a rich variety of polychrome and blackware forms reflecting trade and ritual practices of the ancient Paquime culture. Completing the group are two Colima bird effigy whistles, each with pierced openings and stylized features. Such instruments were common in shaft tomb cultures of West Mexico, used to accompany ritual music and ceremonies associated with fertility and ancestor veneration. The playful modeling and perforated forms suggest dual roles as both musical devices and symbolic offerings. Together, these four objects present a harmonious survey of artistry across Mesoamerica - each reflecting a regional interpretation of form, function, and spiritual meaning within Pre-Columbian life. Provenance: ex-Hayes collection, via descent, originally acquired in Mexico in the 1970s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196476

Lot: 25 - Two Colima Pottery Figures & One Figural Rattle

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A compelling group of three Colima pottery figures showcases the expressive range of West Mexican ceramic sculpture. The largest example stands upright in a frontal pose, arms held straight at his sides and legs slightly apart. He wears a clearly defined loincloth secured at the waist, and his features are framed by a tall headdress and ear ornaments. The smooth buff surface and restrained modeling emphasize solidity and presence rather than overt movement. To the right, a redware figure is shown strapped to a bed or pallet, arms bound at her sides and legs bent at the knees. The rectangular support beneath her forms an integral part of the composition, suggesting a narrative or ritual context. The figure's posture and the visible bindings create a striking contrast to the calm stance of the standing male. Size of largest: 3.7" W x 6.9" H (9.4 cm x 17.5 cm) The grayware seated figure is a figural rattle with a bulbous belly and hollow interior. Small perforations allow it to emit sound when shaken, and it continues to function. Modeled with compact proportions and prominent headgear, it blends sculptural form with auditory purpose. Together, these three works reflect the diversity of Colima figural traditions - from composed standing figures to narrative-bound forms and interactive ritual objects - each offering insight into the ceremonial and symbolic life of ancient West Mexico. Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199232

Lot: 26 - Narino & Colima Pottery Shell-Form Pendants - Ocarina

Pre-Columbian, Colombia and West Mexico, Narino and Colima, ca. 100 BCE – 600 CE. A pair of ceramic pendants modeled in the rounded, spiraling form of a gastropod shell, each pierced with suspension holes at the ends of its canal for wear against the body. The larger is Colima blackware, its smoky gray surface burnished to a soft sheen, conceived purely as ornament. Its companion, a Narino bichrome, wears a crisp geometry of resist-painted triangles and parallel bands in iron-red over buff, with a stippled collar near the aperture. This second piece was fashioned as an ocarina, a small whistling flute, though its voice has since fallen silent. Together they speak to the shared Andean and West Mexican fascination with the marine shell, an emblem of water, fertility, and prestige carried far inland through trade and exchange. Size of larger (Colima blackware): 4.5" W x 1.9" H x 2.1" D (11.4 cm W x 4.8 cm H x 5.3 cm D). The conch and marine gastropod held deep symbolic weight across the ancient Americas. As objects sourced from distant coasts, shells signaled access to long-distance exchange networks and conferred status; as vessels of sound, conch trumpets and shell-form whistles summoned the divine in ritual. The Narino peoples of the southern Colombian highlands and adjacent Ecuador are known for resist-decorated bichrome and polychrome wares bearing precise geometric registers, while the Colima of West Mexico produced lustrous burnished blackware and redware celebrated for its plastic, lifelike modeling. That two cultures separated by thousands of miles both rendered the same humble shell as a wearable charm underscores how widely this maritime emblem resonated. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203302

Lot: 27 - Colima Pottery Censer Lids House-Form Covers, Animal Protomes

Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerica, West México, Colima, Shaft Tomb tradition. Ca. 100 BCE - 300 CE. A charismatic pair of architectural censer lids modeled as diminutive house-shrines, one a barrel-vaulted cover with a front portal, corner appliqués and a pierced tab grip, the other a rectilinear cover on four splayed feet with an arched handle and a lively animal protome peering over the rim; both are hand-built in coarse terracotta, low-fired, and originally coated with red slip now softened to warm earthen hues. Such covers likely capped box or bowl braziers used for incense in mortuary and domestic rites, the house form evoking lineage dwellings or temples while the creature head may signal tutelary spirits familiar in Colima iconography. Size: 5" W x 4.125" H x 5" D (12.7 cm W x 10.5 cm H x 12.7 cm D) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2025; ex-Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, acquired between 1985 and 2003 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202549

Lot: 28 - 2 West Mexican Semi-Nude Male Figures, Colima & Nayarit

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE; Nayarit, ca. 100 BCE to 250 CE. A vivid pair of West Mexican pottery figures, these semi-nude male forms embody the bold stylization and human immediacy that define the shaft tomb traditions of Colima and Nayarit. Together they create a striking contrast in posture and surface, one upright and open, the other seated and grounded, like two

Lot: 29 - Mesoamerican Pottery Figures - 8 Piece Lot

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 500 BCE to 500 CE; Mexico, West Mexico, Nayarit, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Oaxaca, Zapotec, ca. 200 BCE to 800 CE; Michoacan, ca. 300 to 900 CE; Veracruz, ca. 600 to 900 CE; Guatemala, Maya, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A varied and engaging group of eight Pre-Columbian pottery figures, each reflecting distinct regional styles and cultural traditions across ancient Mesoamerica and Central America. The lot includes a Nayarit Chinesco seated figure on nubbin legs, a Colima figural whistle, a Veracruz seated figure with traces of bitumen, a Michoacan head, a petite Costa Rican example, a Zapotec headless figure with a child on the leg, a larger Maya figure from Guatemala, and a West Mexican seated headless figure with hands resting on the knees. Size of largest (torso with hands crossed on chest): 3.5" L x 3.8" W x 6.5" H (8.9 cm x 9.7 cm x 16.5 cm) Together, these pieces illustrate a rich spectrum of form, function, and symbolism, from playful whistles to more solemn figural representations likely tied to ritual or funerary contexts. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196984

Lot: 30 - Colima Pottery Standing Figure

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. An impressive pottery figure of a female. The ancient figure stands atop straight legs and narrow feet, displaying a slender waist, broad shoulders, delineated genitalia, and short arms that bend to the sides. Capped by a circular headdress, her ovoid head features a stylized visage with incised eyes, a pointed nose, and a petite mouth, all adorned by a pair of multi-ringed earrings. Though nude, her body is embellished by scarification on the upper arms and a thick necklace. Provenance: Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2025, acquired from Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, acquired from 1985 to 2003 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 194299

Lot: 31 - Colima Pottery Male Figures - Trio of Standing Forms

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A cohesive trio of Colima pottery standing male figures, each wearing a loincloth, with two depicted in a composed pose with hands clasped at the torso while the third raises both hands to the neck, suggesting a moment of ritual gesture or introspective stillness. Size: 2.5" W x 5.3" H (6.4 cm x 13.5 cm) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200431

Lot: 32 - Pre-Columbian Bead Necklace, Spondylus Shells & Nacre

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Nazca-Inca culture, ca. 100 to 1470 CE. An assembled strand of ancient beads restrung in modern times as a wearable necklace, combining elongated black stone beads with orange-red spondylus (spiny oyster) elements and iridescent nacre shell accents, gathered into a pendant-like drop with carved shell plaques and small tubular spacers. Across the Pacific-facing cultures of Mesoamerica and the Andes, prized marine shells such as spondylus circulated through long-distance exchange networks and were closely tied to status, offerings, and ritual display, valued for their rarity, color, and association with water and fertility. Size of strand: 29" L (73.7 cm); square bead: 0.5" L x 0.4" W (1.3 cm x 1 cm) Provenance: ex-Robert Morris Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; ex-Arte Textile, San Francisco, California, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196733

Lot: 33 - Four Spanish Colonial Copper Bola Sling Weights

South America, Post Conquest to Spanish Colonial Period, ca. 16th to 19th century CE. A set of four copper-tin alloy bola bullets formed as solid spherical weights with central perforations for attachment to cords. The high tin content indicates post-European contact and Colonial-period metalworking traditions. In use, each spherical weight was tied to the end of a long leather or fiber cord, with two or three cords joined together at one end to form a bola. When thrown, the weighted cords spread outward and wrapped around the legs or body of an animal, using momentum and centrifugal force to entangle and immobilize it Size: 1" Diameter (2.5 cm) Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199245

Lot: 34 - Colima & Costa Rica Redware | Dog Effigy, Squash Jar, Snuff Pipe & Frog Vessel

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE; Central America, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed period, ca. 100 BCE to 500 CE. A charming group of four hand-built redware vessels drawn from two of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica's most collectible ceramic traditions. The Colima objects comprise a miniature squash-form jar with characteristic burnished orange slip and a double-headed dog vessel whose alert ears and sturdy splayed legs capture the lively naturalism for which Colima animal effigy pottery is celebrated. The Costa Rican pieces include an Early Atlantic Watershed snuff pipe with bifurcated spout and a double-headed zoomorphic jar modeled after a frog or amphibian, its squat body and applied facial features consistent with the ceramic vocabulary of Costa Rica's pre-contact ritual assemblages, where creatures of the liminal wetlands carried associations with rain, fertility, and transformation. Size of largest (Colima dog): 4" W x 2.6" H x 3.4" D (10.2 cm W x 6.6 cm H x 8.6 cm D) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202398

Lot: 35 - Costa Rican Greenstone Frog Amulet with Shell Inlays

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, ca. 300–700 CE. A compact amulet carved from mottled green stone in the form of a stylized frog, its splayed limbs flanking a deeply drilled central cavity that anchors the composition. The lapidary has reduced the amphibian to its essentials: a broad head crowned by a pair of suspension perforations, incised diagonal grooves marking the haunches, and rounded flippers that fan outward at the corners. Four small circular sockets, three still set with pale shell inlays and one vacant near the upper suspension holes, animate the surface with flickering accents that would have caught the light against the wearer's skin. The greenstone, prized across lower Central America as a substitute for true jadeite, carries a soft patina of earthen reds where iron-bearing soils have settled into the polished surface. Frogs and toads occupied a potent place in the cosmology of ancient Costa Rica, associated with rain, fertility, and the threshold between water and land, qualities that lent such pendants protective and regenerative power. Worn at the throat or chest, the amulet would have signaled both status and spiritual alliance with the watery domain its subject inhabited. Size: 1.6" W x 1.6" H (4.1 cm W x 4.1 cm H). Provenance: Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from a Los Angeles, California, USA gallery acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203190

Lot: 36 - Five Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Redware Miniature Vessels

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, ca. 300–1500 CE. A group of five hand-built redware vessels including two tripod bowls, one with a crosshatch painted exterior and zoomorphic feet, a shallow bowl wide low bowl both modeled animal head attachments, all in polished red-orange and brown-red slip typical of West Mexican shaft tomb assemblages. Size of largest: 5.5" W x 2.5" H (14.0 cm W x 6.3 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202397

Lot: 37 - Lot of Eight Pre-Columbian Pottery Heads

Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerica and West Mexico, Multiple Cultures, ca. 300 BCE to 900 CE. A gathering of eight ceramic figurine head fragments representing the breadth and vitality of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican coroplastic traditions, encompassing West Mexican shaft-tomb cultures of Jalisco, Colima, and Nayarit alongside likely Classic Veracruz and related Gulf Coast traditions. Each head is hand-modeled or mold-assisted in local earthenware, ranging from buff and red-orange to pale kaolin-slipped clay, with facial features rendered through pinching, applique, incision, and punctation. Headdresses, turbans, and rolled cranial wraps distinguish several examples, while others preserve traces of post-fire pigment. The group collectively illustrates the diversity of figural expression across Mesoamerica, from the intimate hand-built portraiture of the shaft-tomb tradition to the more schematized mold-made types of the Gulf Coast lowlands. An accessible entry point into Pre-Columbian ceramics, and a study group of genuine scholarly utility. Size of largest: 2.3" W x 3" H (5.8 cm W x 7.6 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, acquired from Selkirk Auctions, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2024 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197207

Lot: 38 - Veracruz Pottery Figure w/ Bitumen, TL Tested

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Gulf Coast, Veracruz culture, ca. 15 BCE to 665 CE. A Classic-period Veracruz terracotta figure presents a serene human face mounted at the center of a body radiating six or more tapering limb-spurs outward in every direction, the whole silhouette less anatomical than cosmological. Modeled in smooth buff clay, the facial features, a broad nose, heavy-lidded eyes, and a composed mouth, are pressed with quiet confidence, while small applied pellets at the temples and collar zone suggest ear ornaments or insignia of ritual standing. Bold irregular patches of chapopotli, the naturally occurring Gulf Coast bitumen used as sacred pigment, adhesive, and incense throughout the Classic period, mark the face, shoulders, and upper limbs, their asymmetrical distribution suggesting the dappled hide of a supernatural being, ceremonial body paint, or zones of concentrated sacred potency. Size: 4.3" W x 6.5" H x 3.4" D (10.9 cm W x 16.5 cm H x 8.6 cm D); on included custom stand: 6.5" H (16.5 cm H) The hollow reverse is a standard construction strategy in Gulf Coast figural ceramics, reducing thermal stress in complex multi-projection forms. The radiating limbs resist any simple anatomical reading, functioning instead as directional extensions that claim terrestrial, aquatic, and celestial axes simultaneously, a formal argument consistent with the hybrid, boundary-crossing supernatural figures that populate Gulf Coast iconography across the Classic period. Almost certainly a ritual or funerary deposit, the piece exemplifies the inventive figural tradition for which the Veracruz Gulf Coast is justly recognized. Publication: This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full printed and bound report will accompany the item upon purchase. Provenance: private Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA collection; ex-estate of Lew Deadmore, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, acquired in the 1970s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 193700

Lot: 39 - Two Pre-Columbian Polychrome Pottery Bowls

Pre-Columbian, Panama, Gran Cocle, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A globular effigy jar decorated with a bold band of painted concentric circle motifs around the shoulder, with applied nubbin projections representing the head, feet, and tail of a turtle - an animal of deep cosmological significance in Cocle iconography. Accompanying it is a wide shallow dish on a low ring foot, its interior finished in burnished red slip while the exterior carries alternating registers of red and black geometric ornament. Size of turtle pot: 6.5" D x 4" H (16.5 cm D x 10.2 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, ex-collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA 2025, acquired from Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, acquired between 1985 and 2003 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202776

Lot: 40 - Nicoya Ceramic Zoomorphic Rattle Figure

Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste-Nicoya Zone, ca. 300 to 700 CE. A hand-built ceramic rattle in the form of a stocky quadruped, its barrel body covered in fine horizontal incised lines that wrap the torso and limbs with a restless, almost textile energy. The creature's broadly rounded head features pierced circular eyes, small applied ears, and a projecting snout that gives it an expression somewhere between imperious and bemused; paired apertures pierce the flanks and dorsal surface, now silent where they once sounded, the loose pellets within long stilled by time. Zoomorphic rattles of this type from the Guanacaste-Nicoya zone were likely employed in ritual and ceremonial contexts, the sound they produced understood as a voice capable of mediating between the human and supernatural worlds, making this sturdy, incised figure as much an instrument of cosmological communication as an object of considerable sculptural charm. Size: 7.6" W x 4.3" H x 3.9" D (19.3 cm W x 10.9 cm H x 9.9 cm D) Provenance: private Henderson, Nevada, USA collection, by inheritance; ex-M. McMahan, photographer, Los Angeles, California, USA, assembled 1965 to 1995 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202795

Lot: 41 - 6 Costa Rican Greenstone Beads + 1 Greenstone Celt

Pre-Columbian, Central America, Costa Rica, ca. 200 to 800 CE. A dazzling collection of 6 greenstone beads and a celt, each finely polished to a lustrous finish and boasting verdant hues of olivine, celadon, pistachio, seafoam, and forest green. All strung on a modern strand, the sizable celt sits at the center presenting a traditional axe-shaped body, while the surrounding beads display tubular, rectangular, ellipsoid, and curved forms. Size of largest (celt): 3" L x 1.6" W (7.6 cm x 4.1 cm); of strand: 11" L (27.9 cm) Provenance: private Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA collection, acquired 1969 to 1970; ex-Dr. Jorge Lineas, San Jose, Costa Rica SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 187835

Lot: 42 - Pair of Narino Resist-Painted Pedestal Bowls

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Narino culture, ca. 700 to 1500 CE. A pair of Narino pedestal bowls, one larger than the other, share the same assured form and decorative vocabulary: negative resist technique deployed in bold dark geometric bands, zigzags, and dot registers reserved against a warm red ground. The larger bowl carries interlocking diamonds and serrated chevrons on the body, with a row of negative circles punctuating the pedestal, while the smaller favors tighter horizontal banding and a more restrained zigzag pattern, the two vessels complementary in vocabulary if not identical in execution. Pedestal bowls of this form appear throughout Narino funerary contexts in the highlands straddling present-day Colombia and Ecuador, where they likely served as prestige vessels for offerings or communal feasting, their elevated profiles and polished surfaces marking them as objects made for display as much as use. Size of larger: 7.9" D x 5.5" H (20.1 cm D x 14.0 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202377

Lot: 43 - Narino Pottery Pedestal Vessel w/ Negative Resist Motif

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Narino culture, ca. 800 to 1500 CE. A finely crafted Narino pottery pedestal vessel decorated with striking negative resist patterns that create rhythmic geometric motifs across the surface. The vessel rises on a tall pedestal foot, a characteristic form of Narino ceramics, while the contrasting light and dark decoration was achieved through the sophisticated resist technique that left portions of the clay body protected during firing. Such vessels were likely used in ceremonial or elite contexts, reflecting the Narino culture's refined ceramic tradition and mastery of complex surface decoration. Size: 6.6" W x 5.4" H (16.8 cm x 13.7 cm) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201570

Lot: 44 - Huastec Polychrome Effigy Pouring Vessel w/ Face

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Huastec, ca. 900–1200 CE. A buff-slipped earthenware pouring vessel from the Gulf Coast Huastec tradition, its plump carinated body resolving on one side into a modeled human face and on the opposing side into a cylindrical tubular spout. A high strap handle arches gracefully over the cupped neck, which functioned as the filling aperture. The face emerges from the shoulder in low relief: a hooked nose, lidded almond eyes, and an open mouth whose parted lips reveal a row of zigzagged teeth, a deliberate flourish that lends the figure an animated, almost vocalizing quality. Linear ornament in red and black pigment runs across a pale beige ground, with banded geometric motifs, hatched panels, and tapering rays that radiate from the face like ceremonial paint. The combination of an effigy chamber and a side spout marks this as a serving vessel, perhaps intended for ritual libations of pulque, atole, or cacao, the liquid issuing through the spout as if spoken by the modeled head itself. Huastec potters of the Postclassic period favored such polychrome wares, where restrained palettes of red and black were set against pale grounds to evoke body adornment and textile patterning. The form belongs to a broader Mesoamerican fascination with anthropomorphic vessels in which the act of pouring carries symbolic weight, the container becoming a body, the contents a voice. Size: 8.6" W x 8" H x 8.1" D (21.8 cm W x 20.3 cm H x 20.6 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private San Antonio, Texas, USA collection, before 2006 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203137

Lot: 45 - Mixtec Greenstone Tripod Molcajete Mortar

Pre-Columbian, Mesoamerica, Mexico, Mixtec culture, ca. 900 to 1521 CE. A substantial Mixtec stone tripod molcajete carved with a deep circular basin supported by three rounded legs, its surface bearing the pitted texture and softened edges of long use. Such mortars were central to Mixtec domestic and ritual life, employed in the grinding of maize, chile, pigments, and medicinal substances, with the elevated tripod form offering both practical stability and a quiet symbolic separation between earth, food, and ceremony. Size: 7.7" W x 6.1" H (19.6 cm x 15.5 cm) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200497

Lot: 46 - Obsidian Cores - Two Glassy Black Volcanic Stone Nodules with Worked Edges

North / Central America, Native American or Pre-Columbian Cultures, ca. 1000–1500 CE. Two large obsidian nodules with edge flaking consistent with prehistoric reduction, possibly of Native American or Pre-Columbian origin. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200549

Lot: 47 - Pre-Columbian Chancay Bichrome Pottery Bottle with Geometric Motifs

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chancay culture, ca. 1000–1470 CE. A large globular pottery bottle with a wide flaring neck and a single strap handle, the cream slip surface painted in dark brown with bold geometric motifs including diagonal bands, stepped triangles, and diamond lattice patterns around the shoulder. A small bird-form lug on the opposite side of the handle likely served to secure a cord and lid. Size: 6" W x 9" H (15.2 cm W x 22.9 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private San Antonio, Texas, USA collection, before 2006 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203139

Lot: 48 - Taino Stone Petaloid Celt - Greenstone Axe Head

Pre-Columbian, Greater Antilles, Taino, ca. 1000–1500 CE. A smoothly ground celt of mottled green hardstone, its broad bit flaring into a rounded, gently asymmetrical cutting edge while the poll tapers to a narrow, almost beaked terminal. The petaloid form, a flat-faced blade swelling to a leaf-like silhouette, is characteristic of the polished stone axes produced across the Greater Antilles. The surface retains a soft sheen from prolonged abrasion against finer stone and sand, with faint russet inclusions flecking the cool green matrix. Such celts served both as practical woodworking tools, hafted to fell trees and hollow canoes, and as objects of prestige and ritual import. The labor invested in shaping and polishing intractable stone lent these implements value well beyond utility, and finer examples accompanied their owners as markers of status. Size: 5.4" W x 3.3" H (13.7 cm W x 8.4 cm H). The Taino, the dominant Arawakan-speaking peoples of the Greater Antilles and Bahamas at the moment of European contact, raised stoneworking to a refined craft despite lacking metallurgy for tools. Petaloid celts (so named for their leaf-like profile) were ground from dense igneous and metamorphic stones, often imported across island networks, and were essential to clearing forest for conuco agriculture and to fashioning the dugout canoes that knit the archipelago together. The most carefully finished examples blurred the line between implement and emblem, circulating as gifts and heirlooms within a society where polished stone signaled both technical mastery and social standing. Provenance: ex-private collection, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, collected from 2010 to 2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 198658

Lot: 49 - North Chile Diaguita Slipper Vessel w/ Applied Face

Pre-Columbian, northern Chile, North Chico, Late Intermediate period, Diaguita culture, ca. 1000 to 1450 CE. A striking fusion of utility and personality, this Diaguita shoe-shaped jug transforms a domestic container into a quietly animated presence. Modeled in the form of a slipper, the asymmetrical vessel rests on a horizontal, ellipsoid body, its toe subtly lifted as if mid-step. At that toe,

Lot: 50 - 12th-14th C. Arica San Miguel Polychrome Jar with Zoomorphic Lugs

Pre-Columbian, Northern Chile, Arica, San Miguel, ca. 1100–1350 CE. A swelling ovoid jar of buff earthenware, its rounded body tapering to a short, slightly flaring neck flanked by a pair of small zoomorphic lug handles modeled in dark slip, their abbreviated animal forms perched at the shoulder like silent sentinels. Between them, set slightly lower on the neck, a third vertical loop handle painted in matching red bridges the space, an asymmetrical detail that lends the vessel a quiet liveliness. The exterior is divided into vertical panels by bold black bands, alternating cream-ground registers filled with stepped geometric motifs, hatched triangles, and rows of dotted ovals reading as descending strings of beads or seeds, all set against a warm terracotta slip. This painted vocabulary, crisp linear geometry rendered in black and white over red, is characteristic of the San Miguel phase of the Arica culture, which flourished in the coastal valleys and oases of the Atacama Desert in northernmost Chile during the late Intermediate period. San Miguel potters drew on a deeply rooted Andean vessel tradition while developing a distinctive regional grammar of stepped frets, ladder bands, and punctate fields, likely tied to textile design and cosmological ordering. The addition of modeled animal lugs, perhaps avian or camelid in reference, signals a vessel of more than utilitarian intent, very possibly destined for funerary accompaniment in the dry coastal cemeteries that have preserved Arica ceramics in such remarkable numbers. The matte, slightly powdery surface and softened painted edges speak to long burial in arid Atacama soils. Size: 5.6" D x 6.8" H (14.2 cm D x 17.3 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private San Antonio, Texas, USA collection, before 2006 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203138

Lot: 51 - Three Pre-Columbian West Mexico Pottery Figures

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Michoacan & Guerrero, ca 300 BCE to 500 CE. A collection of three shaft tomb pottery figures. A Guerrero, San Jeronimo-style standing figure with a dramatically elongated rectangular headdress, and incised surface detailing throughout; a Michoacan female figure mounted on a wood display base, modeled with large circular ear ornaments, and traces of original red pigment; and a female figure with a broad skirt, headdress, and remnants of painted decoration. Size of largest: 2.75" W x 6.2" H (7.0 cm W x 15.7 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; Mounted + Tallest: ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202807

Lot: 52 - Woodland Period Steatite Platform Pipe - Eastern North America

Native American, Woodland Period, ca. 1000 BCE – 1000 CE. A finely carved platform pipe shaped from soft grey steatite, its long horizontal base swelling gently toward a rounded prow while a cylindrical bowl rises near the midpoint like a chimney from a hearth. The surface bears the splotchy pale mineral bloom characteristic of long burial, with the underlying stone showing through in warm taupe tones where the patina has worn thin. Two opposing channels meet within the body: a horizontal smoke conduit drilled the length of the platform to receive a reed or wooden stem, and a vertical chamber hollowed downward from the bowl to intersect it. Platform pipes of this form are among the most iconic ritual implements of the Eastern Woodlands, refined to a high art during the Hopewell florescence of the Middle Woodland period and continuing in simpler iterations into later centuries. Carved from steatite (soapstone), they were prized for the ease with which the stone could be shaped with antler and stone tools, and for the cool, even draw the dense mineral provided when smoke passed through it. Such pipes were employed in ceremonial contexts, the rising smoke understood as a vehicle of prayer, diplomacy, and communion with unseen powers. The deliberate restraint of this example, devoid of effigy ornament, suggests a working ritual object rather than a presentation piece, its eloquence resting entirely in proportion and the patient labor of its making. Size: 1.5" W x 3.3" H x 7.4" D (3.8 cm W x 8.4 cm H x 18.8 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection, acquired May 2015 via Affiliated Auctions, Tallahassee, Florida, USA; ex-private collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203035

Lot: 53 - Late Archaic Hardstone 3/4 Grooved Axe Head

Native American, Late Archaic to Woodland period, ca. 3000 BCE – 500 CE. A dense cobble of hardstone, pecked into form and ground to a quiet luster, its body swelling toward a rounded poll and easing to a working bit, banded near its midpoint by a single shallow groove cut to seat a haft. The maker began with a waterworn stone of stubborn hardness, likely a basalt or diorite carried from some streambed, and reduced it through patient percussion, blow upon blow, before abrading the whole against a coarser stone until the surface took on its smooth, almost biomorphic swell. The encircling channel is the telling feature: a three-quarter groove, drawn around three faces and leaving one flat panel uninterrupted, a refinement over the older full groove that let the head ride flush against a steam-bent or split wooden handle, lashed tight with rawhide or sinew. Size: 6.1" L x 2.4" W x 2.5" D (15.5 cm L x 6.1 cm W x 6.3 cm D). Tools of this weight were the heavy industry of their age, swung to fell standing timber, to girdle trees and let the sun in, to hollow dugout canoes and open the small horticultural clearings around which Eastern Woodland life increasingly turned. The hours folded into such an object, days of grinding for a single edge, hint that the axe was more than disposable equipment, perhaps a curated possession passed forward, perhaps interred with the hand that wielded it. Ground stone resists the calendar, and its age is read through form, manufacture, and the slow grammar of typology rather than any inscription it carries. Provenance: private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection, acquired before 2010 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203379

Lot: 54 - Woodland to Mississippian Stone & Pottery Mortars and Pestles - 22 Miniatures

Native American, Woodland to Mississippian cultures, ca. 1000 BCE – 1500 CE. A compact assembly of twenty-two diminutive grinding implements, gathered as a study collection of mortars and pestles worked in stone and fired clay. The mortars present cupped and basined depressions ground into rounded cobbles and hand-formed pottery bodies, their interiors smoothed by repeated use; the accompanying pestles are short, blunt-ended rollers and hand stones sized to the palm. Surfaces range from warm sandstone ochres to mottled tan and grey, several retaining the patina of long burial. Such small-scale tools served the daily preparation of pigments, medicines, seeds, and foodstuffs, the modest scale suggesting personal or specialized processing rather than communal milling. Together they document the enduring grinding technologies of the Eastern Woodlands across the Woodland and Mississippian horizons. Size of largest: 3.2" W x 1.7" H x 2.9" D (8.1 cm W x 4.3 cm H x 7.4 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203049

Lot: 55 - Woodland Period Stone Celt Adze Heads, Group of Four

Native American, Woodland Period, ca. 1000 BCE – 1000 CE. A quartet of ground-stone celts, their bodies shaped from speckled granitic and igneous cobbles into the smooth, tongue-like forms favored across the Eastern Woodlands. Each tapers from a rounded poll to a working bit, the surfaces pecked into outline and then patiently abraded to a satin finish that catches the light along every contour. The mottled grey, green, and tawny stones still carry the glacial character of the rivers and tills that supplied them. Hafted as adze or axe heads, such tools felled trees, hollowed dugout canoes, and dressed timber for dwellings, the indispensable woodworking implements of a forest-dwelling people. Their utilitarian honesty, refined over generations of patient labor, lends them a quiet sculptural presence that belies their humble purpose. Size of largest: 5.3" W x 2.1" H x 1.1" D (13.5 cm W x 5.3 cm H x 2.8 cm D). The celt, a polished ungrooved axe or adze blade, was among the most widespread tools of the North American Woodland tradition (roughly 1000 BCE to 1000 CE). Manufacture began by selecting a fine-grained, tough cobble of igneous or metamorphic stone, which was then pecked with a hammerstone to rough out the form and ground against an abrasive slab, often with sand and water, until the bit took a durable edge. Lashed into a wooden haft or socketed antler sleeve, celts were essential to forest clearance, canoe building, and house construction, technologies that underpinned the increasingly settled village life of the era. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; largest: ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200499

Lot: 56 - Pair of Southwest Native American Manos Grinding Stones

Native American, Southwestern United States, ca. 1000 BCE – 1900 CE. A pair of hand-held grinding stones, or manos, shaped and smoothed by use into oblong cobbles of dense sandstone. One retains an old collector's inscription reading "Tempiute Nev. 7/6/57," placing it near Tempiute in Lincoln County, Nevada, traditional territory of the Southern Paiute and Western Shoshone. Manos of this kind were central to daily life across the Great Basin and Southwest, used to grind seeds, roots, and pigment minerals. Size: 3" W x 7.5" H (7.6 cm W x 19.1 cm H). Provenance: Private Parker, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 191364

Lot: 57 - Woodland Period Stone Grinding Slab - Kentucky Cave Find

Native American, Eastern Woodland cultures, ca. 1000 BCE – 1000 CE. A substantial oval grinding stone shaped from dense gray sandstone, its broad face worn smooth by generations of repetitive labor. The tool's elongated, loaf-like form fits the hand and the work alike: one surface bears the gentle dishing and polish of long use, where seeds, nuts, and wild grains were reduced to meal against a lower nether stone. The cobble's natural contours were lightly dressed but largely left to the river that first rounded it, a reminder that the most enduring implements were often the least altered. Such manos and grinding slabs were the quiet engines of Woodland subsistence, anchoring domestic life as foraged and early cultivated plant foods grew central to the diet. Inscribed in old ink "Dickerson Cave, KY," it carries the patina of both ancient use and antiquarian collecting. Size: 11.1" L x 5" W x 1.5" D (28.2 cm L x 12.7 cm W x 3.8 cm D). The Woodland period (roughly 1000 BCE to 1000 CE) across the Eastern United States saw the gradual intensification of plant food processing, including the cultivation of native seed crops of the Eastern Agricultural Complex such as goosefoot, sumpweed, and little barley, alongside gathered hickory and walnut. Ground stone tools like this one were essential to that economy, transforming hard seeds and nutmeats into storable, digestible meal. Kentucky's limestone country, riddled with dry rockshelters and caves, has long preserved such artifacts; this example is documented as found by B. Taylor in 1965 in Dickerson Cave, Todd County, an old-collection provenance that adds to its interest. Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection; found by B. Taylor in 1965 in Dickerson Cave, Todd County, Kentucky, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199607

Lot: 58 - Two Native American Hopewell Chert Cache Blades, Illinois

Native American, Illinois, Hopewell culture, ca. 200 BCE – 500 CE. Two large chert cache blades offered together, one knapped from gray-tan flint with visible conchoial ripple marks from a large primary flake, the other from a darker gray-brown chert with a smoother, more homogeneous texture. Size: 3.25" W x 5.5" H (8.3 cm W x 14.0 cm H). Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200271

Lot: 59 - Woodland Period Grooved Stone Club Head

Native American, Eastern Woodlands, Woodland period, ca. 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. A finely shaped grooved stone mace or club head of ovoid form, its partially encircling groove carefully carved for hafting while leaving a small unworked section, reflecting both the functional design and symbolic roles such objects held in Woodland period societies. Size: 4.5" W x 4.3" H x 5.3" D (11.4 cm W x 10.9 cm H x 13.5 cm D) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199396

Lot: 60 - Anasazi Grayware Bowl - Geometric Triangle Motif

Pre-Columbian, United States, Hohokam, ca. 700–1100 CE. A shallow earthenware bowl shaped by the desert potters of the Sonoran lowlands, its rounded walls rising to a gently incurving rim. Traces of painted decoration linger across the interior, where a geometric program of nested triangles can still be read, the ghost of a design once crisply rendered in mineral pigment. Hohokam ceramics of this kind served the everyday rhythms of village life along the Gila and Salt Rivers, holding food, water, and ground meal within communities sustained by an extraordinary network of irrigation canals. The triangle, repeated and interlocking, belongs to a visual grammar shared widely across the Southwest, perhaps evoking mountains, clouds, or the cardinal order of the world. Hand-built and surface-finished without the wheel, the vessel carries the quiet authority of utilitarian craft. Size: 4.8" D x 2.5" H (12.2 cm D x 6.3 cm H). Provenance: private Tacoma, Washington, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 131462

Lot: 61 - Woodland Period Shell-Tempered Globular Pot with Flared Rim

Native American, Midwestern / Southeastern United States, Mississippian, ca. 800–1500 CE. A large pottery jar with a flaring rim, the neck decorated with two horizontal rows of punctate impressions. The body is covered in vertical brushed or scraped texture from base to shoulder, a surface treatment common in Mississippian utilitarian wares. The vessel is substantial in size, with a tan-gray surface and dark fire clouding on the interior rim. Size: 8.75" D x 10.5" H (22.2 cm D x 26.7 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection; ex-The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202993

Lot: 62 - Native American Archaic Stone Tools, Hammerstones & Axe

Native American, United States, Archaic to Woodlands period, ca. 10,000 BCE to 1500 CE. A group of three stone tools including two hafted examples and one handheld implement. The largest is a substantial grooved hammerstone weighing approximately 7 lbs (3.2 kg), while the second is a 5 lb (2.3 kg) rounded handheld pounding tool with a tapered form for grip. The third is a grooved and notched stone axe blade, reportedly from La Salle, Colorado, likely used as an axe head or wedge. Size of largest: 6.25" L x 4" W (15.9 cm x 10.2 cm) Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200808

Lot: 63 - Ancient Native American Stone Grinding Tools

Native American, United States, Archaic to early Woodlands period, ca. 6000 BCE to 500 CE. Native American, United States, Archaic to Early Woodland Period, ca. 6000 BCE to 500 CE. A large "nutting stone" with two shallow depressions, accompanied by a smaller palm-sized stone also bearing two worked indentations. The exact function of these tools remains debated, though they are widely thought to have served as portable mortars for grinding foods such as nuts and seeds, and may also have been used for polishing other implements or as friction points for fire-making. Size of larger: 7" L x 5" W x 2.5" H (17.8 cm x 12.7 cm x 6.4 cm) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199620

Lot: 64 - Large Unfinished Native American Archaic Bannerstone

Native American, United States, Archaic Period to Woodlands period, ca. 5000 to 1000 BCE. A large and impressive bannerstone carved from dense gray-green stone with a symmetrical lenticular profile tapering to a medial ridge. Though undrilled, this example exhibits the shaping and balance typical of ceremonial bannerstones, which are thought to have held ritual or symbolic significance rather than purely utilitarian function. Such forms are associated with ancient hunter-gatherer cultures across the Eastern Woodlands, where they may have served as atlatl weights, status symbols, or objects of spiritual power. Size: 7" L x 4.5" W (17.8 cm x 11.4 cm) Provenance: Private Parker, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 191338

Lot: 65 - Large Native American Full Groove Stone Axe Head

Native American, United States, Archaic to Woodland period, ca. 3000 BCE to 1000 CE. A large full-groove stone axe head, robustly formed with a broad cutting edge and a deeply pecked circumferential groove for hafting. The body is substantial and well-balanced, with rounded shoulders and a slightly tapered poll. The entire surface exhibits a pitted and rough texture. Size: 5.5" L x 4.5" W (14 cm x 11.4 cm) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199609

Lot: 66 - Two Archaic Native American Full Groove Axe Heads

Native American, United States, Midwestern region, Archaic period, ca. 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE. Two full-groove axe heads with rounded butt ends and smoothly polished cutting edges from prolonged use. One retains a handwritten find-site label indicating discovery at Root River, Wisconsin. Size of largest: 4" L x 2.75" W (10.2 cm x 7 cm) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199628

Lot: 67 - Woodland Stone Tool - Grooved Handle Form

Native American, Woodland period, ca. 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. A finely shaped Woodland period stone tool distinguished by its elongated, tapering body and a carefully carved, ribbed collar encircling the upper portion, creating both visual rhythm and a functional grip. The surface bears a soft, timeworn polish, with subtle pitting and mineral inclusions that speak to its age and prolonged handling, while the rounded terminal suggests repeated contact or use. The grooved and banded head may have aided hafting or improved control during use, reflecting a thoughtful balance between form and function characteristic of Woodland stone craftsmanship. Such tools, whether utilitarian or ceremonial, embody a quiet ingenuity, where simple geometry and tactile refinement reveal a deep familiarity with material and purpose. Size: 6.8" L x 2.2" W (17.3 cm x 5.6 cm) Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202142

Lot: 68 - Two Woodlands Lanceolate Stone Spear Points

Native American, North America, Woodland period, ca. 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. A well-matched pair of finely knapped stone lanceolate spear points, their elongated leaf-shaped forms and bifacial flaking reflecting skilled lithic craftsmanship typical of Woodland hunting technologies. Size of larger: 3.5" L x 1.2" W (8.9 cm x 3 cm) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199418

Lot: 69 - Native American Arrow Shaft Straightener Stone Tools

Ca. 1 - 50 CE. Native American, Southwestern United States. A pair of stone tools identified as shaft straighteners, used to refine and true wooden arrow shafts for improved accuracy and performance. Each features a shaped groove worn from repeated use, allowing the maker to apply heat and pressure to correct bends in the shaft. The forms differ slightly, one more compact and rounded, the other broader with a deeper channel. Provenance: Private Denver, Colorado, USA collection, acquired prior to 2002 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201359

Lot: 70 - Ancient Caddo Mississippian Shell Bead Necklace

Native American, Southern United States, Caddo / Mississippian culture, ca. 900 to 1450 CE. A collection of white-hued shells strung in modern times on a wire as a necklace. The elongated beads are likely a type of Olivella shell and the globular ones are possibly Naticidae. Shells were important items for use as jewelry and ritual, their spirals were cosmological symbols of the circle of life. Size of strand doubled: 35.5" L (90.2 cm); shells: 0.3" L x 0.25" W (0.8 cm x 0.6 cm) Any item originating from Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian cultures falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping, and can only be shipped within the United States. Provenance: Private Kansas City, Missouri, USA collection, Ex. John Townsend collection, formed in the 1970s and earlier. SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 162035

Lot: 71 - Mississippian Caddo Blackware Water Bottle

Native American, Southeastern United States, Caddo culture, Mississippian period, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A finely proportioned Caddo blackware water bottle distinguished by its rounded body, tall neck, and quiet surface decoration. The vessel is formed from well-refined clay and fired to a deep charcoal tone, typical of Mississippian-period Caddo ceramics, with a softly burnished surface that catches light without gloss. Incised linear designs descend from the shoulder in narrow vertical groupings, carefully cut before firing. The lines are deliberate and evenly spaced, lending structure to the otherwise smooth body and subtly guiding the eye around the vessel. These restrained motifs likely held symbolic meaning, possibly referencing water, order, or cosmological ideas central to Mississippian belief systems. Size: 7.6" Diameter x 11.4" H (19.3 cm x 29 cm) Water bottles of this form were practical containers used for storing and pouring liquids, yet they also carried ceremonial significance. Among Caddo communities, such vessels were frequently placed in burial contexts, suggesting roles tied to ritual, status, or remembrance. Balanced in shape and understated in decoration, this bottle reflects the Caddo tradition of ceramic refinement, where precision, material control, and quiet elegance take precedence over excess. Provenance: private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private New York, USA collection, acquired in February 2017 from a private seller SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201104

Lot: 72 - Ancient Mississippian Pottery Bottle Carinated Form

Native American, Southeastern / Midwestern United States, Arkansas, Caddo / Mississippian culture, ca. 1000 to 1600 CE. A pottery vessel with a squat, carinated body rising to a slightly flared, wide neck. The profile is clean and balanced, with a distinct shoulder separating the lower body from the upright neck. The vessel rests on a low circular foot encircled by evenly spaced indentations. Size: 4.3" W x 6.25" H (10.9 cm x 15.9 cm) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private New York, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202103

Lot: 73 - Mississippian Pottery Jar - Incised Wave Motif

Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 800 to 1600 CE. A pottery jar of rounded form with a slightly everted rim, its surface richly textured with rhythmic incised bands and undulating wave motifs that animate the vessel with a sense of movement and tactile depth. Size: 4.5" Diameter x 4.3" H (11.4 cm x 10.9 cm) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202102

Lot: 74 - Mississippian Grayware Bottle - Globular Form

Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A Mississippian pottery bottle with a rounded, globular body and an elongated cylindrical neck, its darkened grayware surface bearing subtle firing clouds and traces of wear that speak to age and use. Size: 6" Diameter x 8.4" H (15.2 cm x 21.3 cm) Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-New York, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202176

Lot: 75 - Mississippian Pedestal Bottle - Pierced Foot

Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 800 to 1600 CE. A refined pottery pedestal bottle of elegant proportion, with a rounded body and tall, flaring neck rising above a carefully formed foot pierced by four circular cutouts, the intact form and balanced silhouette reflecting both technical control and aesthetic restraint within Mississippian ceramic tradition. Size: 8.2" Diameter x 10.3" H (20.8 cm x 26.2 cm) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private New York, USA collection, acquired My 2013 via Tony Putty Artifacts, Shelbyville, Indiana, USA; ex-Dan Stroud, found in Lee County, Arkansas, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202144

Lot: 76 - Caddo Pottery Bottle - Engraved Crosshatch Globular Vessel

Native American, Caddo, ca. 1200–1500 CE. A long-necked ceramic bottle swelling into a near-spherical body, its dark burnished surface mottled with the silvery bloom of subterranean burial. Around the shoulder runs a band of fine engraved chevrons and parallel arcs, while the lower body carries vertical panels filled with delicate crosshatched lattices, the incised lines catching pale residue that throws the geometry into relief. The high, flaring rim crowns a slender neck rising from rounded shoulders. Such bottles, fashioned by the Caddo peoples of the lower Mississippi valley and the Trans-Mississippi South, served as containers for liquids and likely accompanied the dead as mortuary offerings. The patient compass-drawn engraving, executed on leather-hard clay before firing, reflects a refined ceramic tradition whose precision and elegance distinguish Caddo wares among the pottery of the American Southeast. Size: 5.8" D x 7.9" H (14.7 cm D x 20.1 cm H). The Caddo Mississippian tradition flourished across what is now eastern Texas, western Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas, and southeastern Oklahoma. Their engraved bottles, decorated after the vessel had dried to a leather-hard state, are prized for the controlled curvilinear and rectilinear motifs (scrolls, chevrons, and crosshatched fields) that recur across the ceramic corpus. Many surviving examples were recovered from burial contexts, where fine engraved wares were placed as grave goods, signaling both the deceased's status and the community's investment in the afterlife. The white pigment frequently found within the engraved lines was a deliberate enhancement, rubbed into the channels to heighten the contrast against the dark, smoke-fired ground. Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203162

Lot: 77 - Mississippian Caddo Engraved Geometric Pottery Bowl

North America, Eastern Woodlands, southern plains (Arkansas / East Texas) Late Pre-Historic Period ca. 1000 to 1400 CE. A finely potted ceramic bowl of shallow, open form, with slightly everted rim and rounded base. The exterior decorated with carefully executed engraved motifs arranged in horizontal registers, including cross-hatched panels, rectilinear elements, and repeating geometric borders. The composition reflects characteristic Caddo design principles, emphasizing balance, rhythm, and negative space. The vessel is formed from a well-levigated clay with a smooth surface and even firing. Engraved lines show minor variation and softening consistent with age and handling. Size: 8.25" W x 3" H (21 cm x 7.6 cm) Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection, ex Boulder, Colorado collection, ex New York, NY collection. SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202147

Lot: 78 - Native American Full-Grooved Stone Axe Head - Hammer Maul

Native American, Archaic era, ca. 3000 BCE – 1000 CE. A ground and polished stone axe head, or hammer maul, worked from a dense green-gray igneous or metamorphic stone. The tool is fully grooved, encircled by a continuous channel that would have seated a bent wooden haft lashed in place with cordage or sinew. One end tapers to a working bit while the opposite poll is broad and rounded for percussive use. The surface retains its original pecked-and-ground finish with natural mineral banding visible throughout. Size: 3" W x 5" H x 1.6" D (7.6 cm W x 12.7 cm H x 4.1 cm D). Provenance: private Texas, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 204021

Lot: 79 - Large Native American Carved Stone Implement

Native American, South Central United States, ca. 3000 BCE – 1500 CE. A weighty curved, russet sandstone, shaped by patient abrasion into a crescent form. The surface bears flaking and weathering from long burial, use, or exposure, its color a warm oxidized brown. Identified by an earlier collector as a "ceremonial fire-starter spiral stone" from Cherokee County - possibly Oklahoma - the object more plausibly served as a hand-held implement: a grinder, polisher, or ritual weight. Size: 10" L x 3.5" W (25.4 cm L x 8.9 cm W). Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203072

Lot: 80 - Mississippian Stone Gorgets, Group of Four - Fish, Crescent, Celt, & Oval

Native American, North America, Mississippian culture, ca. 800–1500 CE. A quartet of stone gorgets gathered from the woodlands and river valleys of the American Southeast, each ground and drilled by Mississippian hands into a distinct silhouette. The largest takes the elongated form of a celt or axe head, its tan sandstone surface softened by abrasion and pierced with two suspension perforations along the central axis. Beside it lies a crescent-shaped example in mottled gray slate, the sweeping curve relieved by four bored holes that would have admitted a sinew or hide cord. A smaller piscine effigy, carved in dark vesicular stone, gives the group its most charismatic figure: a stylized fish with a forked tail and paired dorsal perforations standing in for an eye and a stringing point. The fourth, an ovoid plaque of fine-grained stone, is the most economical in conception, twin holes set near one edge for wear against the chest. Gorgets of this kind were worn as pectoral ornaments suspended at the throat or breast, signaling rank, clan affiliation, or ritual office within the chiefdoms that flourished from the Late Woodland into the contact era. Zoomorphic examples, particularly the fish, likely carried cosmological weight, referencing the Beneath World of Mississippian belief, where aquatic creatures mediated between the living and supernatural realms. The celt and crescent forms echo prestige tools and lunar symbolism alike, while the plain ovoid speaks to the simpler, more widespread tradition of personal adornment that ran in parallel with the elite iconographic program. Size of largest (celt): 5.5" L x 2" W (14.0 cm L x 5.1 cm W). Provenance: ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202300

Lot: 81 - Mississippian Stone Implements - Drilling Capstone, Discoidal & Mano

Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 800–1600 CE. A grouping of four stone implements, ground and pecked from hard sandstone and quartzite by the agricultural peoples of the American Southeast and Mississippi Valley. The set unites the practical tools of village life: a doughnut-form discoidal, its central perforation worn smooth, perhaps a gaming stone for the contest of chunkey; a drilling capstone, hollowed to seat the upper end of a bow-drill; a heavy hand mano, its working face flattened by countless strokes against a metate; and a battered hammerstone or anvil. Each piece carries the quiet eloquence of use, surfaces softened by grinding, pecking, and the friction of daily labor. Together they reconstruct the domestic rhythm of a Mississippian household, from food processing to craft production to recreation. Size of largest: 2.5" W x 2.5" H x 3.3" D (6.3 cm W x 6.3 cm H x 8.4 cm D). Discoidals are among the most recognizable Mississippian artifacts, associated with chunkey, a widely played game in which a rolling stone disc was the target of thrown spears. The game carried social and ceremonial weight far beyond sport, and finely finished discoidals were sometimes interred with high-status individuals. The mano and the heavier ground stone served the unglamorous but essential work of milling maize, the staple crop that underpinned the dense, mound-building societies of the Mississippian world. Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203074

Lot: 82 - Mississippian Gray Ware Short-Neck Vessel

Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A hand-built jar of dark gray-brown ware, its body flattened into a broad discoid form and surmounted by a short, straight-sided neck with everted rim, distills the Mississippian ceramic tradition to its most functional essentials. The surface is undecorated, its tonal variation from charcoal gray to warm brown the natural consequence of open or pit firing rather than deliberate ornament. Vessels of this utilitarian profile served domestic purposes across Mississippian settlements, used for storage, cooking, or transport, their plain competence as telling a document of daily life as any effigy bowl. Size: 6.5" D x 4.6" H (16.5 cm D x 11.7 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202876

Lot: 83 - Mississippian Effigy Smoking Pipe | Bird/Human Head Form

Native American, Mississippian culture. Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A smoking pipe carved from a warm, earth-toned stone. The bowl opens through the top while a narrow bore pierces the tapering snout-like end, the two channels meeting within. A pair of drilled perforations read as eyes, the taper as a beak or muzzle, lending the piece its identity as a bird or human-head effigy. Such pipes accompanied ritual and communal smoking among Mississippian peoples, the act binding participants in social and ceremonial exchange. Handled and burnished by use, the surface carries a soft sheen. Size: 1" W x 2.1" H x 1.7" D (2.5 cm W x 5.3 cm H x 4.3 cm D) Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection, acquired December 2018 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202364

Lot: 84 - Mississippian Blackware Effigy Pipe - Zoomorphic Figure

Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000–1500 CE. A modeled ceramic smoking pipe whose burnished dark surface coalesces into the head of a stylized animal, its rounded muzzle, drilled eyes, and pinched ears emerging from the bowl with a sculptor's economy. The elbow form pairs an upright bowl with a horizontal stem socket, the two channels meeting within the body to draw smoke through the creature itself. Fashioned by hand from local clay and fired in a reducing atmosphere to achieve its smoky gray-brown tonality, the pipe served ritual and social ends, tobacco smoke carried prayers and sealed alliances across the Mississippian world. Effigy pipes of this kind transformed an everyday implement into a vessel of breath and spirit, the animal perhaps a clan totem or guardian. The compact, tactile form rewards handling, its worn contours speaking to long use. Size: 2.3" W x 3.8" H x 3.9" D (5.8 cm W x 9.7 cm H x 9.9 cm D). The Mississippian peoples (ca. 800 to 1600 CE) built earthen mound complexes across the American Southeast and Midwest, from Cahokia near present-day St. Louis to towns along the Mississippi and its tributaries. Smoking pipes occupied a central place in their ceremonial life: tobacco was a sacred plant, and the act of smoking ratified treaties, accompanied councils, and accompanied the dead. Elbow pipes carved or modeled with animal effigies, owls, frogs, dogs, and other beings, are among the most expressive survivals of this tradition, blending utility with cosmological meaning. Please note this item may fall under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and may not be eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States. Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in October 2017 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203073

Lot: 85 - Mississippian Pottery Effigy Pipes - Frog & Owl, Pair

Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000–1500 CE. A pair of shell-tempered earthenware effigy pipes shaped by the hands of Mississippian potters. The larger, a crouching frog, hunkers low against its bowl, broad-mouthed and bulbous-eyed, with splayed toes incised into the clay and a body burnished to a smoky gray. Its companion rises upright as an owl, round-faced and watchful, the eyes ringed with concentric incisions and the breast feathers suggested by chevroned lines below. Both were fashioned as smoking pipes, the bowl hollowed within the animal form and a stem channel bored through the base, uniting the practical and the symbolic. In Mississippian belief, amphibian and bird carried associations with water, regeneration, and the spirit world, making such effigies fit vessels for tobacco offered in ritual and gathering alike. Size of larger (frog): 4.2" W x 2.7" H x 5.3" D (10.7 cm W x 6.9 cm H x 13.5 cm D). The Mississippian culture flourished across the river valleys of the American Southeast and Midwest from roughly 1000 to 1500 CE, building earthen mound centers such as Cahokia and sustaining far-reaching trade networks. Shell-tempered pottery, in which crushed mussel shell was added to the clay to strengthen it, is a defining technological hallmark of the period. Animal effigies were a recurring theme in Mississippian art, where frogs evoked water and renewal and raptors or owls were linked to the Upper World and to themes of vigilance and the supernatural. Tobacco smoked in such pipes was a sacred plant, employed to seal alliances, accompany prayer, and mediate between the human and spirit realms. Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection; owl was found in Monroe County, Tennessee, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203155

Lot: 86 - Pair of Native American Mississippian Plain Ware Pottery Bowls

Native American, Midwestern to Southeastern United States, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000–1500 CE. A pair of Mississippian plain ware bowls, the larger a wide hemispherical form with two small rim lugs and a tan-buff surface with fire clouding, the smaller a simple hemispherical cup. Size: 10" D x 4.25" H (25.4 cm D x 10.8 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203143

Lot: 87 - Mississippian Blackware Vessels - Tripod Jar & Burnished Bowl

Pre-Columbian, United States, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000–1500 CE. A pair of earthenware vessels drawn from the Mississippian potter's repertoire, each fired to the smoky grey-black surface that distinguishes Southeastern wares. The smaller is a globular tripod jar with a constricted neck and short flaring rim, its rounded body lifted on three modest conical feet, the surface mottled where mineral encrustation has settled over a once-burnished skin. The larger is a deep hemispherical bowl with incurving walls and a simple rounded lip, its exterior streaked from hand-smoothing and burnishing, the interior darkened by use. Built by coiling and shell-tempered in the manner of the period, both forms served domestic ends, holding food, water, or stored grain in the riverine towns of the Mississippi and its tributaries. Their unembellished surfaces let body and proportion carry the aesthetic weight. Size of larger (bowl): 6.3" D x 3.3" H (16.0 cm D x 8.4 cm H). The Mississippian tradition (roughly 800 to 1600 CE) flourished across the Southeast and mid-continent, centered on mound-building towns such as Cahokia, Moundville, and Etowah. Its potters pioneered shell tempering, crushed mussel shell mixed into the clay, which allowed thinner, stronger walls and more ambitious forms. Tripod supports and globular jars belong to a vessel vocabulary that paralleled, and may have echoed, Mesoamerican models reaching the Southeast through long-distance exchange networks. The dark, reduced-fired finish seen here results from smothering the firing to starve it of oxygen, a deliberate effect prized for its lustrous depth. Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203063

Lot: 88 - Native American Woodlands Quartz Human Effigy Abraders, Pair

Native American, Woodlands, ca. 1000–1500 CE. A pair of carved quartz effigies rendered in the spare, anthropomorphic vocabulary of the Eastern Woodlands. The larger figure presents a fully realized standing body: rounded shoulders taper into a softly modeled torso, with arms held close and legs faintly demarcated, the surface worn smooth from long handling or use as an abrader. The smaller fragment preserves only the head and upper shoulders, the face animated by two drilled circular eyes and a suggested brow, the cranial dome polished to a satiny finish. Quartz, hard and stubborn under stone tools, was a deliberate choice. Its translucency and ability to spark under percussion gave it talismanic weight among Woodlands peoples, and small effigy forms in the material often served dual lives as ritual abraders or charms, ground against bone, antler, or shell to shape and finish other implements. The reduction of human anatomy to essential volumes, broad head, columnar body, abbreviated limbs, links these pieces to a long tradition of figural shorthand in Eastern North America, where the body's presence mattered more than its particulars. Whether carried as personal protectives, deposited as offerings, or worked into the daily rhythm of toolmaking, such effigies blur the line between the utilitarian and the sacred. Their quiet authority lies in that ambiguity. Size of larger: 1.2" W x 3.5" H (3.0 cm W x 8.9 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in 2019 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203053

Lot: 89 - Native American Caddo Redware Pottery Bottle

Native American, Southeastern United States, Mississippian Caddo Culture, ca. 900 to 1600 CE. A hand-built Caddo redware bottle, the globular body rising through a dramatically elongated cylindrical neck to a small mouth. The entire surface finished in a smooth matte terracotta red slip. Size: 5.5" D x 10.5" H (14.0 cm D x 26.7 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private New York, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202879

Lot: 90 - Mississippian Caddo Incised Bottle - Swirl Motif

Native American, Arkansas, Saline County, Caddo Culture, ca. 900 to 1400 CE. A ceramic bottle of compact, globular form, its dark burnished body rising to a tall cylindrical neck that gives the vessel the quiet authority of something designed to hold something precious. Incised across the swelling shoulder are concentric target motifs and sweeping curvilinear lines, drawn with a fluid hand that animates the surface with perpetual motion. The targets, perhaps representing the eye, the sun, or the portal between worlds, recur throughout the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex as emblems of cosmological sight and spiritual passage. The burnished gray-brown fabric, darkened likely through smudge firing, lends the surface a subdued luster that makes the incised lines read as shadow rather than ornament. Size: 5.3" D x 7.8" H (13.5 cm D x 19.8 cm H) Recovered from Saline County, Arkansas, within the Ouachita River drainage and a well-documented zone of Caddo ceramic production, this bottle represents the formal elegance and iconographic depth that have made Caddo wares among the most sought-after ceramics of the pre-Columbian Southeast. Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private New York, USA collection; found in Saline County, Arkansas, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202253

Lot: 91 - Mississippian Incised Zoomorphic Bowl

Native American, Central-Southern United States, Mississippian or Caddoan Culture, ca. 900 to 1400 CE. A hand-built ceramic bowl darkened through firing and the long accumulation of burial soil, its hemispherical form encircled by a band of deeply incised curvilinear ornament. Coiled spirals and what appears to be a sinuous zoomorphic figure, perhaps a serpent, emerge from the roughened surface with the quiet insistence of things meant to endure. The decorative program belongs to a widespread iconographic tradition in which aquatic and chthonic creatures served as emblems of the Below World and the regenerative powers associated with water, fertility, and the dead. Small, ancient, and uncompromising in its visual authority, this bowl rewards close attention: its abraded surface conceals a decorative program of considerable ambition. Size: 4.4" W x 2.5" H x 4.5" D (11.2 cm W x 6.3 cm H x 11.4 cm D) Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private New York, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202266

Lot: 92 - Caddo Textured Pottery Jar - Incised & Punctated Body

Native American, Caddo, ca. 1200–1600 CE. A globular utility jar coiled from buff earthenware, its rounded body swelling to a short, slightly everted rim left uneven by hand. Around the shoulder and lower body run panels of cross-hatched incising framed by chevrons, the field enlivened by dense punctation that catches raking light. Vertical appliqued ridges and low bosses interrupt the surface, lending both grip and rhythm to an otherwise unburnished ground. The clay retains fire clouds and the soft ochre-to-grey mottling of open firing. Made by a Caddoan potter of the Trans-Mississippi South, such thick-walled, textured vessels served cooking and storage rather than mortuary display, their utilitarian ancestry legible in every coil seam. The decoration, at once functional and expressive, marks the maker's fluency in a ceramic tradition passed through generations of Caddo households. Size: 7.5" D x 8.6" H (19.1 cm D x 21.8 cm H). The Caddo peoples of what is now eastern Texas, western Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas, and southeastern Oklahoma were among the most accomplished ceramicists of the North American Southeast. Their potters worked without the wheel, building vessels by coiling and paddling, then decorating with incising, engraving, punctation, and applique. Utility wares like this jar, distinguished from the finely engraved bottles reserved for burials, carried the everyday labor of the household: cooking over hearths, storing grain and water. The recurring cross-hatch and chevron vocabulary seen here belongs to a shared design grammar that archaeologists use to trace regional phases across the Caddo homeland. Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203166

Lot: 93 - Caddo Pottery Jar - Everted Rim & Appliqued Neck Band

Native American, Caddo, ca. 1200–1600 CE. A globular earthenware jar rising from a rounded base to a gently flaring, everted rim. The buff-to-terracotta surface carries the smoky, mottled fire clouds of open pit firing, warm ochres shading into ashen grays. Encircling the shoulder is a raised band of punctated and appliqued clay, a modest but deliberate register of decoration where the constricted neck meets the swelling body. Small nubbin lugs and a vertical incised stroke break the otherwise unburnished wall. Hand-built by coiling, the vessel was a utilitarian container, likely used for storing or preparing foodstuffs within a Caddo household of the Trans-Mississippi South. Its unpretentious form and tactile, hand-worked surface speak to the domestic ceramic tradition of the ancestral Caddo peoples of present-day Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Size: 6.9" D x 7.9" H (17.5 cm D x 20.1 cm H). The Caddo built a sophisticated mound-building society across the Trans-Mississippi South, flourishing from roughly 900 CE through European contact. Their potters are celebrated for a wide vocabulary of forms, from finely engraved bottles and carinated bowls to plainer domestic jars such as this one. Utility wares like this vessel, tempered with grog or crushed shell and finished with restrained appliqued or punctated collars, formed the backbone of everyday cooking and storage. They circulated widely through Caddo exchange networks, and their surface treatments help archaeologists assign types and phases within the long Caddo sequence. Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202994

Lot: 94 - Caddo Pottery Vessels - Two Jars w/ Applied Ridges

Native American, Midwestern United States, Mississippian Caddo, ca. 1200–1600 CE. A pair of hand-built earthenware vessels, coil-constructed and open-fired, with mottled fire clouding across the surfaces. The smaller jar has a rounded body below a slightly everted rim, with applied lugs near the rim. The larger vessel rises to a wide flaring mouth, the collar incised with a band of short diagonal strokes, with vertical serpentine ridges of applied clay in low relief on the exterior. Size of largest: 5.6" W x 6.75" H (14.2 cm W x 17.1 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203145

Lot: 95 - Caddo Incised Pottery Bottle - Globular Body, Engraved Shoulder

Native American, Southeastern Woodlands, Caddo, ca. 1200–1600 CE. A long-necked ceramic bottle whose spherical body swells to a burnished, smoke-clouded surface ranging from soft gray to warm tan. The slender neck rises to a gently everted lip, while the shoulder carries a delicate engraved register: a circumferential line from which pendant scroll and triangular motifs descend, executed with the fine, controlled incision characteristic of Caddo potters. Coil-built and hand-finished, then burnished to a low sheen before firing, the vessel embodies the technical refinement of Caddoan ceramic tradition. Such bottles, recovered chiefly from mortuary contexts across the Caddo homeland of the trans-Mississippi South, likely held liquids as grave offerings, their elegant proportions reserved for ritual and prestige rather than utilitarian use. The mottled fire clouding records the open-firing process, lending each example its own atmospheric character. Size: 7" D x 9.8" H (17.8 cm D x 24.9 cm H). The Caddo Mississippian peoples occupied a region spanning present-day northeast Texas, northwest Louisiana, southwest Arkansas, and southeast Oklahoma, where they built mound centers and sustained extensive trade networks from roughly the 9th through 17th centuries. Their fine engraved and incised bottles, with tall necks and rounded bodies, are among the most accomplished ceramics of the prehistoric Southeast. Surfaces were typically smoothed and burnished with a polishing stone, then decorated with engraved scrolls, meanders, and hatched fields whose motifs may encode cosmological symbolism. Many surviving examples come from cemetery excavations, where they accompanied the dead, a context that accounts for their remarkable preservation. Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203027

Lot: 96 - Caddo Incised Earthenware Jar with Vertical Striations

Native American, Caddo, ca. 1200–1600 CE. A tall, ovoid earthenware jar rising from a rounded base to a softly everted rim, its surface combed with dense vertical incisions that fall from shoulder to belly like rain across the body. Just beneath the lip runs a narrow band of fine punctate dots, a quiet horizontal counterpoint to the rhythmic verticals below. The clay fires in mottled tones of buff and smoky carbon-black, the kind of variegated bloom that comes of open-pit firing and gives Caddo wares their characteristic atmospheric surface. Vessels of this form belong to the ceramic traditions of the Caddo, whose villages and mound centers spanned the Red River and Arkansas River basins across what is now eastern Texas, southwestern Arkansas, northwestern Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma. Closely combed or brushed wares in this tapered jar shape are typically associated with utilitarian and mortuary contexts of the Middle to Late Caddo periods, the parallel striations produced by drawing a multi-toothed tool down the leather-hard surface before firing. The disciplined verticality of the design, contained between the punctate collar and the resolved curve of the base, reflects a potter's idiom in which restraint and repetition carry as much weight as figural ornament does elsewhere in the Mississippian world. Likely employed for storage or for the transport and serving of foodstuffs, such jars also accompanied the dead in ancestral Caddo cemeteries, where ceramic offerings expressed both household identity and cosmological order. Size: 5.8" D x 7.7" H (14.7 cm D x 19.6 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203021

Lot: 97 - Four Mississippian Pottery Head Effigy Rim Riders, Arkansas

Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 1200–1500 CE. A quartet of modeled clay faces, each no larger than a thumbprint, gazing out across the centuries with the spare, hollow-eyed gravitas characteristic of Mississippian effigy work. Pinched from fine river clay and fired to a soft buff and gray, the heads were once affixed to the rims or shoulders of ceramic vessels as "rim riders," peering inward over the contents or outward at the user. Features are reduced to essentials: oval punctate eyes, a ridged nose, a slit or oval mouth, in some cases the suggestion of a coiffure or cap at the crown. The largest preserves a broad, almost mask-like countenance with deeply drilled eyes and a downturned mouth; its companions range from a rounded, owlish visage to a more elongated, chin-forward profile with an alert, almost startled expression. Such appendages belong to the broader Mississippian iconographic vocabulary of the late prehistoric Southeast, a world of platform mounds, palisaded towns, and a sophisticated ceramic tradition in which human and animal effigies enlivened the rims, handles, and bodies of jars, bowls, and bottles. Whether they represent ancestors, supernatural beings, or stylized portraits of the living remains a matter of scholarly debate; their persistent gaze, however, suggests a function beyond mere decoration, perhaps tying the vessel and its contents to the watchful presence of the spirit world. According to an inscription on the verso of the largest example, the group was recovered at the Vernon Paul Site in Cross County, Arkansas, in 1937, a locality long associated with late Mississippian occupation in the St. Francis River basin. Size of largest: 1.5" W x 1.6" H (3.8 cm W x 4.1 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in May 2019 via private seller; ex-Tommy Beutell; found at the Vernon Paul Site, Cross County, Arkansas, USA in 1937 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203055

Lot: 98 - Mississippian Pottery Bowl - Etched Design

Native American, Mississippian culture, ca. 800 to 1600 CE. A finely formed Mississippian pottery bowl with rounded body and slightly everted rim, its surface adorned with incised and punctate decoration arranged in rhythmic bands beneath the lip, reflecting the tactile artistry and regional ceramic traditions of the Mississippian world. Size: 4.6" D x 3.1" H (11.7 cm D x 7.9 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private New York, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202265

Lot: 99 - Mississippian Caddo Blackware Bottle - Blakely Engraved Lines

Native American, Caddo, ca. 1400–1600 CE. A globular blackware bottle rising from a rounded, slightly flattened base to a tall, gently flaring cylindrical neck. The smoky gray-black surface, achieved through reduction firing and burnishing, carries sets of fine engraved vertical lines that sweep from shoulder to base, dividing the swollen body into balanced panels. The restrained decoration, incised after the vessel leathered but before firing, exemplifies the Blakely Engraved type of the Caddo ceramic tradition. Vessels of this form served both domestic and mortuary purposes, frequently interred as grave offerings and prized for their elegant proportions and lustrous finish. The economy of ornament, letting form and burnish speak, marks the confident hand of a Caddo potter working within one of North America's most refined ceramic canons. Size: 6.5" D x 8.5" H (16.5 cm D x 21.6 cm H). The Caddo peoples of the Trans-Mississippi South, spanning present-day eastern Texas, northwestern Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas, and eastern Oklahoma, produced some of the most technically accomplished pottery north of Mexico. Blakely Engraved is a defined type within this tradition, distinguished by simple engraved lines executed on well-burnished dark ware. Reduction firing in an oxygen-starved atmosphere produced the characteristic gray-to-black surface, after which the vessel was polished to a soft sheen. Long-necked bottles like this one are among the most iconic Caddo forms and are recovered chiefly from burial contexts, where they accompanied the dead as containers likely holding liquids or offerings. Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection; found in Clark County Arkansa, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202989

Lot: 100 - Apache Pinon-Pitched Tus Water Basket

Native American, Southwestern United States, Apache, ca. 1880–1920 CE. A basketry water jar, or "tus," twined from willow and sumac and covered in pine pitch that renders the vessel watertight. The swelling body rises to a constricted neck and flaring rim bound in coiled fiber, with small looped handles at the shoulder for a carrying cord. Size: 10" D x 11.75" H (25.4 cm D x 29.8 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203453

Lot: 101 - Athabascan Leather & Rabbit Fur Beaded Moccasins

Native American / First Nations, Northwestern United States, Alaska / Northern Canada, Athabascan (Dene), ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A pair of soft-soled leather moccasins trimmed in rabbit fur and a green felt toe panel with floral beadwork. Size: 10" L x 4" W (25.4 cm x 10.2 cm) Please note this item may fall under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States. Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 185338

Lot: 102 - Zuni Antler Lizard Pendant & Navajo Stone Fetish Bundle

Native American, Southwestern United States, Zuni Pueblo & Navajo, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A prayer fetish bundle and a horned lizard pendant, each crafted from natural materials. The pendant, likely of Zuni origin, is carved from antler in the form of a horned lizard (horny toad) and features inlaid turquoise and coral flakes for the eyes and decorative spines arranged symmetrically like compass points. The neck is pierced for suspension. The Navajo-made prayer fetish bundle consists of five polished cylindrical stones, the largest inlaid with bead eyes, bound together with colorful yarn. This piece is a commercial adaptation of prayer sticks or highly abstract figurines. Size of fetish bundle: 3.25" L x 1.3" W (8.3 cm x 3.3 cm); lizard pendant: 2" L x 1.25" W (5.1 cm x 3.2 cm) Provenance: private British Columbia, Canada collection, gifted from aunt in Tucson, Arizona, USA, acquired prior to 1994 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 191674

Lot: 103 - Mata Ortiz Seed Jar w/ Bird-Headed Fisherman by Letty Rodriguez M.

Leticia (Letty) Rodrigez Mora (Mexican, active late XX-XXI century). Pottery seed jar with bird-headed fisherman, n.d. Signed "Letty Rodriguez M." just below shoulder. A low, disc-shaped seed jar whose broad shoulder tapers to a small circular mouth, its surface commanding attention through disciplined geometry. Hand-coiled earthenware carries a fine-line palette of terracotta red and near-black, laid down freehand in mineral slips. Concentric bands radiate outward: a central pinwheel of interlocking hooked motifs whorls around the aperture, encircled by a dense field of stepped triangles that ripples toward the rim like a woven textile translated into clay. On the underside of the base, a lively narrative vignette appears, a bird-headed man in a crouched stance, legs bent, grasping a large fish in one hand and, in the other, a spear strung with six impaled fish. Signed "Letty Rodriguez M." below the shoulder, the piece exemplifies the burnished precision of the Mata Ortiz revival. Size: 4.8" D x 1.3" H (12.2 cm D x 3.3 cm H). The Mata Ortiz tradition emerged in the 1970s from the village of Juan Mata Ortiz in Chihuahua, Mexico, where Juan Quezada Celado independently reconstructed the pottery techniques of the ancient Casas Grandes (Paquime) culture, whose polychrome wares flourished nearby centuries earlier. What began as one man's experiment blossomed into a village-wide movement, with hundreds of potters producing hand-coiled, hand-burnished, mineral-painted vessels fired without wheels or kilns in the old manner. Letty Rodriguez Mora belongs to this living lineage of named artist-potters, and her work is prized for the exacting control of the fine-line brush, drawn from a single strand of human hair or yucca fiber, that gives the whorl and stepped-triangle fields their hypnotic regularity. The narrative fisherman on the base nods to the figural iconography of Casas Grandes antecedents while remaining a personal, signed authorial flourish. Provenance: private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-Trautenberg Estate SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 204031

Lot: 104 - Apache Wicker & Pinon Pitch Water Baskets (Tus) - Pair, Southwest US

Native American, Southwestern United States, Arizona, Western Apache, ca. 1880–1930 CE. A pair of coiled and twined wicker vessels sealed inside and out with pinon pitch, the watertight jars known to the Apache as tus. The larger swells from a rounded base to a constricted neck and flaring rim, its surface a warm russet glazed by resin that pools and darkens across the basketry weave. Its smaller companion, nearly black with heavier pitch, echoes the same bottle silhouette in miniature. Such vessels carried and stored water across the arid uplands of Arizona, the pitch coating transforming a porous woven shell into a durable canteen lashed with horsehair or fiber loops for transport. Utilitarian rather than ornamental, they record the resourcefulness of a desert people who turned willow, sumac, and tree sap into the means of survival. Size of larger: 10.2" D x 9.8" H (25.9 cm D x 24.9 cm H). The Apache water jar, or tus, was among the most essential possessions of a mobile desert household. Women wove the foundation from twined willow or sumac, then waterproofed it by melting pinon (pinyon) pine pitch and rubbing it into both surfaces with a heated stone or stick, a labor-intensive process that yielded a vessel light enough to carry yet capable of holding water through long journeys. The resin's color deepened with age and use, which accounts for the marked contrast between the russet larger jar and the near-black smaller one. Often suspended in pairs from a burden basket or saddle, these canteens were practical infrastructure of life in the Southwest, and surviving intact examples are increasingly scarce as the tradition waned in the early twentieth century. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203328

Lot: 105 - 19th C. Papago (Tohono O'odham) Pottery Olla - Storage Jar

Native American, Tohono O'odham (Papago), ca. 1880–1900 CE. A generously rounded earthenware olla built by the coil-and-scrape method, its globular body swelling to a broad shoulder before tapering to a short, flaring neck with a softly everted rim. The buff-to-salmon surface bears the warm tonal mottling characteristic of open-pit firing in the Sonoran Desert, where mesquite fuel imparted clouds of carbon smudging, here visible as a dark bloom on one shoulder. Faint traces of red mineral slip survive on the body, including a partial rectilinear motif near the neck, the ghost of a once-bolder geometric program that desert sun and household use have largely effaced. Storage vessels of this scale served as the workhorses of Tohono O'odham domestic life, holding water, mesquite flour, saguaro syrup, or seed reserves within the ramada-shaded living quarters of villages across what is now southern Arizona and northern Sonora. Women potters, working without the wheel, raised these jars from native clays tempered with crushed sherd or sand, then burnished and lightly slipped them before firing. The form belongs to a long ceramic continuum stretching back through the Hohokam, the Papago's likely ancestors, and the bulbous silhouette with constricted neck reflects practical concerns: a narrow mouth slowed evaporation, while the wide shoulder maximized capacity. By the late nineteenth century, such utilitarian wares were increasingly produced alongside tourist pieces, yet examples like this one retain the unselfconscious authority of objects made for use rather than display. Size: 8.5" D x 9.9" H (21.6 cm D x 25.1 cm H). Provenance: private Arlington, Virginia, USA collection, acquired in June 2024 via Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC, Davenport, Washington, USA; ex-Missoula, Montana, USA estate collection, acquired in 1966 via James Cross SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 191984

Lot: 106 - Native American Porcupine & Dyed Deer Hair Roach

Native American, Midwestern to Northeastern United States,, ca. mid-20th century CE. A traditional porcupine hair roach, constructed from a dense field of natural porcupine and red-dyed deer hair. The hair stands upright along a foundation made of twisted wool yarn and fiber cords. Size: 3" W x 6" H x 13" D (7.6 cm W x 15.2 cm H x 33.0 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203455

Lot: 107 - Navajo Silver Souvenir Spoon ca. 1890s–1910s + Book "Navajo Spoons"

Native American, Navajo, Southwestern United States, ca. 1890s to 1910s CE; "Navajo Spoons: Indian Artistry and the Souvenir Trade, 1880-1940" by Cindra Kline (Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2001), 128 pp. A compelling paired lot, this offering unites a hand-crafted Navajo silver spoon with the reference volume in which it is published, Cindra Kline's "Navajo Spoons: Indian Artistry and the Souvenir Trade, 1880s-1940s" (Santa Fe, Museum of New Mexico Press, 2001). The spoon itself, illustrated on the cover of the book, reflects the ingenuity and adaptability of Dine silversmiths during the height of the Southwestern tourist trade, while the accompanying publication provides valuable scholarly context for its form and significance. Size of book: 8.1" W x 9" H (20.6 cm x 22.9 cm); of spoon: 4.2" L x 0.9" W (10.7 cm x 2.3 cm); silver quality: 91.2%; weight: 10.4 grams Likely formed from melted or hammered silver coinage, the spoon exhibits a classic tapering handle and rounded bowl, both adorned with hand-stamped motifs including arrow designs and linear ornament. The surface bears the subtle irregularities of hand forging, a testament to its creation through traditional techniques rather than industrial manufacture. Produced during the Fred Harvey era, when rail travel brought waves of Victorian tourists into the American Southwest, such spoons were created specifically for a growing market eager to acquire objects that embodied an idealized vision of Native American life. As Kline notes, the rise of tourism directly shaped Navajo silverwork, with artisans incorporating motifs that appealed to outside buyers rather than strictly reflecting traditional symbolism. These spoons were often displayed alongside textiles and other goods, bridging the line between functional object and souvenir. Publication: This spoon has been published on the cover of "Navajo Spoons: Indian Artistry and the Souvenir Trade, 1880-1940" by Cindra Kline (Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2001). Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201787

Lot: 108 - Apache Twined Tus Water Basket - Pine Pitch Sealed

Native American, Western United States, Apache, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A globular water jar, or "tus," twined from willow and sumac and covered in pine pitch that renders the vessel watertight. The swelling body rises to a constricted neck and flaring rim bound in coiled fiber, with small looped handles at the shoulder for a carrying cord. Size: 11" W x 12" H (27.9 cm W x 30.5 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203452

Lot: 109 - Hopi Cottonwood & Leather Konin Kachina, Havasupai Maiden

Native American, Southwestern United States, Hopi, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A cottonwood kachina figure made by the Hopi people of Arizona, representing the Konin Kachin'mana - the maiden form of the kachina spirit honoring the Havasupai, a neighboring tribe of the Grand Canyon region. The figure is carved and painted with polychrome geometric facial markings and large multicolored side horns, and retains her buckskin tunic, red felt headband and wrist cuffs, and remnant feathers at the crown. Size: 4.5" W x 10" H x 3" D (11.4 cm W x 25.4 cm H x 7.6 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203351

Lot: 110 - Native American Limestone Wolf Effigy Pipe

Native American, ca. 20th century or earlier CE. A recumbent canine effigy pipe, carved from warm reddish-brown limestone, presents the animal in full repose, its elongated body serving as the stem while a cylindrical bowl rises from the dorsal surface in the functional geometry common to effigy pipe traditions across North America. The creature's compact head, with pricked ears and a modeled muzzle, anchors the composition with an economy of form that favors essential character over anatomical exactitude, rendering the animal watchful, low, and patient in the manner of something that has been waiting considerably longer than you have. Size: 11.3" W x 3.3" H x 2.3" D (28.7 cm W x 8.4 cm H x 5.8 cm D) Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private New York, USA collection, acquired October 2019 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202315

Lot: 111 - Native American Zuni Animal Fetish Shell & Stone Carvings, 10 pcs

Native American, Southwestern United States, Zuni Pueblo, ca. late 20th century. A collection of ten hand-carved stone and shell animal fetishes. Two large pieces in iridescent nacre shell - a frog and a turtle - are inlaid with turquoise chip accents, the turtle wire-wrapped as a pendant. A carved nacre otter cradles a small turquoise fish, while a stone horse and a second turtle each carry sinew-wrapped medicine bundles of turquoise, shell, and coral on their backs - a hallmark of the traditional Zuni fetish form believed to activate the spiritual power of the carving. Rounding out the group are a black stone skunk, turkey, bear, mouse, and a pig. The turkey is signed on the base by noted Zuni carver Calvin Weeka. Size of turtle pendant: 2" W x 2.6" H (5.1 cm W x 6.6 cm H) Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202841

Lot: 112 - 20th C. Acoma Black-on-White Pottery Jar - Tina Garcia

Native American, Pueblo, Tina Garcia (Santa Clara / Acoma), ca. 1980–2020 CE. A hand-coiled ceramic jar whose swelling shoulder and inward-drawn rim carry a dense, dazzling field of black-on-white geometry. Fine-line hatching radiates from central starbursts into interlocking triangles and stepped, nested chevrons, the negative white lines pulled taut against saturated matte black to

Lot: 113 - Northwest Coast Salish Twined Cedar Bark Square Basket

Native American, Northwestern Coast United States / Canada, Salish, ca. mid-20th century CE. A rectangular open-mouth basket plaited from cedar bark strips and twined beargrass, its walls alternating bands of pale grass and the darker bark. Size: 8" W x 6" H x 8" D (20.3 cm W x 15.2 cm H x 20.3 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203353

Lot: 114 - Inuit Walrus Ivory Carving & Fossilized Mammoth Molar

North America / Siberia, Pliocene to Pleistocene period, ca. 2.6 million to 10,000 years ago; Inuit culture, ca. 20th to 21st century CE. A compelling display of two relics from ancient environments: a weathered Inuit walrus ivory carving and a large mammoth molar fragment. The walrus ivory, carved in modern times with human faces framed by fur parka hoods, exhibits heavy age wear and patination, its surface darkened and cracked from long exposure, perhaps already entering the early stages of fossilization. Beside it, the mammoth molar fragment retains deeply worn enamel ridges, a record of both the animal's lifetime of use and the millennia of environmental weathering that followed. Size of molar: 4.25" L x 3" W x 2.5" H (10.8 cm x 7.6 cm x 6.4 cm); 3.75" H (9.5 cm) on included custom stand. This item is made of or contains walrus ivory and is classified under the ESA (Endangered Species Act) as an exempt piece. Due to federal and state regulations regarding the sale of ivory, this item cannot be shipped internationally or to individuals residing in the following U.S. states: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. Additionally, buyers are responsible for ensuring that their purchase complies with all local laws and regulations concerning ivory. We guarantee that this piece meets the criteria for an ESA antique exemption under U.S. Federal law, however, we advise buyers to consult with their local authorities to confirm their ability to legally acquire, possess, trade, or sell this item in your state of residence. Provenance: private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197552

Lot: 115 - Two Alaskan Bone Vertebrae w/ Drawn on Animal Faces

Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, Alaska, Inuit / Yupik cultures, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A pair of animal vertebrae, likely from an Arctic ungulate or marine mammal, transformed into folk objects through simple drawn faces rendered in ink and pencil. Size of largest: 1.75" L x 2.2" W (4.4 cm x 5.6 cm) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199389

Lot: 116 - Inuit Soapstone Sculpture Hunter w/ Seal

Tuukak Kiatainaq (First Nations Canadian, Inuit, b. 1935) Soapstone carving of Seal Hunter, ca. mid-20th century CE. A large soapstone carving of a woman lying on her side with a large fish or seal clasped under her body. Her gaping mouth expression indicates a struggle to get the flopping animal under control or exertion from hauling it onto the ice. The artist's disc number is carved into the underside of the leg "E91287" and a second set of numbers above, possibly "151567." The carver, Tuukak Kiatainaq, is from the village of Kangiqsujuaq, located in Nunavik, Quebec. Size: 11" L x 4" W x 5.5" H (27.9 cm x 10.2 cm x 14 cm) Provenance: private Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 178831

Lot: 117 - Inuit Soapstone / Bone Figural Carving, Mother & Child

First Nations, Northern Canada, Inuit, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A whale bone and soapstone sculpture depicting a mother and child figure with implements for butchering and hauling meat beside them. Next to the figures is a slab with an ulu knife carved into the top, a sled before them, a raised vessel, and a seal on its back- the stomach opened to reveal the innards. The bone base is signed "ADAMIE" with indiscernible numbers below. Size: 8" L x 4.2" W x 4" H (20.3 cm x 10.7 cm x 10.2 cm) Provenance: private Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 181732

Lot: 118 - Inuit Soapstone Kneeling Female Figure by Panniark Siusangnark

Panniark Siusangnark (Canadian First Nations / Inuit, Repulse Bay / Naujaat, b. 1934). Disc number E3-515. Kneeling female figure. Soapstone sculpture, n.d. Signed in syllabics and disc number on underside of base. A carved soapstone figure of a kneeling woman by Panniark Siusangnark of Repulse Bay, the dark, mottled stone brought to a high polish that amplifies the figure's compact, rounded mass. From the front, a broad-shouldered female form emerges with quiet authority: arms curving inward to terminate in fisted hands resting against the thighs, and a head framed by two braids that fall to either side of a calm, simply rendered face. Size: 2.7" W x 6" H x 3.8" D (6.9 cm W x 15.2 cm H x 9.7 cm D) Viewed from the rear, those same braids converge to suggest a long-beaked bird head with uncanny conviction, lending the figure a second identity that is perhaps less coincidence than intention, reminiscent of the transformational imagery central to Inuit spiritual thought, where the boundary between human and animal is a threshold rather than a wall. Siusangnark, born in 1934 and associated with the vital carving tradition of Naujaat, worked in the elemental idiom of mid-twentieth-century Inuit sculpture, where formal economy and spiritual depth are inseparable. Disc number E3-515. Provenance: private Henderson, Nevada, USA collection, by inheritance; ex-M. McMahan, photographer, Los Angeles, California, USA, assembled 1965 to 1995 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202796

Lot: 119 - Lot of 75 Moroccan Flint Uniface Tools

Northwestern Africa, Morocco, Atlas Mountains, Upper Paleolithic to Mesolithic Period, ca. 24,000–8000 BCE. A collection of 75 knapped stone tools from sites in Algeria and Morocco made from flint (chert) and quartzite stones. Size of largest: 3.25" L x 0.75" W (8.3 cm L x 1.9 cm W). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, acquired from Keystone Auctions, York, Pennsylvania, USA, April 12, 2024 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 188926

Lot: 120 - Three African Neolithic Stone Choppers

Africa, Neolithic Period, ca. 10000 to 5000 BCE. A set of 3 hand-knapped stone chopping tools that showcase mottled hued of white, gray, red, and orange. The overall forms of each tool suggest that they could be wielded in one's hand or secured to the end of a pole or handle. Size of largest: 5.375" L x 2.7" W x 1.4" H (13.7 cm x 6.9 cm x 3.6 cm) Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 176824

Lot: 121 - Saharan Aterian & Tilemsi Stone Point Group - Lot of 25

North Africa, Sahara, Aterian and Tilemsi cultures, ca. 9000–3000 BCE. A compelling assemblage of twenty-five chipped stone projectile points and blade preforms drawn from the vast lithic record of the Saharan Mesolithic and Neolithic. Knapped from cherts, jaspers, and silicified sandstones in warm tones of caramel, ochre, smoke-gray, and umber, the points display the full vocabulary of pressure flaking: bifacial retouch climbing the faces in feathery scars, fine serrations along select edges, and the elongated lanceolate silhouettes that distinguish Tilemsi tradition workmanship from the older, tanged Aterian forms. Several pieces retain the characteristic Aterian basal stem, a hafting innovation considered among the earliest in the human archaeological record, while others taper to leaf-shaped or ogival tips associated with the later pastoralist communities of the Tilemsi Valley in present-day Mali and the wider central Sahara. These tools were produced when the Sahara was no desert at all but a verdant mosaic of lakes, savannas, and seasonal rivers, a "Green Sahara" populated by hunting bands and, later, by cattle-keeping peoples whose rock paintings still survive on the cliffs of the Tassili and Acacus. Points such as these tipped arrows and light spears used in the pursuit of antelope, wild cattle, and waterfowl, and their abundance across the eroding surfaces of the modern desert speaks to a long-vanished ecology of plenty. As a study group, the lot offers a tactile cross-section of two of Africa's most influential prehistoric lithic industries. Size of largest: 1.4" W x 4" H x 1" D (3.6 cm W x 10.2 cm H x 2.5 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, acquired from Keystone Auctions, York, Pennsylvania, USA, April 12, 2024 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 188927

Lot: 122 - Three Neolithic African Sahara Chert Stone Hand Axes

Northern Africa, Sahara Desert, Neolithic period, ca. 10,000 to 6000 BCE. A collection of 3 stone blades perhaps for handheld use, knapped from a creamy gray and maroon chert. Such tools were used by ancient humans adapting to the changing climate of the Sahara - during this time period, weather conditions called the Neolithic Subpluvial meant that the Sahara was a green, fertile landscape, ideal for hunter and gathering cultures. Size: 5" L x 2" W (12.7 cm x 5.1 cm) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200446

Lot: 123 - Neolithic North African Circular Flint Blade Tool

North Africa, Sahara Desert region, Neolithic Period, ca. 8000 to 3000 BCE. A circular chert tool formed as a broad discoidal blade with carefully flaked edges creating a continuous cutting surface. The stone presents a soft tan to pale buff desert patina, developed over long exposure, giving the surface a smooth feel. The rounded form fits comfortably in the hand, suggesting use in butchering game or processing animal hides. Size: 2.1" Diameter (5.3 cm) Provenance: Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from a Los Angeles, California, USA gallery acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 194381

Lot: 124 - Neolithic African Saharan Chert Skinning Tool

North Africa, Sahara Desert region, Neolithic Period, ca. 8000 to 3000 BCE. A circular chert skinning tool knapped from gray stone, its broad discoid form carefully shaped through direct percussion and edge retouch. The surface displays visible flake scars across both faces, with a continuous worked perimeter forming a wide, sharp cutting edge. The balanced, palm-sized scale suggest use in butchering game and processing hides, tasks central to Neolithic pastoralist and hunter-gatherer life in the Saharan region. Size: 3" L x 2.25" W (7.6 cm x 5.7 cm) Provenance: Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from a Los Angeles, California, USA gallery acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 194384

Lot: 125 - Prehistoric North Africa Neolithic Stone Scraper Tool

North Africa, Sahara Desert region, Neolithic period, ca. 8000 to 3000 BCE. A knapped chert stone tool of rounded oval form, its carefully worked edges likely serving as a scraper or cutting implement. The surface bears percussion flake scars, now worn smooth from long exposure to the elements, attesting to both its prehistoric use and millennia of weathering. Such a tool would have been indispensable to early pastoralist and hunter-gatherer communities of the Saharan region, used for tasks such as butchering game, processing hides, and other daily survival activities. Size: 2.25" Diameter (5.7 cm) Provenance: Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from a Los Angeles, California, USA gallery acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 194382

Lot: 126 - Neolithic Saharan Stone Hand Tools - Group of Three Knapped Implements

North Africa, Sahara, Neolithic, ca. 7000–3000 BCE. A trio of hand-worked stone implements struck from warm-toned siliceous rock, their surfaces ranging from amber and rose to smoky gray. Each was shaped by percussion flaking, the removal scars rippling across faces that retain the lustrous patina of long burial in desert sand. Two carry tapering, leaf-like profiles suited to cutting or scraping, while the third presents a broader, rounded form that sits comfortably in the palm. These were the workaday tools of Saharan herders and foragers during the African Humid Period, when grasslands and lakes drew human settlement across what is now arid waste. Their bifacial working and edge geometry speak to a practiced lithic tradition, the knapper's intent legible in every conchoidal flake. Utilitarian rather than ceremonial, they preserve the rhythm of daily survival in stone. Size of largest: 2.3" W x 4.9" H (5.8 cm W x 12.4 cm H). During the African Humid Period (roughly 11,000 to 5,000 years ago), the Sahara was a mosaic of lakes, rivers, and savanna supporting cattle herders, fishers, and hunter-gatherers whose stone toolkits are scattered across the present-day desert. Surface finds of this kind, recovered from deflated sand sheets, are among the most abundant material traces of that vanished green Sahara. The reddish and honeyed hues derive from iron staining and wind-polish acquired over millennia of exposure. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200160

Lot: 127 - Tuareg Berber Leather Saddle Decoration - Green Dye Openwork & Yarn

North Africa, Tuareg people, Berber culture, ca. mid-20th century CE. A green-dyed leather saddle tassel, its surface cut with openwork designs revealing a red felt lining in geometric bands of triangles, chevrons, and dashes. The lower body is tooled with incised lines and dotted motifs, and leather and yarn tassels in yellow, red, and green hang from the seams, with a slender thong strap for. Size: 3.5" W x 10" H (8.9 cm W x 25.4 cm H). Provenance: private Englewood, Colorado, USA collection; ex-Martin Boxer estate, Denver, Colorado, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203817

Lot: 128 - Sumatran Kroe Cotton Cloth with Supplementary Weft

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Kroe, ca. 1850–1930 CE. A ceremonial textile woven with supplementary weft in red, saffron, and indigo on a plain cotton ground. The central field is decorated with hooked and meandering forms, pinwheel motifs, and angular spirals, framed by lozenge registers. Such cloths were woven by women on backstrap looms and exchanged at weddings and funerals in Lampung society. Size: 15.5" W x 38" H (39.4 cm W x 96.5 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203428

Lot: 129 - 19th C. Borneo Dayak Wood Hampatong Ancestor Figure

Southeast Asia, Borneo, Dayak culture, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. Carved from a single timber, this Dayak hampatong guardian figure rises with a quiet but unmistakable authority. The tall, blocklike base supports a crouched, forward-leaning figure whose elongated arms rest along bent legs, a posture that suggests readiness rather than rest. Proportion is deliberate rather than naturalistic. The head appears large in relation to the body, its deeply incised features and simplified planes giving the face a focused, watchful presence. Forward-set eyes meet the viewer directly, while a stylized coiffure or headdress signals the figure's ritual identity. Tool marks and pronounced wood grain remain integral to the surface, lending the sculpture rhythm and vitality. The carving favors texture over refinement, reflecting Dayak sculptural traditions in which the material itself is believed to hold spiritual force. Size: 4.3" W x 27.5" H (10.9 cm x 69.8 cm) Such hampatong figures were traditionally erected near villages, longhouses, or burial grounds, where they served as guardians against harmful influences and as intermediaries between the human and spirit worlds. In many cases, they also commemorated ancestors or individuals of significance, fixing lineage memory within the landscape. Elongated proportions and frontal orientation place this figure within a long continuum of Bornean guardian sculpture, while subtle differences in posture and execution point to regional or workshop variation. Both protective and commemorative, the figure stands as a powerful expression of Dayak cosmology, where ancestry, vigilance, and the unseen world are given enduring form in wood. Provenance: private Rogers, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Bosio collection, Miami, Florida, USA, 1960-2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200171

Lot: 130 - Vibrant Borneo Dayak Tribal Wood Ritual Mask

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Borneo, Dayak culture, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A boldly carved wooden mask presenting a simplified visage with deeply recessed eyes, a long projecting nose, and a slightly open mouth with incised teeth. The surface is painted red, yellow pigments, giving the piece a dramatic, almost theatrical energy that reflects its ritual use and symbolic potency. Mounted on a modern custom stand for display. Size: 14" L x 7.5" W (35.6 cm x 19 cm); 19.75" H (50.2 cm) on included custom stand. Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-David Pusack collection, Los Angeles, California, collected 1990s to mid-2000s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197811

Lot: 131 - Borneo Dayak Wood Anthropomorphic Ritual Mask

Southeast Asia, Borneo, Dayak Peoples, early to mid-20th century CE. A haunting wooden mask, its surface aged to a deep brown patina with areas of lighter wear that highlight its age and ritual use. The mask presents an elongated human visage with eyes, a narrow ridge nose, and a small slitted mouth. Such masks were traditionally worn or displayed in initiation rites, agricultural festivals, and ceremonies invoking ancestral or protective spirits. Comes on a custom stand for display. Size: 10.25" L x 5.75" W (26 cm x 14.6 cm); 12.25" H (31.1 cm) on included custom stand. Provenance: Private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-David Pusack collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197353

Lot: 132 - Large Borneo Iban Dayak Wooden Tribal Mask

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Borneo, Sarawak, Iban Dayak peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A large wooden anthropomorphic mask carved from a single block of lightweight wood. The visage features an elongated oval face with projecting round ears fitted separately to the sides, eye openings, a prominent nose, and a narrow mouth with individually cut vertical teeth. Remains of white kaolin and black pigments highlight the eyes, nose, and lower face. Small iron nails remain embedded around the mouth, chin, temples, and ears. Several still secure fragments of coarse hair, indicating the mask once supported a full beard or additional coiffure elements. Size: 13.5" W x 14" H (34.3 cm x 35.6 cm); 20.5" H (52.1 cm) on included custom stand. Provenance: Private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-David Pusack collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197808

Lot: 133 - Melanesia Bone Nose Ornaments, Needles & Teeth

Oceania, Melanesia, Solomon Islands & Admiralty Islands, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A collection of carved bone and ivory objects including slender needles with drilled eyes, a long flat pendant or tool with a suspension perforation, two long nose ornaments, and two boar tusk or teeth. Size of tooth: 1.9" L x 0.6" W (4.8 cm x 1.5 cm)" Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199624

Lot: 134 - Melanesia Conus Shell Disc Necklace - Tribal Currency Adornment

Oceania, Melanesia / Micronesia, ca. 1900–1975 CE. A graduated string of conus shell discs, each ground and polished from the apical whorls of the cone shell. Pierced at the center, the discs are threaded onto a leather cord wrapped with vegetal fiber, ascending in size. Worn as personal adornment and a marker of prestige, such shell ornaments doubled as a form of traditional wealth, exchanged in bride-price, alliance, and ceremonial display. Size of strand: 31" L (78.7 cm L); largest shell: 2.5" D (6.3 cm D). Provenance: Private Arlington, Virginia, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203449

Lot: 135 - Large Maori Stone Toki Adze Blade

Oceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. 19th century CE or earlier. A large ground-stone toki (adze blade), tapering from a rounded poll to a broadened bit, with a mottled grey-green surface. The blade was pecked and polished, and would have been lashed to a wooden haft for felling timber, canoe building, and woodworking. Size: 4" W x 9.5" H x 1.2" D (10.2 cm W x 24.1 cm H x 3.0 cm D). Provenance: private Texas, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 204024

Lot: 136 - Early 20th C. Maori Carved Wood Inkwell with Paua Shell Eyes

Oceania, New Zealand, Maori culture, ca. 1900–1950 CE. A carved wood desk inkwell holding an antique glass ink jar between tiki figures. A flanking pair of heads each extends a protruding tongue, and a third mask sits at the front center; all show the spiraled brows and grimacing mouths of Maori figural carving, with eyes inset with iridescent paua (abalone) shell. The base is carved with scrolling koru and rauponga notching. Pieces of this type were produced in the early twentieth century, likely for the settler and tourist market, adapting Maori carving traditions to a European desk implement. Size: 5.3" L x 8.9" W x 2.5" H (13.5 cm x 22.6 cm x 6.4 cm). Provenance: private southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203992

Lot: 137 - Papua New Guinea Palmwood Bow & Assorted Arrows

Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1900–1975 CE. A wooden bow accompanied by a group of wood and bamboo arrows. The arrows display a range of sharply barbed tips, some with carved decoration and woven attachments. The barbed forms are designed for deep penetration and difficult removal, reflecting weapons used in both warfare and hunting. Some of these arrows carry cowrie shells, suggesting these were likely prestige items, used in ceremonial or dance contexts, where they could carry symbolic associations with power and strength. Size of bow: 75" L x 1.6" W (190.5 cm L x 4.1 cm W). Provenance: private Park City, Utah, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201614

Lot: 138 - Philippine Tribal Bow & Metal Tipped Arrows in Quiver

Southeast Asia, Philippines, ca. mid-20th century CE. A long bow and sheaf of arrows with iron needle tips, the stave fashioned from dense black palm. The arrows have slender reed shafts and are stored in a quiver of dried skin stretched over a bamboo cylinder, with cloth bands and remnant cotton cords. Size: 69" L x 1.2" W (175.3 cm L x 3.0 cm W). Provenance: private Park City, Utah, USA collection; Ex-Private Chicago, Illinois, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201618

Lot: 139 - Papua New Guinea Basketry Helmet Mask - Mosquito Spirit With Cassowary Crest

Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Sepik region, ca. mid 20th century CE. A woven cane basketry helmet mask representing a male mosquito spirit, its coiled framework sheathed in clay plaster and painted in white, ochre red, and black. The eyes are encircled with woven cane rings, and a slender projecting nose descends between them, with a crest of cassowary feathers extending from the crown and trailing downward. Helmet masks of this type were danced in initiation and mortuary ceremonies, embodying ancestral or bush spirits mediating between the living and the spirit world. Size: 13" W x 18" H x 20" D (33.0 cm W x 45.7 cm H x 50.8 cm D). Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203789

Lot: 140 - 20th C. Papua New Guinea Cassowary Feather Headdress - Highlands Adornment

Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Highlands peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A dense headdress of glossy black cassowary plumes radiating outward, bound at the base into a woven vegetal fiber cap foundation. The cassowary holds a singular place in Highlands cosmology, regarded as a being of ambiguous and dangerous power, capable of inflicting fatal wounds with its dagger-like inner claw. Its plumage, prized for ceremonial adornment, signified status and the wearer's command over potent natural forces. Size: 10" W x 12" H (25.4 cm W x 30.5 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203319

Lot: 141 - Papua New Guinea Boar Tusk Pendant Necklace - Job's Tears Seed Beads

Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1900–1980 CE. A curved boar tusk bound at the midpoint with vegetal fiber cord, from which hang strands of strung Job's tears seed pods. Curved boar tusks were prestige objects across Melanesia and the wider Pacific, signifying wealth and social standing. The seed pods are restrung on modern monofilament. Size of tusks: 4.3" L x 1" W (10.9 cm L x 2.5 cm W); strand: 26" L (66.0 cm L). Provenance: private J.H. collection, Beaverton, Oregon, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 152005

Lot: 142 - Papua New Guinea Sepik River Dog-Tooth Necklace - Plaited Fiber Cord

Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. 1900–1970 CE. A choker-length band of hand-plaited bast fiber bristling with rows of canine teeth, their enamel crowns burnished to a warm ivory by handling and age. Slender dog canines alternate with a broader molar, each tooth anchored into the twined cordage so that the points face outward in a serrated, defensive rhythm. Along the Sepik River, dog teeth carried real currency: prized for both ornament and exchange, they signaled the wearer's standing, wealth, and prowess. Such necklaces were worn at dances and ceremonial gatherings, where the accumulation of teeth advertised a man's success in hunting or trade. The economy of means here, fiber, tooth, and knot, belies the labor of collection, for each canine represents a separate animal and a separate transaction in a society where adornment and value were inseparable. Size of largest tooth: 1.5" L x 0.3" W (3.8 cm L x 0.8 cm W); of necklace: 22.4" L (56.9 cm L). Among the peoples of the Sepik, dog teeth functioned as a recognized medium of exchange well into the twentieth century, strung in lengths and traded much like shell valuables elsewhere in Melanesia. Their worth lay partly in scarcity: a single dog yields only four canines, so a fully strung ornament such as this aggregates the teeth of many animals, a tangible ledger of accumulated wealth and social obligation. Worn at feasts and initiation rites, these adornments mediated relationships as much as they decorated the body. Provenance: private J.H. collection, Beaverton, Oregon, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 152146

Lot: 143 - New Guinea Asmat Palmwood Bow & Six Cane Hunting Arrows

Melanesia, New Guinea, Asmat people, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A hunter's set from the forests of southwestern New Guinea, comprising a two palmwood bows paired with six slender arrows. The arrows combine lightweight cane shafts with hardwood foreshafts, several bound with fiber lashings and bands of pigment near the nock and head. The foreshafts are variously pointed and barbed, configured for spearing fish, birds, and small game across river and tidal channels. Among the Asmat, bow and arrow served daily subsistence as well as the prestige economy of skilled hunting, the weapons crafted by hand without metal tooling. Size of longer bow: 59" L x 1.3" W (149.9 cm L x 3.3 cm W). Provenance: private Park City, Utah, USA collection; Ex-Private Chicago, Illinois, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201613

Lot: 144 - Papua New Guinea Bamboo & Vegetal Fiber Implements

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. This group comprises several vegetal fiber and bamboo objects, including two woven armbands and a belt or sash made from the same braided plant fibers. A bamboo pole is fitted with woven attachments and cassowary feathers, its upper end split into serrated prongs and capped with tightly wrapped fiber, while the open tubular end includes a suspension loop and an interior coated with a chalky white residue, suggesting use as a container for lime, medicinal powder, or ritual substances. Another element is a dense raffia object incorporating bark panels, cords, and a rigid arched handle at the top, with a pronounced conical, snout-like projection. Size of bamboo pole: 33" L x 12" W (83.8 cm x 30.5 cm) Provenance: private Tucson, Arizona, USA collection, acquired between 1950 and 1985 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 195682

Lot: 145 - Papua New Guinea Dance Axe - Stone Blade

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, ca. 20th century CE. A finely balanced ceremonial dance axe combining strength, symbolism, and movement, this Papua New Guinea example features a polished stone blade secured to a carved wooden haft with tightly wrapped cane bindings. The junction is reinforced with animal sinew and cloth beneath the cane, attesting to both functional ingenuity and traditional construction methods. The handle curves gracefully, its warm-toned wood shaped for both visual impact and performance use. At the opposing end, a carved wooden adze head extends outward, creating a striking dual form that enhances the object's ceremonial presence. The contrast between the pale stone blade, dark organic bindings, and smooth wood surface underscores the material harmony typical of Oceanic ritual objects. Such axes were often used in dance and ceremonial display, where gesture and movement animated their sculptural qualities. Size: 23.3" L x 1.8" W x 20.5" H (59.2 cm x 4.6 cm x 52.1 cm) Provenance: private Park City, Utah, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201636

Lot: 146 - Early 20th C. SE Asian Palawan Island Bamboo Blowgun

Southeast Asia, western Philippines, Palawan Island, Tagbanua tribe, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fine and lengthy blowgun made from bamboo. The bamboo naturally grows with hollow internodes which makes this material ideal for blowguns. This blowgun is constructed from two pieces with one narrow shaft set inside a larger and held in place with a pitch, the pitch is also coated across the exterior of one end. The bamboo is decorated with black linear motifs that are formed by burning a rattan strip then rubbing it across the bamboo. The blowgun would have been used with darts dipped in poison, and as the name suggests, the darts were propelled by blowing through one end of the bamboo shaft. These blowguns were accurate and powerful; the darts could fly 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15 meters) to take down game. Size: 58.125" L x .75" W (147.6 cm x 1.9 cm) Provenance: private J.H. collection, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, acquired in the early 1990s; ex-Auctions Imperial, Los Angeles, California, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 154833

Lot: 147 - Balinese Lontar Palm Leaf Manuscript, Hindu Epic Scenes

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Bali, ca. mid-20th century CE. A finely incised Balinese palm-leaf manuscript (lontar) composed of multiple narrow, rectangular folios bound together with a central leather cord and capped by protective wooden covers. Each folio is etched with intricate illustrations depicting divine and mythological scenes, including boar hunting - likely episodes from the Ramayana or Mahabharata - and the versos feature lines of script, traditionally written in Old Javanese (Kawi) or Balinese. The entire manuscript is elegantly presented within a modern acrylic panel for display. Size of wood cover: 12.75" L x 1.5" W (32.4 cm x 3.8 cm); acrylic panel: 14.75" W x 35" H (37.5 cm x 88.9 cm) Provenance: private Wichita, Kansas, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 198905

Lot: 148 - Mammoth Ivory, Fur, Woolly Rhino Tooth & Fern Fossil

Northern Asia, Russia, Siberia / North America, Alaska, Pleistocene (Ice Age), ca. 2.6 million to 10,000 years ago; North America, United States, Missouri, Pennsylvanian Age, ca. 323 million years ago. An assemblage of Ice Age megafauna material from woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) and woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis), including tusk ivory fragments, a molar tooth, and preserved hair. The group also includes botanical fossils of prehistoric Odontopteris brardii ferns preserved in brown shale from Missouri. The woolly rhinoceros molar, mounted on a wooden base, shows a deep-rooted structure characteristic of grazing megaherbivores. Two substantial sections of mammoth tusk ivory survive as polished and stabilized fragments, accompanied by strands of mammoth hair recovered from Siberian and Alaskan permafrost. Size of longest ivory: 9.75" L x 1.6" W (24.8 cm x 4.1 cm) This item is made of or contains mammoth ivory and is classified under the ESA (Endangered Species Act) as an exempt piece. Due to federal and state regulations regarding the sale of ivory, this item cannot be shipped internationally or to individuals residing in the following U.S. states: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. Additionally, buyers are responsible for ensuring that their purchase complies with all local laws and regulations concerning ivory. We guarantee that this piece meets the criteria for an ESA antique exemption under U.S. Federal law, however, we advise buyers to consult with their local authorities to confirm their ability to legally acquire, possess, trade, or sell this item in your state of residence. Provenance: private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200645

Lot: 149 - Prehistoric Complete Oreodont Femur Bone Fossil

North America, United States, South Dakota, Brule Formation, Oligocene epoch, ca. 30 million years ago. A complete fossil femur of Merycoidodon culbertsoni, an oreodont, presented on a custom display stand; the bone shows a well-preserved shaft with defined articular ends and natural surface texture, with visible fossilization and mineral coloration throughout; oreodonts were herd-dwelling, cud-chewing herbivores with a compact, sturdy build, often compared to a blend of pig, sheep, and camel in form; they were a dominant presence across prehistoric North American grasslands before their eventual extinction; mounted for display, the specimen offers a clear and stable presentation suitable for study or collection. Size: 6.25" L x 1.5" W (15.9 cm x 3.8 cm); 6.8" H (17.3 cm) on included custom stand. Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201960

Lot: 150 - Natural History Group - Banded Agate, Petrified Wood & Plant Fossil

North America, ca. 1,000,000,000 BCE. A group of three natural specimens. The first is a banded agate (chalcedony) nodule retaining its rough natural exterior on one face, with the opposite face cut and polished to reveal concentric grey, white, and amber banding. The second is a section of petrified wood preserving the branch form, and the third is a split fossil-bearing rock showing the impression of a frond-like plant. Size: 3.75" W x 2.2" H (9.5 cm W x 5.6 cm H). Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200660

Lot: 151 - Fossilized Bison Horn Core & Three Dinosaur Bones

North America, Western United States, Pleistocene, ca. 250,000 to 10,000 years ago; & Late Cretaceous period, ca. 68 to 66 million years ago. A prehistoric bison horn core, likely from Ice Age Bison antiquus, accompanied by three elongated fossilized bone fragments tentatively identified as dinosaur, each showing weathered surfaces and mineralization. Size of bison horn core: 8" L x 2" W (20.3 cm x 5.1 cm) Provenance: private Texas, USA Collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201880

Lot: 152 - Group of Assorted Trilobite Fossils in Matrices

North America & Africa, Cambrian to Permian era, ca. 540 million–252 million years ago. This collection features trilobites in a variety of forms and species, including fully excavated specimens, partial remains, and enrolled examples, representing multiple species across several genera with notable examples of Elrathia and other classic trilobite forms preserved in their original stone matrices. Size of largest: 3.5" W x 1" H x 3.25" D (8.9 cm W x 2.5 cm H x 8.3 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202969

Lot: 153 - Paleozoic Brachiopod Fossil Limestone Slab

Ancient Seas, Paleozoic period, ca. 300 to 400 million years ago. A limestone slab with dozens of fossilized brachiopod shells and impressions preserved across its textured surface, offering a quiet but enduring record of ancient marine life. Size: 2" L x 10" W x 8.8" H (5.1 cm x 25.4 cm x 22.4 cm) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201479

Lot: 154 - Large Orthoceras Fossil Stone Panel

Ancient Seas, Morocco, Devonian Period, ca. 419.2 to 358.9 million years ago. A large rectangular orthoceras fossil panel featuring numerous fragmentary shells set within a dark stone matrix, with several circular flat sections suggesting use as a support base or presentation stand. The composition displays elongated, conical forms arranged in dynamic alignment across the surface. Orthoceras, an early cephalopod, possessed long, straight shells that housed its soft body and tentacles. The stone has been polished to clearly reveal the fossils, with white segmented sections representing preserved shell material. These contrast against the darker ground and emphasize the linear structure of the shells. Some elongated forms illustrate the full tapering shape of the organism, offering a clear view of the internal segmentation and overall morphology of these ancient marine animals. Size: 18" W x 26.5" H x 1.8" D (45.7 cm W x 67.3 cm H x 4.6 cm D) Prehistoric 'straight' cephalopods include straight ammonoids called orthoceras. Cephalopod evolution began during the Late Cambrian Period. Some of these creatures evolved into semi-coiled forms, eventually giving rise to coiled cephalopods like ammonites and nautili. Straight cephalopods were among the most advanced invertebrates of their time, with eyes, jaws, and a sophisticated nervous system. These creatures were predators that swam freely using a jet propulsion system by squirting water from their bodies. They had tentacles and ink sacs, much like present-day squid. Except for belemnites, cephalopods had external shells with hollow internal chambers separated by walls called septa. A tube called the siphuncle connected the body with the chambers allowing the animal to fill them with water or air, changing its buoyancy in order to rise or drop in the ocean. Only the last and largest chamber was occupied by the living animal! Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197291

Lot: 155 - Fossilized Bivalve Shells & Marine Life Collection

North America & Africa, ca. 500,000,000 - 5,000,000 BCE. North America & Africa, ca. Cambrian to Miocene era, ca. 500 to 5 million years ago. A collection of fossilized marine invertebrates spanning hundreds of millions of years of ocean life, including brachiopods, bivalves, gastropods, and echinoderm fragments in a wide range of sizes, species, and states of preservation. A wonderful bulk lot for educators, beginning collectors, or anyone looking to build a diverse reference collection of prehistoric sea life. Size of largest: 2.5" L x 1.25" W (6.3 cm L x 3.2 cm W) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202964

Lot: 156 - Large Ammonite Fossil, Morocco Cretaceous Era

North Africa, Morocco, Cretaceous Period, ca. 100 to 66 million years ago. A large natural ammonite fossil displaying well-defined coiling and some faint ribbing to the obverse face, with the reverse showing the natural inner structure of the shell chambers. Size: 2.5" W x 7.25" H (6.3 cm W x 18.4 cm H) Provenance: private Henderson, Nevada, USA collection, by inheritance; ex-M. McMahan, photographer, Los Angeles, California, USA, assembled 1965 to 1995 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202798

Lot: 157 - Indonesian Large Amber Pendant & Polished Disc

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, ca. late 20th to 21st century CE. A wearable oversized amber pendant strung on a cord, accompanied by a polished amber disc. Formed from ancient tree resin that hardened over millions of years, amber has long been valued across Asia for adornment, trade, and ritual use. Size: 3.3" L x 3" W (8.4 cm x 7.6 cm) Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200816

Lot: 158 - Fifteen Amber Pieces with Suspended Insects

Northern Europe, Baltic region, ca. 470,000,000–340,000,000 BCE. Fifteen loose amber pieces in varied shapes and sizes, ranging from warm honey to deep cognac tones, some polished to a clear finish with visible inclusions and occasional insect encasements, while others retain a more matte surface that could benefit from additional polishing. One is mounted in small acrylic display cases with a magnified lid, making this group well suited for jewelry making or study. Size: 0.9" W x 1.1" H (2.3 cm W x 2.8 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202856

Lot: 159 - North American Silurian Eurypterus Sea Scorpion Fossil

North America, United States, New York State, ca. 427,000,000–423,000,000 BCE. A fossil Eurypterus preserved in a stone matrix, the segmented body, broad carapace, and trailing telson clearly articulated against the matrix. These extinct aquatic arthropods inhabited shallow Silurian lagoons some 420 million years ago and are distant relatives of modern arachnids and horseshoe crabs. This specimen is consistent with material weathering from the Bertie Formation of western New York, where periodic hypersaline conditions preserved molted exoskeletons in fine detail. Size: 6.25" W x 4.8" H x 0.6" D (15.9 cm W x 12.2 cm H x 1.5 cm D). Provenance: private Healy collection, Studio City, California, USA, acquired 1995-2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 141944

Lot: 160 - Ammonite Shell Fossil Collection - Polished & Raw Specimens

North America, Africa, & South America, Devonian to Cretaceous, ca. 409,000,000–66,000,000 BCE. This collection showcases ammonites in a wonderful variety of forms, including polished cross-sections revealing intricate suture patterns, raw whole specimens, matrix-embedded impressions, and examples with stunning iridescent nacre, offering something for every collector and a beautiful representation of one of prehistory's most elegant creatures! Size: 3.5" D x 1" H (8.9 cm D x 2.5 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202971

Lot: 161 - Nanotyrannus Tooth, Fern Fossil, & Chocolate Opal Specimen

Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, ca. millions of years ago; North America, United States, Montana, Hell Creek Formation, Late Cretaceous, ca. 100 to 66 million years ago; Missouri, Pennsylvanian, ca. 323 million years ago. This group of three specimens includes fern fronds of Odontopteris brardii preserved in Bonner Springs Shale from Platte County, Missouri, representing Carboniferous coal forest flora. A theropod dinosaur tooth from the Hell Creek Formation, identified as Nanotyrannus, and a polished chocolate opal with warm iridescent rainbow hues and remnants of the original matrix along the edges. Size of fern: 8.2" L x 5.5" W (20.8 cm L x 14.0 cm W) Provenance: private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200636

Lot: 162 - Prehistoric Assorted Fossilized Ferns in Matrices

North America, ca. 300,000,000 - 52,000,000 BCE. North America, United States & Canada, Pennsylvanian to Eocene era, ca. 300 to 52 million years ago. A collection of fossiliferous shale and slate rocks bearing impressions and fossilized remains of prehistoric ferns. Size of largest: 5.3" W x 7" H (13.5 cm W x 17.8 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202963

Lot: 163 - Large White Botryoidal Mineral Formation

Mexico or Morocco, over 10,000 years old. Exceptional Large Botryoidal Aragonite/Calcite Specimen A visually commanding example of botryoidal mineral formation, this museum-scale specimen measures an impressive 14.75 inches in length — a size rarely encountered in the private market. The pure white, grape-cluster surface growths cascade in multiple directions, creating a sculptural complexity that rewards viewing from every angle. The specimen's exceptional scale, pristine white coloration, and dramatic three-dimensional botryoidal structure place it firmly in the category of display-quality natural history art. Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202693

Lot: 164 - Zeolite Mineral Collection - India Deccan Traps Specimens

South Asia, India, Maharashtra (Deccan Traps), ca. millions of years ago. An assortment of classic zeolite-suite minerals including milky drusy apophyllite, pale green apophyllite, peach-toned stilbite and heulandite, colorless to amethystine quartz, and creamy calcite. Several specimens are perched on matrix or line hollow geodes. These species formed as low-temperature hydrothermal fluids percolated through gas vesicles in cooling lava approximately 66 million years ago, crystallizing slowly into the glassy, sugary, and bladed habits displayed here. Size of largest: 7" W x 2" H x 5.5" D (17.8 cm W x 5.1 cm H x 14.0 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200543

Lot: 165 - Cretaceous Dinosaur Tooth & Opals - Richardoestesia, Hell Creek Formation

Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, & North America, United States, Montana, ca. 72,000,000–66,000,000 BCE. An assorted group of natural history specimens including a dinosaur Richardoestesia tooth from the Hell Creek Formation, a polished chocolate opal, and two fragments of white opals. Size of brown opal: 1" D (2.5 cm D). Provenance: private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200635

Lot: 166 - Edmontosaurus Fossil Tooth, Hell Creek Formation, Late Cretaceous

North America, Western United States, South Dakota, Hell Creek Formation, Cretaceous, ca. 68 to 65.5 million years ago. A fossilized Edmontosaurus tooth preserved in natural matrix, representing a Late Cretaceous hadrosaurid herbivore whose complex dental batteries were adapted for grinding tough vegetation some 71 to 65 million years ago. Size: 3.6" W x 2.6" H (9.1 cm x 6.6 cm); 2.8" H (7.1 cm) on included custom stand. Provenance: private Berthoud, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201494

Lot: 167 - Hundreds of Prehistoric Moroccan Sand Shark Teeth

North Africa, Morocco, ca. 56,000,000 - 33,000,000 BCE. North Africa, Western Sahara & Morocco, Eocene era, ca. 56 to 33 million years ago. A collection of slender prehistoric shark teeth, primarily from sand sharks of the Tethys Sea - the ancient ancestors to modern Tiger sharks. About half of the teeth are sorted in small envelopes with labels. Loose teeth such as these are the perfect size to use in jewelry such as earrings or pendants! Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202967

Lot: 168 - Green River Formation Fossilized Fish in Matrices

North America, United States, ca. 53,500,000 - 48,500,000 BCE. North America, Western United States, Green River Formation, Eocene, ca. 53.5 to 48.5 million years ago. A collection of stone matrices each preserving one or more fossilized fish, including multiple examples of Knightia and a rarer Amphiplaga, the largest specimen in the group. Size of largest matrix: 6.2" W x 7" H (15.7 cm W x 17.8 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202966

Lot: 169 - Miocene Petrified Wood Section, Indonesia

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Miocene to Pliocene epoch, ca. 2 to 23 million years ago. A fragment of deep time, arrested mid-grain. This substantial section of silicified wood preserves, with uncommon fidelity, the fibrous longitudinal cellular architecture of a tropical hardwood indigenous to the ancient forests of the Indonesian archipelago, where volcanic ash burial and silica-rich groundwater infiltration conspired over millions of years to transform living tissue into stone without erasing the memory of the tree. The pale cream and warm tan ground is characteristic of Indonesian silicification, which favors clean mineral replacement over the chromatic agate banding seen in more dramatic but less structurally candid examples. Prominent across the central face, a diagonal tract of compressed vascular tissue, perhaps a healed branch union, reads as a dark calligraphic gesture through the grain, lending the piece an almost compositional quality. The surviving bark or outer cambial layer along the upper margin reinforces the specimen's natural integrity. A compelling object for the natural history collector and the discerning eye alike, it asks to be held, or at minimum stared at for considerably longer than is strictly professional. Size: 10.6" W x 6.5" H x 6" D (26.9 cm W x 16.5 cm H x 15.2 cm D) Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202692

Lot: 170 - Six Woolly Mammoth & Woolly Rhino Specimens

Arctic, Siberia and Alaska, Peistocene Epoch, ca. 100,000 to 10,000 years ago. A compelling natural history group uniting five specimens from two of the Pleistocene's most iconic megafauna. The woolly rhino tooth (Coelodonta antiquitatis) is the anchor of the lot, a well-preserved cheek tooth displaying the characteristic lateral compression, tall crown, and widely spaced transverse ridges of this formidable Ice Age browser, mounted on a wooden base for display. Two fragments of fossilized woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) tusk accompany it, their cross-sections revealing the layered, striated ivory structure that distinguishes proboscidean tusk from bone, the warm amber and ochre mineralization lending each piece a geological beauty entirely its own. Three samples of woolly mammoth hair complete the group, two recovered from Yakutia, Siberia, and one from the skull of a mammoth recovered along the Kobuk River, Alaska, each preserved in display packaging with provenance documentation. Hair survival from Pleistocene specimens is exceedingly rare, the result of permafrost conditions that suspended decomposition for tens of thousands of years, and lends the lot an intimacy that bone and tusk alone cannot. Together these five specimens offer a rare cross-section of Ice Age life from opposite ends of the mammoth steppe. Size of largest (tusk fragment): 3.8" W x 7.8" H (9.7 cm W x 19.8 cm H) Publication: This is an ESA antique exempt piece of ivory and cannot be sold internationally or to anyone residing in the states of California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. Provenance: private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200644

Lot: 171 - Stegodon Fossil Bone Fragment - Carved & Polished

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Pleistocene era, ca. 2.5 million to 11,700 years ago. A fossilized bone fragment of Stegodon, an extinct proboscidean related to modern elephants. Mineralization has left the surface mottled gray and tan with fine crazing across the dense, weighty matrix. Though its been polished into a curved, tapering profile resembles a horn, this is skeletal bone, not horn or tusk. Size: 3.25" W x 4.5" H x 1.3" D (8.3 cm W x 11.4 cm H x 3.3 cm D). Stegodon roamed Asia and parts of Africa from the Pliocene through the late Pleistocene, surviving in some island populations until relatively recent times. Fossil material is commonly recovered from Southeast Asian deposits, notably Java. Provenance: ex-David Zahler collection, acquired between 1975 to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203915

Lot: 172 - Two Pleistocene Cave Bear Fossil Canine Teeth | Ursus spelaeus

Eastern Europe, Pleistocene epoch, ca. 1.2 million to 24,000 years ago. Two fossilized canine teeth from prehistoric European cave bears (Ursus spelaeus), one larger and one smaller, representing the powerful dentition of these Ice Age animals. Cave bears were part of the megafauna that roamed alongside mammoths, woolly rhinos, giant deer, and lions, with males reaching sizes far exceeding modern grizzlies, though their diet was largely vegetarian; these well-preserved teeth likely come from cave deposits where bears perished during hibernation, before the species went extinct during the Last Glacial Maximum. Size: 4.4" L x 1.4" W (11.2 cm x 3.6 cm) Provenance: private Texas, USA Collection, A Tharp SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201878

Lot: 173 - Pleistocene Woolly Mammoth Hair & Columbian Mammoth Molar Tooth Piece

Asia, Siberia & North America, Southeastern United States, Pleistocene Epoch, ca. 40,000 to 10,000 years ago. Two specimens from iconic Ice Age megafauna, each presented in a labeled display case. A substantial tuft of woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) hair recovered from Siberian permafrost, retaining its characteristic reddish-brown color - a direct tactile connection to one of the most celebrated creatures of the Pleistocene. Accompanying it is a polished molar cross-section from the Hawthorne Formation of the southeastern United States, almost certainly attributable to the Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi), its distinctive enamel plate pattern preserved in striking relief against the mineralized matrix. Size of tooth: 2.25" W x 1.5" H (5.7 cm W x 3.8 cm H); Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202429

Lot: 174 - Group of Six Mineral Specimens - Stilbite, Apophyllite & Quartz

Asia & North America, ca. millions of years ago. A group of six natural mineral specimens comprising two cabinet-sized apophyllite clusters, their pale glassy crystals catching the light across tabular and pyramidal terminations; a salmon-pink stilbite in sheaf-like aggregates; a cluster of water-clear rock crystal points; and a single rich smoky quartz. Size of largest: 7.5" W x 2.5" H x 8.5" D (19.1 cm W x 6.3 cm H x 21.6 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201475

Lot: 175 - Large Fossilized Bone Section - North American Mammoth

North America, possibly Alaska. A substantial section of mammalian bone, possibly mammoth in origin, with a dense and a mineralized surface suggesting advanced weathering or permineralization. The shaft tapers to a rounded terminus at one end while a fractured break at the opposite end exposes the bone's interior layering; longitudinal cracks and a deep russet-to-umber patina are consistent with extended burial or shoreline exposure. Size: 3.13" W x 18.5" H x 1.75" D (8.0 cm W x 47.0 cm H x 4.4 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203401

Lot: 176 - 8 Meteorite Micro Specimens from Egypt & Arizona

Egypt & United States, Arizona, found 20th to 21st century CE. A collection of eight small meteorite fragments, each individually housed in a sleeve with handwritten provenance notations referencing Egyptian and Arizona find sites. The fragments display the characteristic dark, oxidized fusion crust and irregular, contorted surface texture produced by ablation during atmospheric entry, with warm brown and metallic tones visible where fresh material is exposed. Total weight approximately 18.6 grams including the sleeves, with individual meteorite fragments estimated at 1 to 3 grams each. Size of largest piece: 0.2" W x 0.3" H (0.5 cm W x 0.8 cm H). Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202836

Lot: 177 - Polished Red Jasper Freeform Display Specimen

Ancient Earth, likely North Africa or South Asia, Precambrian to Paleozoic era, ca. 300 to 600 million years ago. A substantial freeform specimen of red jasper, its surfaces brought to a deep mirror polish that reveals the full drama of the stone's internal character: a saturated vermilion ground traversed by diagonal veins of white quartz and grey chalcedony, with one face exposing a raw cleavage plane where the siliceous matrix shifts to paler rose and cream tones. The organic swirling patterns visible on one facet, likely caused by ancient sedimentary or hydrothermal banding, give the specimen an almost figurative quality. Red jasper, an opaque microcrystalline quartz colored by iron oxide inclusions, has been prized across cultures from ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia as a stone of protective and vitalizing power, and specimens of this chromatic intensity and scale command attention as both natural objects and sculptural presences. Size: 5.5" W x 5.8" H x 5.4" D (14.0 cm W x 14.7 cm H x 13.7 cm D); weight: 4.9 kilograms Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202690

Lot: 178 - Sumatran Amber Pendant Necklace & Lingam Shaped Piece

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, ca. 20th to 21st century CE. A substantial piece of amber carved and polished in the form of a lingam, accompanied by a second amber element shaped as a pendant and strung on a black cord for wear as a necklace. The larger egg form displays deep cognac and honey tones with natural inclusions and internal fissures visible beneath a high polish, creating layered depth and organic variation. The pendant features a softly irregular contour with a central perforation, allowing it to suspend freely, its warm amber hues glowing when held to the light. Size of lingam: 3.9" L x 2.5" W (9.9 cm x 6.4 cm); pendant: 1.9" L x 0.8" W (4.8 cm x 2 cm) Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200819

Lot: 179 - Ancient Egyptian Faience & Rock Crystal Necklace | Three-Strand Seed Beads

Egypt, New Kingdom to Late Period, ca. 1550 to 332 BCE. A necklace composed of tiny ancient Egyptian faience seed beads in turquoise tones, arranged in three strands and punctuated with seven ancient rock crystal (quartz) beads, each translucent with softly faceted and ribbed surfaces. The contrast between the cool faience and clear crystal creates a light, balanced design. Strung in modern times with a metal hook clasp for wear. Size of strand: 21.5" L (54.6 cm); quartz bead: 0.5" L x 0.4" W (1.3 cm x 1 cm) Provenance: Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from a Los Angeles, California, USA gallery acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200860

Lot: 180 - Ancient Egyptian Faience Bead Fringe Necklace

Ca. 1600 - 1550 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom to Late Period. A faience bead necklace composed of numerous small disc beads in soft blue-green tones, arranged in a continuous strand with a series of looped drop elements creating a fringe along the lower edge. Strung in modern times with a magnet clasp for wearing. Provenance: Ex-Moore collection, Houston, Texas, USA; ex-Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from a Los Angeles, California, USA gallery acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201077

Lot: 181 - 19 Ancient Pottery Molds | Egyptian Amulet & Roman Counterfeit Coin Molds

Egypt, New Kingdom to Roman period, ca. 1550 BCE to 3rd century CE; Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A fascinating group of nineteen objects consisting of eight ancient pottery molds and eleven modern impressions demonstrating their designs. Five molds relate to Egyptian amulets produced from the New Kingdom through the Roman period, while three Roman molds were used for casting counterfeit coins, created when forgers pressed authentic coins into soft terracotta clay before firing the molds to harden them. These molds were often stacked so that individual discs carried an obverse on one side and a reverse on the other, allowing molten base metals such as lead, tin, zinc, or copper alloys to be poured in and cast multiple coins at once, though the resulting counterfeits typically display softer, less sharply defined designs than genuine coins. Size of largest: 1.6" L x 1.5" W (4.1 cm x 3.8 cm) Provenance: Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from a Los Angeles, California, USA gallery acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201245

Lot: 182 - Thirteen Ancient Egyptian & Pre-Columbian Stone & Shell Beads

Ancient Near East & Mesoamerica, ca. 1000 BCE – 1000 CE. A group of 13 miniature stone and shell beads and amulets representing at least two distinct cultural traditions. The Mesoamerican pieces include a carved shell frog pendant and a turquoise bird bead. The Near Eastern group comprises small carved stone and agate amulets in the forms of a pomegranate, cat, turtle, and lion head, along with several white shell beads. Also present are a translucent chalcedony or quartz nodule, a carnelian bead, and a carnelian intaglio fragment. Size of largest: 0.8" W x 1.25" H (2.0 cm W x 3.2 cm H). Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Joel Malter collection, prior to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203197

Lot: 183 - Egyptian Faience Bead Necklace w/ Lapis Lazuli Pendant

Ca. 600 - 550 BCE. Ancient Egyptian, Late Dynastic Period. A necklace composed of ancient Egyptian faience tube beads in graduating tones of turquoise, cream, and terracotta, strung on a modern strand with a lobster claw clasp for wearability, centering on an assembled pendant cluster of polychrome faience elements terminating in a triangular lapis lazuli drop of deep ultramarine, the vivid chromatic hierarchy of the pendant evoking the Egyptian symbolic language in which blue, the color of the Nile, of heaven, and of regeneration, was never merely decorative. Provenance: Moore collection, Houston, Texas, USA; ex-Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from a Los Angeles, California, USA gallery acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201082

Lot: 184 - Egyptian Late Dynastic Faience Bead Necklace

Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A luminous necklace composed of dozens of Egyptian faience beads, their pale blue tones recalling the sacred color of the Nile and the open sky. The strand features long tubular beads punctuated by small spacer elements, culminating in an eye-catching geometric pendant-like arrangement at the center, all carefully restrung in modern times for secure, wearable presentation. In antiquity, faience jewelry was prized for both its beauty and its symbolism - a gleaming material associated with regeneration, protection, and the promise of life renewed. Size of largest bead: 0.5" L (1.3 cm); of strand: 24" L (61 cm) Provenance: ex-Moore collection, Houston, Texas, USA; ex-Barakat Gallery, Los Angeles, California, acquired 1990's to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 195753

Lot: 185 - Egyptian Faience Amulet of Duamutef - Son of Horus

Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A vivid blue guardian of the afterlife, this faience amulet depicts Duamutef, the jackal-headed son of Horus, rendered mummiform in profile to the right and clutching a long bolt of embalming linen in both hands. The figure is modeled in the traditional wrapped form, with the head of a jackal rising above the tightly bound body. The surface retains its characteristic turquoise-blue glaze, a color long associated in Egypt with regeneration, rebirth, and divine protection. A perforation at the top and another at the base allowed the amulet to be sewn directly onto a mummy's bandages, ensuring its protective presence within the wrappings themselves. Duamutef was one of the Four Sons of Horus, deities charged with guarding the internal organs of the deceased. Specifically, he protected the stomach and was closely linked to the canopic jars that contained the embalmed viscera. Size: 0.6" W x 1.8" H (1.5 cm x 4.6 cm) These four gods - each mummiform and distinguished by a different head - were believed not only to safeguard the organs but also to assist in the mummification process and to provide nourishment in the afterlife. Their role extended beyond mere containment; they formed a protective network surrounding the deceased. Here, Duamutef's grasp of the linen underscores his intimate association with embalming ritual. As with the canopic jars, amulets of the Four Sons of Horus likely functioned as magical reinforcements, placed among the wrappings to ensure the integrity and protection of the body. Compact yet potent in symbolism, this amulet embodies the Egyptian conviction that preservation of the body was essential to eternal life. Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection via family descent. Father acquired prior to 1974. SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199440

Lot: 186 - Iron Age Levant & Egypt - Votary Figure & Fish Jar, ex-Andrew C. Ware

Near East, Transjordan, Ammonite culture, ca. 9th to 7th century BCE; North Africa, Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A hand-modeled terracotta votary and a carved limestone kohl jar arrive as quiet testimony to two neighboring civilizations' devotional habits. The Ammonite pillar figure, in warm reddish-orange clay, follows a well-established Iron Age Levantine type:

Lot: 187 - Greek Terracotta Lebes Gamikos - Running Spirals

Aegean, Greece,, ca. 1375–400 BCE. A rounded, ovoid body rises from a small ring foot to a short flaring neck, flanked by two upright loop handles set at the shoulder. The buff fabric carries lustrous reddish-brown to near-black slip laid in horizontal bands, with a frieze of continuous running spirals encircling the belly between framing lines. This decorative grammar, banded zones interrupted by a single ornamental register. The form, Lebes Gamikos, was a marriage vessel and would have had a lid to cover the precious oils it once held. The worn surface preserves the assured hand of a potter working within a confident, broadly shared ceramic tradition. Size: 5.3" W x 5" H x 5.1" D (13.5 cm W x 12.7 cm H x 13.0 cm D). Provenance: ex-private Ventura County, California, USA collection, acquired in the 1980s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 161713

Lot: 188 - Greek Bronze Wrestler Relief Applique

Greece, Classical period, ca. 5th century CE. An enticing leaded bronze relief of a wrestler, depicted bald and bearded as he bends one leg, extending the others in defense. A short kilt is tied at his waist as he lowers his head and hunches forward, readying to attack his opponent. Depictions of wrestlers were common in ancient Greek art, reflecting the sport's cultural importance and echoing the heroic struggles of figures like Herakles and Theseus. Often found on vases, sculptures, and coins, these portrayals capture the dynamic grappling of nude athletes, emphasizing strength, balance, and technique in intense competition. These artistic representations not only showcased athletic prowess but also connected the wrestlers to the legendary feats of mythical heroes, reinforcing ideals of discipline, physical excellence, and fair play celebrated within ancient Greek society, particularly during prestigious events like the Panhellenic Games. Size: 1" W x 1.6" H (2.5 cm x 4.1 cm) Provenance: private Thousand Oaks, California, USA collection, acquired September 19, 2003; ex-Mark Bettinger collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 193156

Lot: 189 - Roman Bronze Miniature Busts - Figures & Lion

Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A group of four bronze miniature busts comprising three human figures and one lion head, each rendered with stylized features and likely once serving as decorative attachments or appliques, reflecting the Roman taste for figural ornament in domestic and personal objects. Size of largest: 1.3" L x 1.6" W x 2.4" H (3.3 cm x 4.1 cm x 6.1 cm) Publication: Please note the items in this lot contain up to 55% lead. Provenance: private Dayton, Maryland, USA collection; ex-private F. B. collection, Maryland, USA, acquired between 1990 to 2010 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201979

Lot: 190 - Roman Mercury Standing Nude w/ Winged Helmet

Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A lively and compact bronze, this leaded bronze figurine presents Mercury, the Roman god of commerce, travel, and communication, captured mid-motion with an almost playful confidence. Though small in scale, the figure carries an outsized sense of energy, its stance and attributes immediately identifying the divine messenger. Mercury is shown nude, his body modeled in contrapposto with weight shifted onto one leg, creating a gentle sway through the hips and torso. He wears only his winged helmet, the petasos, its crest rising above his head as a clear marker of speed and divine mobility. The arms extend outward, one hand grasping a money bag, symbol of trade, profit, and prosperity, while the other holds a cloak, likely the chlamys, rendered as a compact mass of folds. Cast atop an integral plinth, the figure stands firmly despite its animated pose. Size: 1" W x 2" H (2.5 cm x 5.1 cm) The surface displays a mottled green and brown patina consistent with age and burial, softening details while preserving the overall clarity of form. The proportions are stylized yet confident, emphasizing gesture and iconography over anatomical precision, a common approach in small Roman household bronzes. Such figurines were often used as domestic cult objects, personal devotional pieces, or decorative items placed in lararia or private interiors. Mercury was an especially popular deity among merchants and travelers, invoked for protection, good fortune, and successful exchange. This example distills those associations into a concise visual statement, balancing divine authority with approachable charm. It is a vivid survivor of Roman daily life, where gods were not distant abstractions but familiar presences, standing watch from shelves, niches, and tabletops, always ready to lend a profitable hand. Provenance: private Dayton, Maryland, USA collection; ex-private F. B. collection, Maryland, USA, acquired between 1990 to 2010 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197313

Lot: 191 - Pair of Roman Bronze and Lead Enamel Brooches

Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A vibrant pair of circular Roman brooches, each cast in bronze and delicately inlaid with lead-based enamel. Both pieces display concentric geometric decoration, the surfaces divided into recessed cells filled with opaque enamels in shades of turquoise, red, green, and ivory - colors that once shimmered brightly against the bronze ground. The larger brooch is pierced at intervals along its perimeter, suggesting attachment to clothing or perhaps to a leather strap, while the smaller piece retains a central boss and radial segmentation reminiscent of a wheel motif, a design long associated with protection and solar symbolism in Roman decorative art. Brooches of this kind were more than simple fasteners; they were emblems of identity and status, worn by men and women alike across the Roman provinces. Size of larger: 1.25" Diameter (3.2 cm) The use of lead enamel - a material that allowed for richer hues and greater translucency - reflects the high craftsmanship of provincial Roman metalworkers, who adapted classical designs with regional flair. Together, these two brooches form an elegant testament to the technical and aesthetic sophistication of Roman personal adornment, their timeworn patina and surviving enamel offering a glimpse of ancient color and style preserved through the centuries. Provenance: private Dayton, Maryland, USA collection; ex-private F. B. collection, Maryland, USA, acquired between 1990 to 2010 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197560

Lot: 192 - Roman Manus Fica, Pomegranate, and Bronze Hand Pendants

Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. This trio of Roman hand and arm pendants gathers the expressive language of ancient gesture into a small but compelling group. Each piece embodies a different symbolic function, from apotropaic protection to fertility and good fortune, illustrating how Romans carried meaning quite literally at their fingertips. The brass pendant depicts the unmistakable manus fica, or fig sign: the thumb thrust between the index and middle fingers. This gesture was one of the most potent defenses against the evil eye, used across the Roman world to repel curses and malicious intent. Its neatly fashioned suspension loop confirms that it was worn as an amulet, its meaning made both personal and portable. The lead tin alloy arm, more naturalistically modeled, extends forward to hold a pomegranate. This fruit symbolized fertility, renewal, and the cycles of life and death. Size of largest (one with thumb gesture): 1.8" L x 1.3" W (4.6 cm x 3.3 cm) The final bronze pendant, a detailed hand with a suspension loop at the wrist, adds a note of mystery. Beneath the little finger, an additional form projects downward - possibly a bird, a snail, or another small symbolic creature. Such attachments were not uncommon in Roman amulets and often added layers of meaning tied to protection, luck, or personal identity. Together, these pendants form a miniature archive of Roman symbolic expression, demonstrating how gestures and small objects served as powerful guardians in daily life. Provenance: private Dayton, Maryland, USA collection; ex-private F. B. collection, Maryland, USA, acquired between 1990 to 2010 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197316

Lot: 193 - Roman Hammered Copper & Bronze Bowl Pair | Imperial Period

Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A complementary pair of Roman bowls, the larger hammered copper example with broad, shallow profile and the more petite bronze vessel of more compact form, both bearing rich earthen encrustation and mottled patina that speak to their long use and burial within the material world of daily Roman life. Size of larger: 6" D x 1.7" H (15.2 cm D x 4.3 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202443

Lot: 194 - 3rd C. Roman Silver - Gordian III Group of Six

Roman, Imperial period, ca. 238–244 CE. Six Roman silver antoniniani of Gordian III (r. 238-244 CE), each struck on a slightly irregular flan with a radiate, draped, and cuirassed imperial bust on the obverse and a standing deity or personification on the reverse. The radiate crown identifies these as double-denarius pieces, the standard military coinage of the mid-3rd century, about 3.5 to 4.9 grams each. Legends read IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG and variants; reverses depict figures consistent with Securitas, Providentia, and Mars. Size: 0.8" D (2.0 cm D). The antoninianus, introduced by Caracalla in 215 CE and valued at two denarii despite containing well under that amount in silver, was the period's primary instrument of inflation. Its steady debasement across the 3rd century reflects the fiscal pressures of near-constant warfare, making coins like these direct material witnesses to an empire financing itself through crisis. XRF analysis of each coin confirms silver content ranging from 47% to 90%, variation consistent with differing mint locations and production periods. Provenance: private southern California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203474

Lot: 195 - 11th-13th C. Islamic Bronze Mirror, Inscribed Ring & Bone Spindle Whorl

Near East, Persia, Islamic period, Seljuk, ca. 1000–1300 CE. A grouping of three medieval Islamic artifacts: a bronze mirror, a brass band ring bearing an inscription, and a bone spindle whorl, is incised with rings of dot-and-circle motifs encircling its central perforation. The mirror disc reverse is decorated with low relief geometric ornament radiating from the center, its obverse surface once polished to a highly reflective face. Size of mirror: 2.45" W (6.2 cm W). Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Joel Malter collection, prior to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203295

Lot: 196 - 16th C. Central European Forged Iron Ceremonial Parade Axe with Integral Tang

Central Europe, Germany, ca. 16th century CE. A wrought iron ceremonial axe, its fan-shaped blade flaring outward in a clean trapezoidal sweep while a slender spike rises from the crown opposite the cutting edge, the long iron tang passing through a central hafting hole in the head. The surface bears a deep brown patina with pitting and oxidation consistent with centuries of age, the metal pocked and granular yet structurally sound. Size: 5.5" W x 13.3" H (14.0 cm W x 33.8 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203156

Lot: 197 - Paleolithic Acheulean Biface Hand Axe

Europe or North Africa, Lower Paleolithic, Acheulean Industry, ca. 500,000 to 130,000 years ago. A flint hand axe of ovate form, knapped from chert. The working edges show deliberate bifacial flaking consistent with reduction technique, worked to a functional cutting edge. Size: 3.5" W x 4.25" H (8.9 cm W x 10.8 cm H) Provenance: private Denver, Colorado, USA collection, acquired prior to 2002 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201365

Lot: 198 - Bronze Age Copper Votive Axe Head & Brass Hair Coil

Central Europe, Bronze Age, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A fascinating lot of two personal and ritual objects from the Bronze Age, illustrating both the spiritual and ornamental aspects of early European society. The first, a miniature copper axe head, features a flared blade and socketed body with a shallow depression along the hafting area. Too small for practical use, it was likely created as a votive offering - a symbolic weapon cast in reverence to a deity or as a token of status, sacrifice, or protection. The second object is a tightly wound brass hair coil, formed from a continuous spiral of wire, its metallic sheen dulled to a deep green patina from centuries of burial. Such coils were worn by women and occasionally men, often serving both as jewelry and as a marker of social identity within Bronze Age communities. Together, these two artifacts speak to the intersection of ritual and adornment during the Bronze Age, when metal was both a tool of survival and a medium of sacred expression. Size of larger (votive axe head): 2.3" L x 0.4" W (5.8 cm x 1 cm) Provenance: private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197551

Lot: 199 - Ancient Bronze Group - Fibula, Hair Coil & Two Dress Pins

Western / Central Europe, Germany, Celtic / Roman cultures, ca. 500 BCE – 300 CE. A group of four ancient bronze personal adornments comprising a multi-coil hair ring with ribbed bands, a small bow fibula, and two tapering pins with corded shanks, all retaining green patination. Size of haircoil: 1.3" D x 0.5" H (3.3 cm D x 1.3 cm H). Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Joel Malter collection, prior to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203195

Lot: 200 - Pair Ancient Celtic Silver Zoomorphic Bird Appliques

Central Europe, Celtic culture, ca. 400–100 BCE. A pair of cast silver zoomorphic appliques, each modeled as a perched bird with spread tail and globular body with beaded and incised decoration - one assaying at 88% silver, the other a silver-copper alloy at 69%. Size: 1" L x 0.25" W (2.5 cm L x 0.6 cm W). Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Joel Malter collection, prior to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203201

Lot: 201 - Mesopotamian Shell Frog Charm, evaluated by W. Lambert

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia / Syria, ca. 3000 to 500 BCE. A charming frog charm carved from white shell, with a suspension hole pierced through the body. Accompanying the piece is a typewritten description signed in ink by "W. G. Lambert," indicating that it was examined by Professor Wilfred George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), a renowned Assyriologist and Fellow of the British Academy specializing in Near Eastern archaeology. While Lambert identifies the material as stone, it is more likely shell. Size: 0.9" L x 0.6" W (2.3 cm x 1.5 cm Provenance: private London, UK collection; ex-private collection, acquired Gray's antique market, London, UK in the 1980s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 191761

Lot: 202 - Ancient Mesopotamian Stone Seal Pendant | Incised Biconvex Amulet

Near East, Mesopotamia, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A diminutive gray stone pendant seal of rounded biconvex form, pierced through the upper body for suspension and incised on the face with a simple crossed-line composition dividing the surface into triangular registers, the reverse shaped into two pendant lobes that lend the piece a subtly anthropomorphic quality perhaps intentional to its amuletic function. Size: 0.5" W x 0.75" H x 0.3" D (1.3 cm W x 1.9 cm H x 0.8 cm D) Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection acquired from Sands of Time Gallery, Washington D.C., ex Alex Malloy collection acquired 1980's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201973

Lot: 203 - Ancient Holy Land Terracotta Spouted Jars | Early Bronze Age

Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Early Bronze Age, ca. 3000 BCE; Iron Age, ca. 700 to 500 BCE. A lot of two hand-built terracotta vessels from the ancient Holy Land, comprising a larger globular spouted jar of the Iron Age, its pale buff fabric fired to an even cream tone and fitted with a short upturned spout and vestigial lug handle, and a smaller Early Bronze Age globular spouted vessel of warmer buff-to-terracotta fabric with a cylindrical side spout and small loop handle, the two pieces spanning some two and a half millennia of continuous ceramic tradition in the Levant and together offering the collector a rare opportunity to hold both ends of an ancient world in a single lot. Size of larger: 8" W x 6.6" H x 8.5" D (20.3 cm W x 16.8 cm H x 21.6 cm D) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202451

Lot: 204 - Ancient Levant Globular Spouted Pottery Pair

Ca. 1200 BCE - 300 CE. Ancient Near East, Levant, Iron Age to Roman Period, ca. 1200 BCE to 300 CE. A pair of wheel-thrown globular ceramic pouring vessels, each featuring a short angled spout and a small opposing loop handle in the characteristic form used throughout the Levantine world for the serving of water, wine, and oil. Size of largest: 7" D x 7.5" H (17.8 cm D x 19.1 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; ex-major gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA, primarily acquired between 1985 and 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202450

Lot: 205 - Luristan Bronze Dagger with Flanged Hilt - Iron Age Weapon

Western Asia, Persia, Luristan, Iron Age, ca. 1000–650 BCE. A cast bronze dagger of imposing length, its slender blade tapering from a raised medial ridge to an acute point built for the thrust. The one-piece construction flows from a broad triangular blade through a narrow-flanged grip to a flaring crescentic pommel, once fitted with organic or bone hilt-plates now lost to time. Centuries of burial have clothed the metal in a mottled patina of malachite green and earthen brown, the surface pitted and cupreous where corrosion bloomed. Forged in the mountain valleys of western Iran, such weapons served the warrior-herders of Luristan as both practical armament and emblem of martial standing. Interred with their owners, they speak to a culture whose bronzeworkers achieved a virtuosity in casting that remains among the most celebrated of the ancient Near East. Size: 15.1" L x 1.3" W (38.4 cm L x 3.3 cm W). The bronzes of Luristan, produced by seminomadic pastoralists in the Zagros mountains during the early first millennium BCE, are prized for their inventive forms: horse-bits, standards, pins, and weaponry recovered largely from tomb contexts. Daggers and dirks of this type, cast in a single piece with integral hilt and flanged tang to secure grip inlays, illustrate the transitional metallurgy of the region as bronze gave way to iron. Their frequent deposition in graves underscores the enduring link between the warrior and his blade. Provenance: private Englewood, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Colorado, USA collection, acquired in 1950s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203811

Lot: 206 - Luristan Bronze Finial & Roman Copper Alloy Spatula - Ancient Near East & Rome

Western Asia, Persia, Luristan; Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1000 BCE – 300 CE. A pairing of two ancient bronzes drawn from opposite ends of the classical world. The first is a Luristan finial or support, its bulbous body swelling from a narrow foot and tapering into a slender neck that opens to a trumpet-shaped mouth, the surface carrying traces of incised banding beneath a deep green-brown patina. Cast by the nomadic metalworkers of the Iranian Zagros, such fittings often crowned standards, staffs, or ritual furniture. The second is a Roman spatula, likely a cosmetic or medical implement, its flattened spatulate blade splaying from a long, ribbed shaft. Instruments of this form served physicians and apothecaries for mixing salves, spreading unguents, or probing wounds, tools of daily craft that survive as quiet witnesses to ancient practice. Size of larger (spatula): 6.3" L x 1" W (16.0 cm L x 2.5 cm W). Luristan, a mountainous region of western Iran, produced a distinctive corpus of cast bronzes between roughly the twelfth and seventh centuries BCE, prized for their inventive zoomorphic and abstract forms. Because these objects come almost entirely from clandestine or early excavation, precise function is often inferred from typology rather than context; the flaring, hollow form here is consistent with a socketed support or finial. Roman spatulae (spathae) belonged to the standard kit of the medicus and the cosmetic table alike. Pliny and Celsus describe the compounding of medicaments and salves, work for which a smooth blade and slender shaft were essential. Their ubiquity across the Empire, from military hospitals to domestic dressing rooms, makes them among the most frequently recovered small bronzes of Roman date. Provenance: private Englewood, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private collection acquired in 1950s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203818

Lot: 207 - 3 Luristan Bronze Animal Figures - Horses, Rams & Bird

Ancient Near East, Luristan region, Early Iron Age, ca. 1000 to 700 BCE. A lively group of three Luristan bronze animal figurines, each distilled to its most essential form, where posture and silhouette do the work of anatomy. Together, they capture the spirited abstraction that defines Luristan metalwork, transforming familiar creatures into compact symbols of power and presence. The group comprises a standing quadruped, likely a ram or ibex, rendered with an elongated body, arched neck, and gently curving tail; a smaller animal head fragment with pronounced eyes and snout; and an openwork figure with bent legs and perforated body, possibly representing a stylized animal or composite form. All are cast in bronze and finished with minimal detailing, favoring strong outlines and expressive stance over naturalistic precision. The surfaces retain a mottled green and brown patina, bearing the marks of age and burial. Size of largest (horse): 3.3" L x 0.6" W x 2" H (8.4 cm x 1.5 cm x 5.1 cm) Animal imagery was central to the visual language of the Luristan region, where such figures may have served as votive offerings, attachments, or elements of larger ritual or utilitarian objects. Horses, goats, and hybrid creatures were closely associated with mobility, fertility, protection, and status, their forms readily adapted into the bold, abstract vocabulary favored by Luristan bronzes. The variation within this group highlights the creative range of local workshops, even within a shared stylistic tradition. United as a lot, these three figures offer a compact survey of Early Iron Age zoomorphic sculpture from the Zagros Mountains. Small in scale yet rich in character, they stand as evocative remnants of a metalworking culture that prized energy, symbolism, and expressive form over literal representation. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200689

Lot: 208 - Two Ancient Bronze Age Cuff Bracelets & Horse Figurine

Central Europe or Near East, ca. late Bronze to early Iron Age, 1000 to 200 BCE. Two bronze cuff bracelets, each formed from thick circular rods bent into open loops, the terminals gently curved inward, with surfaces displaying rich green patina and earthen accretions. Alongside, a cast iron-copper alloy horse fragment, rendered in abstract form with a short neck, prominent muzzle, and blocky body, the surface showing mottled oxidation and encrustation. Size of horse: 2.75" L x 0.6" W x 2" H (7 cm x 1.5 cm x 5.1 cm); large cuff: 3.25" L x 0.3" W (8.3 cm x 0.8 cm) Provenance: ex-private M.M. collection, Hot Desert Springs, California, USA; ex-private Hollywood collection, Hollywood, California, USA, acquired 1970s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196709

Lot: 209 - Ancient Parthian Glazed Pottery Jar - Pale Green Cylindrical Form

Near East, Syria, Parthian, ca. 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE. A wheel-thrown cylindrical jar enlivened by a pale turquoise green glaze that now blooms with pearly white iridescence, its softly rounded body rising from a short ring foot to a gently everted rim. Such glazed wares, produced across the Levant and eastern Mediterranean under Parthian and early Roman influence, reflect enduring Near Eastern taste for green and blue glazes derived from copper oxides. Size: 4" D x 5.5" H (10.2 cm D x 14.0 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, ex collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from Barakat Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202822

Lot: 210 - Sassanian Black Stone Cylinder Seal - Animal Rows

Ancient Near East, Sassanian Empire, ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A hypnotic rhythm of line and form spirals around this Sassanian black stone cylinder seal, where tightly ordered rows of stylized animals and arcane motifs march in near-perfect symmetry. Rolled out in clay, the design blooms into a neatly gridded field of sinuous bodies and curling limbs, the figures alternating with vertical registers that divide the whole into framed columns. Each beast - abstracted yet animate - twists and loops in a calligraphic dance, their long necks, haunches, and tails forming a visual script of motion. The cylinder itself is drilled through the center for suspension, its glossy black surface burnished smooth by age and handling. Size: 0.5" Diameter x 0.875" H (1.3 cm x 2.2 cm) The Sassanian Empire, heir to the Achaemenid and Parthian traditions, prized such seals not just for securing documents or goods but as tokens of prestige, identity, and cosmic order. This piece, with its measured cadence and zoomorphic mystery, speaks to that same layered world of image and meaning. Provenance: Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from a Los Angeles, California, USA gallery acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 194374

Lot: 211 - 10th-12th C. Nishapur Turquoise Glazed Earthenware Dish

Central Asia, Persia, Nishapur, ca. 900–1200 CE. A broad earthenware dish coated in a turquoise alkaline glaze, its wide flaring rim encircling a shallow, gently sloping well. The interior carries incised radial strokes around the cavetto and a band of hatched ornament along the rim, decoration typical of the ceramic workshops that flourished at Nishapur under Samanid and later Seljuk patronage. Ware of this type served both domestic and display purposes, its copper-derived color prized across the eastern Islamic world. The surface today shows the softened, mineral-crusted patina of long burial, with areas of the glaze and body reconstituted to restore the vessel's original form and profile. Size: 13" Diameter x 3" H (33.0 cm D x 7.6 cm H). From the collection of Eugene Rotberg (1930-2025), longtime vice president and treasurer of the World Bank, noted collector of Asian art, and a figure widely regarded as one of the most influential in international finance of the late 20th century. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, from the estate of Eugene and Iris Rotberg, acquired from Iran in 1974 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203888

Lot: 212 - 19th C. Persian Qajar Fritware Bowl - Blue Floral

Near East, Persia, Qajar Dynasty, ca. 1789–1900 CE. A rounded fritware bowl rising from a low ring foot to a gently everted rim, its rotund body a canvas for a vivid garden in cobalt and turquoise. Over an opaque white ground, the potter painted a continuous register of gol-o barg (flower-and-leaf) motifs: lobed blossoms with radiating stamens spring from arching stems and lancet leaves, framed by lattice-like diagonals. A band of pendent turquoise tongues encircles the shoulder, bracketed above and below by crisp cobalt lines. The crackled glaze and warm earthen foot betray the siliceous stonepaste body beneath. Such pieces were domestic and decorative, prized by Persian families who collected glazed wares for the home, the saturated palette and rhythmic foliate scheme echoing a long Islamic tradition of botanical ornament. Size: 5.4" D x 3.6" H (13.7 cm D x 9.1 cm H). Fritware, or stonepaste, was developed in the Islamic world to emulate the whiteness and translucency of imported Chinese porcelain. Its body blends ground quartz with small amounts of clay and glass frit, fired to a hard, pale matrix that takes underglaze cobalt and turquoise brilliantly. During the Qajar era (1789-1925), a strong appetite for collecting glazed ceramics took hold among Persian households, and workshops answered with jars, bowls, and tiles tailored to this domestic market. The gol-o barg vocabulary seen here, stylized flowers paired with curling foliage, belongs to a centuries-old repertoire that links Qajar production to its Safavid and earlier Timurid forebears. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 127529

Lot: 213 - 19th C. Persian & Indian Brass Padlocks - Lion & Target Motifs, Group of 4

Middle East, Persia, Qajar Dynasty; South Asia, India, ca. 1800–1899 CE. A quartet of hand-forged brass padlocks that blend security with sculptural whimsy. Three are Persian work of the Qajar era: a scalloped disc lock stamped with a rosette target motif, a lion-head lock with a suspension ring rising from its brow, and a spirited seated lion whose maned body forms the lock case. The fourth, an Indian example, takes the shape of a recumbent quadruped, its flank incised "No. 1" and marked as Indian manufacture. Zoomorphic locks like these carried protective and auspicious associations, the lion in particular evoking strength, kingship, and guardianship. The target-motif and lion-head examples retain their keys and remain functional; the two seated-animal forms do not. Together they trace a shared regional taste for animal-form metalwork bridging Persia and the subcontinent. Size of largest (target motif stamps): 2.8" W x 1.4" H (7.1 cm W x 3.6 cm H). Zoomorphic padlocks were a specialty of Persian and Indian metalsmiths, produced both for practical use and as talismanic objects. The lion (shir) was a potent emblem in Qajar Iran, appearing on the national standard alongside the sun and functioning as a symbol of royal and divine protection. Such locks secured shrines, treasuries, storerooms, and personal chests, and their auspicious forms were believed to guard what lay behind them. Indian animal-form locks, often cast in brass and sometimes puzzle-actuated, share this lineage of decorative security hardware traded and admired across the wider Persianate world. Provenance: private Essex, New York, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203434

Lot: 214 - 19th C. Islamic Iron / Gilt Silver Ritual Spoons

Near East, Islamic, ca. 1800–1899 CE. Near East, Islamic period, ca. 19th century CE. A pair of slender ritual spoons, each pairing a small hemispherical bowl with a long tapering shaft and openwork at the junction. The larger is forged of iron, its bowl showing russet oxidation, the handle pierced into a lyre-like scroll above a baluster-knopped stem ending in a turned finial. Its smaller companion is gilt silver, the assay yielding 94.2% silver alloyed with copper and a trace of gold, its scrollwork lighter and more delicate, with gilding remaining in the bowl. Spoons of this scale rarely served the table; more likely they measured kohl, incense resins, medicinal powders, or unguents, in a devotional or apothecary context. Size of larger: 4.8" L x 0.6" W (12.2 cm L x 1.5 cm W); silver quality: 94.2%; weight of silver spoon: 3.2 grams Provenance: private Essex, New York, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202425

Lot: 215 - Large Antique Persian Brass Bowl | Qajar Period | Incised Arabic Calligraphy

Central Asia, Persia (Iran), Qajar to Early Pahlavi Period, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A large and impressive Persian brass bowl, its wide circular form displaying the refined artistry of Islamic metalwork. The interior is finely decorated with incised bands of Arabic calligraphy, arranged concentrically to draw the eye inward toward a central medallion of dense script. These inscriptions, while often invoking blessings, proverbs, or Qur'anic passages, also function as a visual ornament, their flowing curves and angular flourishes transforming sacred text into abstract design. The rim is further adorned with a register of interlaced script bordered by fine linear bands, framing the vessel like a halo of words. The dark patina enhances the contrast, emphasizing the crisp incisions and lending the bowl a sense of gravitas borne of age and use. Size: 16.5" Diameter x 3.9" H (41.9 cm x 9.9 cm) Bowls of this type were not only functional, often employed for washing, serving, or ritual contexts, but also symbolic, embodying the prestige of Persian craftsmanship and the central role of calligraphy in Islamic art. This example, notable for its large scale and well-preserved decoration, represents the enduring cultural value placed on calligraphic artistry in 19th to 20th century Persia. Provenance: ex-T.F. Holy Lands collection, formed since the 1960s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 195739

Lot: 216 - Elegant 19th C. Persian Brass Swan-Neck Sprinkling Ewer

Near East / Central Asia, Persia (Iran), ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A brass ewer, richly decorated with intricate engraved designs. The bulbous body displays a continuous frieze of seated figures within medallions, alternating with lions, antelopes, and additional human figures. The tall neck is adorned with rabbits and birds amid scrolling foliage and arabesque motifs, while the long spout features standing human figures, some rendered with goat or demon-like heads, adding a fantastical element to the composition. A hinged domed lid is attached to a gracefully curved handle, completing the elegant form. Sprinkler ewers such as this were traditionally used for pouring liquids such as rosewater or wine, often in ceremonial, domestic, or religious contexts. Size: 12" W x 15" H (30.5 cm x 38.1 cm) Provenance: ex-T.F. Holy Lands collection, formed since the 1960s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 195917

Lot: 217 - Pair of Late 19th C. Persian Engraved Brass Candlestick Lamps

Central Asia, Persia, ca. 1890–1950 CE. A pair of Persian brass lamp bases with etched floral and foliate motifs and remnants of painted enamel accents in white and red. Each has a hollow shaft, a wiring hole at the edge of the base, and a threaded bolt at the top for a bulb socket, indicating they were made or adapted for electric lighting. The engraved decoration is arranged in banded registers over baluster-form bodies with domed circular feet. Size: 6" Diameter x 16.5" H (15.2 cm D x 41.9 cm H). From the collection of Eugene Rotberg (1930-2025), longtime vice president and treasurer of the World Bank, noted collector of Asian art, and a figure widely regarded as one of the most influential in international finance of the late 20th century. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, from the estate of Eugene and Iris Rotberg SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203878

Lot: 218 - Holy Land Pottery Pair - Levantine Lug-Handled Jar & Islamic Oil Lamp

Eastern Mediterranean, Holy Land, ca. 100 BCE; Near East, Islamic period, ca. 8th to 9th century CE. A pairing of utilitarian earthenware spanning nearly a millennium of life in the Levant. The first, a small round-bodied jar with flaring mouth and two pierced lug handles at the shoulder, is a product of the Holy Land around 100 BCE; its coarse, sand-tempered fabric, warmed to a buff-terracotta tone, suited it to oils, ointments, or household provisions. The second, an oil lamp of elongated form with a bridged nozzle drawn to a single wick-hole and a central filling aperture sunk into a domed reservoir, belongs to the Islamic Near East of the 8th to 9th century CE; centuries of burial have left its surface mottled with earthen accretion and faint mineral bloom. Together they speak to the enduring, undecorated material culture of the region, where such jars stored the necessities of ordinary life and such lamps lit homes and tombs alike. Size of larger (oil lamp): 6.3" W x 2.1" H x 3.5" D (16.0 cm W x 5.3 cm H x 8.9 cm D). Mold-formed oil lamps of this elongated, single-nozzle type were produced across the Holy Land into the early Islamic period, descending from earlier Byzantine and Roman forms. Fired in two-part molds, they were inexpensive, ubiquitous, and served both domestic illumination and funerary deposition. The lug-handled jar belongs to a far older and remarkably conservative tradition of small Levantine storage and unguent vessels, whose plain bodies prize function over ornament and changed little across the centuries that separate the two objects here. Provenance: private Colorado, USA Collection; ex-private Denver, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private Flushing, New York and Ridgeway, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203169

Lot: 219 - Islamic Manuscript Leaf | Maghrebi Script Qur'an on Parchment | Tajwid Markings

North Africa or the western Islamic world, Maghrebi cultural sphere, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A single Qur'an manuscript leaf rendered on parchment in Maghrebi script, the dominant Arabic script historically used from Mali to al-Andalus. The text is written in a faded black-brown ink and is punctuated with red and green diacritical marks that guide pronunciation and recitation. These chromatic additions reflect the practice of tajwid, the Islamic art of reciting the Qur'an correctly, a discipline whose name translates literally as "beautification." The measured spacing, rounded letterforms, and restrained palette emphasize both clarity and devotional intent. The passage was identified as Surah al-Kahf, verse 28, concerning divine counsel to the Prophet on patience, though this attribution remains unverified. Size of parchment: 7" L x 6.3" W (17.8 cm x 16 cm); matting: 10.8" L x 9.75" W (27.4 cm x 24.8 cm) Provenance: ex-T.F. Holy Lands collection, formed since the 1960s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196041

Lot: 220 - 19th C. Persian Steel Zulfiqar Dagger & Sheath - Silver Inlay

Western Asia, Persia, Qajar, ca. 1800–1899 CE. A curved steel dagger whose blade divides along its axis into twin points, the cleft tip that identifies it as a Zulfiqar, forged after the legendary bifurcated sword of Islamic tradition. The layered steel carries silver inlay along with finely incised figural motifs that thread across blade, hilt, and matching sheath, though the figures on grip and scabbard have softened with age. Traces of brass inlay linger in the recesses, hinting at a once richer polychrome surface. The graceful downward sweep of the whole, hilt cap, waisted grip, and deeply recurved sheath, marks it as a ceremonial rather than combative piece. Such split-point weapons were made in small numbers as devotional emblems, their form invoking the sword's charged symbolism rather than any practical edge. Size with sheath: 19.1" L x 2.4" W (48.5 cm L x 6.1 cm W). The Zulfiqar (Dhu'l-fiqar, "possessor of spines") is among the most storied weapons of Islamic tradition. Legend holds that the sword was taken by Muhammad's forces at the Battle of Badr in 623/4 CE, and that the Prophet later gave it to his cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib. Its defining feature, a notched or forked tip, may echo the fractured points common to early wootz blades of Arabia, though it became a deliberate and revered motif. Over the centuries the cleft-bladed sword grew into a potent emblem of divine sanction and martial virtue, especially venerated within Shia devotion, and swordsmiths across the Islamic world rendered their own interpretations of its distinctive silhouette. Provenance: private Englewood, Colorado, USA collection; ex-private collection acquired in 1950s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203810

Lot: 221 - Gandharan Stucco Buddha Head - Serene Hellenistic-Influenced Features

Central Asia, Pakistan / India, Gandhara / Kushan, ca. 100 BCE – 400 CE. A finely modeled stucco head of the Buddha in meditative repose, the face displaying the classical Gandharan synthesis of Buddhist iconography and Hellenistic sculptural tradition. Gently arched brows flow into a straight nose above full lips set in a faint inward smile; stippled hair frames the brow and gathers toward the partially preserved ushnisha. The lime-based stucco retains a chalky pallor that emphasizes the refined modeling, originally from a larger figure or relief adorning a stupa or monastic complex. Size of head: 175" W x 2" H x 1.6" D (444.5 cm W x 5.1 cm H x 4.1 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 176363

Lot: 222 - 19th C. Pahari Gouache Painting - Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon Mahishasura

South Asia, India, Pahari school (Himalayan foothills), ca. 1800–1899 CE. A jewel-toned battlefield unfolds across this gouache-on-paper miniature, where the mother goddess Durga rides her tawny lion-tiger into the heart of the fray. Many-armed and haloed in flame, she brandishes a full arsenal, sword, bow, trident, and discus, as she pounces upon the decapitated buffalo demon Mahishasura, who sprawls beneath her mount in a welter of blood. The blue-skinned Bhairava and dark Kala press the attack alongside her, spears leveled, while a pale votary flees. A domed white pavilion and swaying palm anchor the composition against a deep lapis sky and rolling emerald hills. Rendered in the intimate Pahari idiom of the Himalayan hill courts, the scene distills the climactic victory of good over evil at the core of Hindu devotional imagination. Size of frame: 10" W x 13.5" H x 0.75" D (25.4 cm W x 34.3 cm H x 1.9 cm D); illustration: 6.75" W x 10.3" H (17.1 cm W x 26.2 cm H). The subject derives from the Devi Mahatmya ("Glory of the Goddess"), a sixth-century Sanskrit text embedded in the Markandeya Purana that recounts Durga's cosmic war against the shape-shifting asura Mahishasura. Assuming the form of a buffalo, the demon could not be slain by any god, so the deities pooled their energies to create Durga, arming each of her hands with their own weapons. Here she completes the vanquishing, the buffalo body severed and the demon's inner form exposed. Pahari painting flourished in the small Rajput hill kingdoms of the western Himalayas, among them Guler, Kangra, Basohli, and Chamba, from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, prized for lyrical line, saturated mineral pigments, and devotional subjects drawn from Hindu epic and Puranic sources. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, from the estate of Eugene and Iris Rotberg SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203885

Lot: 223 - Indo-Persian Silk Miniature - Court Scene

South Asia, Indo-Persian tradition, ca. 20th century CE. A luminous durbar unfolds across cerulean silk: a robed dignitary seated at center receives the attentions of turbaned courtiers while attendants crowd the steps and white horses wait below, indifferent to the politics above them. Painted in opaque watercolor on silk, the composition follows conventions long established in Mughal and Safavid manuscript illustration, with the characteristic blue ground, tiered architectural setting, and flattened perspective that workshop painters in Rajasthan and Lucknow adapted well into the modern era for the collector market. The border, enlivened with ink-drawn botanical sprays, frames the scene with the understated elegance of a page that once knew a book. Size of painting: 6" W x 8" H (15.2 cm W x 20.3 cm H); of frame: 9.6" W x 11.6" H (24.4 cm W x 29.5 cm H) Provenance: private San Pedro, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 193544

Lot: 224 - Five 11th to 19th C. Indian Bronze & Brass Ritual Vessels

South Asia, India,, ca. 1000–1899 CE. A group of five small cast and turned vessels drawn from the Indian domestic shrine, gathered here in the warm spectrum of copper alloys, from a rosy footed cup to a spouted water pot, a decorated boat-form oil lamp, a diminutive spouted filler, and a tiny hexagonal dish on three feet. The footed cup is a low-zinc, copper-rich brass that gives it its

Lot: 225 - 15th C. Indian Bronze Lingam With Naga

South Asia, India, ca. 15th century CE. A finely cast leaded bronze lingam, the sacred emblem of Shiva, rising from a square base and crowned by a protective naga serpent. The cylindrical shaft is surmounted by a hooded cobra, its broad canopy unfurling dramatically over the lingam to signify divine guardianship. The base is adorned with relief decoration and small animal figures, including a recumbent bull (Nandi) at the fore, emblematic mount of Shiva and a symbol of steadfast devotion. Lingams such as this were central to Shaivite worship, embodying both the cosmic generative force and the infinite nature of the deity. The presence of the naga, a serpent deeply associated with protection, fertility, and water, imbues the image with further potency. Together, the lingam and naga communicate themes of creation, preservation, and the eternal cycle of existence. Size: 4" L x 3.5" W x 4.2" H (10.2 cm x 8.9 cm x 10.7 cm) Cast in leaded bronze, this piece reflects the technical mastery of medieval Indian metalworkers, who created enduring objects for temple shrines and domestic altars. Provenance: ex-P.T. collection, Queens, New York, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197508

Lot: 226 - 18th C. Indian Ganesha Figurine with Rat

South Asia, India, ca. 18th century CE. A diminutive yet expressive brass figurine of the elephant-headed god Ganesha, richly imbued with symbolic presence despite its small scale. The deity is shown seated with both legs bent and propped up before him, his corpulent belly prominently modeled as the center of his form. His four arms radiate outward, two bent in angular gestures while his long curved trunk descends in a graceful arc. Ganesha wears a tall conical headdress and broad circular ears that frame his serene face. At his proper right side crouches his vahana (mount), the rat, carefully delineated in miniature form and gazing upward toward the god. The figure rests upon a low base encircled with incised rope-like decoration, giving the piece a sense of stability and ritual presence. Size: 2.5" L x 2" W x 4" H (6.4 cm x 5.1 cm x 10.2 cm) Ganesha, revered as the remover of obstacles, lord of beginnings, and patron of wisdom, was among the most widely worshipped deities of the Hindu pantheon during the 18th century. Portable images such as this one likely functioned as personal devotional icons, used in shrines or carried in travel to invoke the god's blessings. Its compact size and stylized modeling reflect the intimate nature of private worship while retaining the essential attributes of Ganesha's iconography: elephant head, potbelly, multiple arms, and his ever-faithful rat companion. Provenance: ex-P.T. collection, Queens, New York, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197510

Lot: 227 - Indian Cast Brass Sculptures: Deity Murti & Dhokra Cow

South Asia, Southern India, Tamil Nadu region & Central and Eastern India, Dhokra, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of cast brass sculptures from South India and the Dhokra tradition of Central and Eastern India. The first is a murti - a sacred statue used in Hindu worship - depicting a Hindu goddess standing atop a tiered pedestal. Finely cast using the lost-wax (cire perdue) method, the figure exemplifies the spiritual significance and artistic devotion associated with South Indian temple art. The second piece is a Dhokra cast sculpture of a cow, rendered in the distinctive tribal style with spindly legs, an elongated body, and loops along the back for attaching chains. The Dhokra Damar tribes are traditional metalsmiths of Odisha and West Bengal, famed for preserving the ancient lost-wax casting technique that bears their name. Size of deity: 1.5" W x 3.75" H (3.8 cm x 9.5 cm) Provenance: private Thousand Oaks, California, USA collection, acquired 1970s to 2000s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 193789

Lot: 228 - Hindu Shaivite Polished Stone Shiva Linga, Svayambhu Type

Ca. 1850 - 2000 CE. South Asia, India, Hindu, Shaivite Tradition, Narmada River region. A Shiva linga of polished dark gray stone, this sacred object embodies one of the most enduring and cosmologically charged forms in the Hindu devotional tradition, its smooth ovoid form representing the generative and transcendent power of Shiva as the axis of creation. The linga is formed from a dense,

Lot: 229 - Indian Stone Shiva Lingam - Naturally Polished Narmada Ovoid

South Asia, India, Hindu tradition. A smooth ovoid of dark cryptocrystalline stone, its surface burnished to a soft sheen by the relentless current of the Narmada River. Egg-shaped and dense, the form embodies the lingam, the aniconic emblem of the god Shiva and one of Hinduism's most enduring sacred symbols. River-tumbled rather than carved, such stones are gathered from the Narmada's bed in central India, where geology and devotion converge: nature itself shapes the object of worship. Faint mineral flecks and pale veining ripple across the charcoal ground, evidence of the basaltic matrix and its long journey downstream. Venerated on home altars and in temples alike, the lingam is anointed with water, milk, and offerings, its rounded mass understood as a focus of cosmic energy and the formless presence of the divine. Size: 3" D x 5.8" H (7.6 cm D x 14.7 cm H). Narmada lingams (banalingam) hold special status in Hindu practice: the Narmada is one of India's seven sacred rivers, and stones drawn from its bed are considered self-manifested (svayambhu), requiring no consecration before worship. The dark stone, often a chert or basaltic jasper, is shaped solely by water over millennia, so each example is unique in its mottling and proportion. In ritual the lingam typically rests within a yoni base, the paired symbols expressing the union of Shiva and Shakti, the generative principle underlying creation. Provenance: ex-private collection, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, collected from 2010 to 2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 198353

Lot: 230 - Naga Belt, Bone Hair Pin & Brass Trophy Head Necklace

South Asia, Northeastern India to Burma, Naga Konyak culture, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A striking ethnographic display featuring three traditional adornments from the Naga Konyak people, mounted in a modern case for preservation and exhibition. The set includes: a beaded belt composed of numerous tubular beads, strung in horizontal rows and supported by vertical bone separators. A bone hairpin with hair tassels, and a brass necklace collar -crescent-shaped with engraved detailing along the terminals and adorned with a series of raised trophy head or skull motifs along the lower arc, symbolizing prestige and warrior status in Naga tradition. All three elements are mounted against a black backdrop within a modern wooden display frame under glass. Size of case: 38.75" L x 21.3" W (98.4 cm x 54.1 cm); brass necklace: 7" L x 1.5" W (17.8 cm x 3.8 cm) Provenance: private Wichita, Kansas, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196612

Lot: 231 - Tibetan Brass & Turquoise Gau Prayer Box Pendant

Central Asia, Tibet, ca. 19th to mid-20th century CE. A pendant container known as a gau or prayer box, crafted from brass with turquoise stone inlays and silver-brass filigree wires spiraling outward from rosette-arranged bezels like vine tendrils. This example represents half of a square box, likely the ornate lid that once fit over a plainer body, with a tubular suspension fitting on one side for wearing. Gau boxes functioned as amulets and protective talismans, intended to hold paper prayers, mantras, sacred images, miniature Buddha figures, or medicine. Such amulet lockets have been used in Tibet for centuries and were highly valued for their protective and spiritual power. Size: 4" L x 0.75" W x 4" H (10.2 cm x 1.9 cm x 10.2 cm); silver quality: 16% Provenance: ex-P.T. collection, Queens, New York, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197514

Lot: 232 - Nepalese Wood Polychrome Boar Mask

Central Asia, Nepal, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A carved wood mask depicting a boar, its surface finished in black pigment with white and red detailing at the eyes, snout, and open jaws. The elongated form has raised ears, incised brows, and a hollowed muzzle exposing teeth. Such animal masks were used in Himalayan village dances and ritual performances. The worn, encrusted surface reflects sustained handling and use. Size: 7.38" W x 7.5" H x 8.5" D (18.7 cm W x 19.1 cm H x 21.6 cm D). Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203786

Lot: 233 - 18th C. Tibetan Thangka - Shakyamuni Buddha

Central Asia, Tibet, ca. 18th century CE. A richly detailed thangka depicting Shakyamuni Buddha, the historical founder of Buddhism, seated in dhyanasana (lotus position) and performing the bhumisparsha mudra - the earth-touching gesture that marks his moment of enlightenment. Calm and immovable, he anchors the composition at its center, framed by a radiant mandorla and elaborate aureole of swirling clouds and flame-like motifs. Surrounding him is a sacred assembly: arhats and attendants populate the celestial landscape, each rendered with individualized posture and expression, forming a visual testament to the transmission of Buddhist teaching. At the lower register appear the Kings of the Four Directions, guardian deities who preside over the cardinal realms, reinforcing the cosmic order under the Buddha's awakened authority. Size of painting: 27" W x 32" H (68.6 cm x 81.3 cm); of thangka: 38" W x 46.5" H (96.5 cm x 118.1 cm) Executed in mineral pigments on cloth, the painting balances intricate linework with saturated color - deep reds, greens, and softened gold tones. The composition unfolds as both narrative and cosmological diagram, guiding the viewer from the earthly realm below to the enlightened presence above. The thangka remains housed within its original textile mounting, bordered by silk brocade and fitted with a protective silk cover, underscoring its role as a portable devotional object used in ritual and meditation. Provenance: private Houston, Texas, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201676

Lot: 234 - Tibetan Gilt Thangka Silk Painting - Yellow Jambhala

Central Asia, Tibet, ca. early 20th century CE. A vivid thangka depicting Jijig, the frightful wealth deity better known as Yellow Jambhala, seated in a dynamic posture upon a lotus throne. His robust, golden-hued form conveys both authority and abundance, framed by an ornate architectural aureole set against a richly patterned red ground. He is adorned with a gilt crown and elaborate jewelry befitting his status, reinforcing his identity as a bestower of wealth and divine power. With one face and two arms, he grasps a vajra in his right hand, symbolizing indestructible power, while his left cradles a mongoose - the mythical creature Nehulay - shown disgorging precious jewels, an enduring emblem of inexhaustible wealth and generosity. Size of painting: 17.5" W x 18.7" H (44.4 cm x 47.5 cm); of thangka: 30" W x 40.6" H (76.2 cm x 103.1 cm) Jijig appears here as a retinue deity associated with the eastern direction, and is widely understood as an emanation of the Buddha Ratnasambhava, embodying the transformative power of generosity and the alleviation of poverty across the six realms. He is also linked to Vaisravana, one of the Four Great Heavenly Kings, guardian of the northern realm and a protector of the Buddhist faith, further reinforcing his role as both benefactor and defender. The composition is executed in mineral pigments on cloth, with crisp linework and saturated tones of red, green, and gold defining the figure and surrounding motifs. Flanking celestial figures appear in roundels above, reinforcing the sacred hierarchy and devotional focus of the image. The painting is presented within a silk mounting with brocade borders and suspended from a wooden dowel, consistent with traditional Tibetan thangka construction. As both a ritual object and visual invocation, such works served as focal points for meditation, prayer, and the cultivation of prosperity and spiritual merit. Provenance: private Houston, Texas, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201677

Lot: 235 - Zhou Dynasty Unglazed Pottery Dou Footed Vessel

East Asia, China, Eastern Zhou to early Han Dynasty, ca. 11th century BCE to 2nd century BCE. A wheel-thrown grey pottery pedestal bowl (dou) of characteristic form, the wide shallow bowl raised on a flared foot, the exterior with horizontal throwing rings throughout; unglazed grey ware with natural surface variation. Size: 6.8" W x 4.5" H (17.3 cm W x 11.4 cm H) Provenance: private Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA collection, 1995 to 2005 or via inheritance; ex-JCT collection, U.S. Navy Commander, assembled 1926 to 1934 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202466

Lot: 236 - Ban Chiang Rope-Impressed Pottery Jar

Southeast Asia, Thailand, Ban Chiang, ca. 1000 to 300 BCE. Pottery vessel of globular form with a flared rim, its surface textured with dense rope-impressed striations that create a tactile, rhythmic pattern across the earthenware body. Size: 7.5" D x 6" H (19.1 cm D x 15.2 cm H) Provenance: private Fresno, California, USA Collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202607

Lot: 237 - Han Dynasty Pottery Lidded Jar with Marine Encrustations

East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE – 220 CE. A compact globular jar of grey earthenware, its rounded shoulders tapering to a modest foot and crowned by a domed lid now fused to the rim by centuries of marine accretion. The body retains its original wheel-thrown profile beneath a crust of calcareous deposits, barnacle ghosts, and sand-grain inclusions, the pale crystalline encrustation banding the shoulder and pooling along the lower curve in a manner that speaks plainly of long submersion. Where the patina thins, the cool slate-grey fabric typical of Han kiln production emerges, unglazed and softly burnished by abrasion. Lidded jars of this form, often called guan, served the Han household and tomb alike as containers for grain, wine, oils, and condiments, and were among the most ubiquitous ceramic goods of the dynasty. Many traveled the maritime trade routes that linked southern Chinese ports to Southeast Asia, and shipwreck cargoes from the period have yielded comparable vessels in similar states of preservation. The sealed lid, locked shut by mineral concretion, preserves whatever the jar last held, an unopened time capsule from the seabed that lends this otherwise utilitarian object the quiet drama of an artifact recovered rather than excavated. Size: 5.3" D x 5" H (13.5 cm D x 12.7 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 176309

Lot: 238 - Chinese Sui-Tang Straw Glazed Mingqi Attendant Figure

East Asia, China, Sui to Tang Dynasty, ca. 581 to 907 CE. A mold-made pottery mingqi figure of a robed attendant, depicted with serene facial features and hands clasped against the chest. Such figures were traditionally placed in tombs as symbolic companions for the deceased. The figure is coated in a pale, creamy beige glaze - its distinctive hue achieved through the use of straw ash in the firing process, a technique that imparts a softly luminous finish. Over time, the surface has developed areas of craquelure and earthen deposits, enhancing its ancient character and testament to centuries of burial and preservation. Size: 3.25" W x 10.5" H (8.3 cm x 26.7 cm) Provenance: Collection of Y. Kayvan, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from a Los Angeles, California, USA gallery acquisition dates range from the late 1990s to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 194834

Lot: 239 - Very Rare Chinese Tang Dynasty Dwarf Pair

China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. Very rare to find! Pair of molded terracotta figures representing individuals who suffered from dwarfism. Each with large heads, short bodies, heads bowed with hands in front of their large bellies. Size: 2.75" W x 6.5" H (7 cm x 16.5 cm) Little is written or known about the public perception of individuals suffering from body malformations in the ancient Chinese world. In Pre-Columbian cultures these individuals seemed to be revered as more spiritual and perhaps even god-like. Let's hope that was the case in the far east. Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 192376

Lot: 240 - Yuan Dynasty Cizhou Brown-Glazed Stoneware Jarlet

East Asia, China, Yuan Dynasty, ca. 13th–14th century CE. A Cizhou-type brown-glazed stoneware jarlet with twin lug handles at the shoulder and pronounced ribbing to the ovoid body. The lustrous dark glaze stops unevenly above the foot, exposing the pale buff clay below. The interior is glazed, and the jarlet sits on a slightly splayed, unglazed foot. Size: 4" Diameter x 5.25" H (10.2 cm D x 13.3 cm H). Provenance: private Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA collection, 1995 to 2005 or via inheritance; ex-JCT collection, U.S. Navy Commander, assembled 1926 to 1934 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203336

Lot: 241 - Chinese Ming Dynasty Stone Seal Stamp, Guardian Fu Lion

East Asia, China, Ming to early Qing Dynasty, ca. 1300 - 1700 CE. East Asia, China, Song to Ming Dynasty, ca. 10th to 16th century CE. A carved soapstone or serpentinite scholar's chop seal of square section, surmounted by a guardian fu-lion in the round. The seal face is carved with Chinese characters filled with red cinnabar paste presented in the archaic seal script style used for personal, studio, or official seals. Size: 1.5" W x 2.5" H x 1.25" D (3.8 cm W x 6.3 cm H x 3.2 cm D) Provenance: private Boise, Idaho, USA collection; ex-private Camarillo, California USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202801

Lot: 242 - Four Decorated Blue on White Ming Dynasty Rice Bowls

East Asia, China or Vietnam, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1450 - 1550 CE. Nice lot of 4 early porcelain bowls found along Chinese or Anamese trading routes of the 15th to early 16tth centuries. Traditional rice bowls, each decorated in a blue on white, one example gray on tan with swirls or geometric patterns. Size of largest: 6" D x 2.5" H (15.2 cm D x 6.3 cm H) Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202833

Lot: 243 - Three Ming Blue-and-White Bowls - Floral Scroll Motifs

East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1500 to 1700 CE. A group of three blue-and-white porcelain bowls represents the robust export production of Ming dynasty kilns, two of matching form and a diminutive companion, all glazed in the bluish-white characteristic of period manufacture. The two larger bowls share a hemispherical profile on a short foot ring, their exteriors painted in cobalt blue with dense floral scroll and lotus petal registers, the brushwork confident and freely executed in the manner of Jingdezhen export ware produced for Southeast Asian and broader maritime trade networks. Each carries an abbreviated mark within a double circle on the base, likely an artemisia leaf or auspicious character rather than a reign mark, a convention widely used on export-grade wares of the period. The diminutive third bowl is decorated more simply, with a single band of alternating dots and circles at the rim, its spare ornament suggesting either a different kiln origin or a distinct functional category within the same service. Taken together, the three pieces offer a compact survey of the range and vitality of Ming blue-and-white production at the height of its international reach. Size of largest (two largest are the same): 6" D x 2.8" H (15.2 cm D x 7.1 cm H) Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202834

Lot: 244 - Four Ming Dynasty Blue & White Porcelain Bowls - Shipwreck Recovery

East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 15th to 16th century CE. A quartet of blue-and-white bowls that spent several centuries on the ocean floor and arrived at the surface still decent company. Each rests on a low foot ring and flares to a rounded rim, the shared grammar of Ming export ware produced in quantity for the maritime trade networks that connected southern Chinese kilns to the courts and markets of Southeast Asia, the Persian Gulf, and beyond. The decoration varies across the four: one carries a precise lotus scroll band around the exterior, its brushwork controlled and confident; another bears loose, gestural cloud or floral motifs in a watery cobalt that bleeds softly into the glaze; a third is enlivened by bold cursive botanical painting; and the fourth displays low-relief vegetal ornament beneath a milky white glaze, the modeling assertive enough to survive long submersion. Size of largest: 6.3" D x 2.5" H (16.0 cm D x 6.3 cm H) Two of the bowls retain heavy marine encrustation on their exteriors, the accumulated record of centuries on a seabed, while the unglazed or sand-abraded rims on several examples are consistent with stack-firing, the standard kiln practice for high-volume cargo production. One interior medallion preserves what appears to be a painted character or abbreviated mark. Taken together, the group is a small but readable fragment of the vast ceramic trade that made Ming porcelain the common currency of the early modern world. Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202835

Lot: 245 - 17th C. Chinese Blue & White Swatow Stoneware Jar

East Asia, China, late Ming Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, ca. 1600–1800 CE. A broad-shouldered stoneware jar painted in a faded cobalt blue under a thin transparent glaze with loosely brushed floral roundels and lines suggestive of foliage, characteristic of Swatow (Zhangzhou) export ware. The short everted neck terminates in an unglazed mouth rim, and the low foot ring exposes the buff clay beneath. Swatow wares were produced in Fujian province primarily for Southeast Asian export markets, distinguished by their bold brushwork, coarse bodies, and broad decorative gestures. Size: 7.5" D x 7" H (19.1 cm D x 17.8 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 183633

Lot: 246 - Chinese Ming / Qing Dynasty Blue & White Glazed Jar - Floral Scrolls

East Asia, China, Late Ming to Qing Dynasty, ca. 17th to 19th century CE. A wheel-thrown stoneware jar in the Swatow or Zhangzhou export tradition, with a rounded shoulder, short neck, and unglazed foot ring. The exterior is decorated in underglaze blue with loosely painted floral and foliate scrollwork. Size: 7" W x 7.5" H (17.8 cm W x 19.1 cm H). Provenance: private Ventura County, California, USA collection, before 2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 132722

Lot: 247 - Qing Dynasty Lidded Ginger / Wine Jar, ex-Holler & Saunders

East / Southeastern Asia, China, Qing dynasty, ca. 1700 - 1899 CE. A blue-splashed export ware ginger or wine jar with a softly rounded body and lid. The pale glaze is animated by fluid cobalt washes that pool and feather across the surface. The shoulder is set with four small strap handles. Pieces of this type were widely traded from the southeastern mainland to the Philippines and likely continued along the Acapulco trade route. The form and decoration reflect the adaptability of Chinese kilns to overseas markets and taste. Size: 8.5" W x 9.5" H (21.6 cm x 24.1 cm) Provenance: Ex-private collection of Samuel Saunders, Nogales, AZ, partner of Holler & Saunders, Ltd., founded in 1979 and widely regarded as one of the preeminent authorities in Spanish Colonial and Mexican folk art SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201740

Lot: 248 - 18th-19th C. Chinese Qing Stoneware Shipwreck Dishes, Set of 5

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 1700–1850 CE. A group of five stoneware dishes recovered from a maritime shipwreck, each covered in a pale gray-green glaze decorated with stenciled cobalt chrysanthemum and geometric motifs, with unglazed biscuit centers typical of kiln-stacked mass production. Likely from the Fujian or Guangdong kilns and destined for Southeast Asian trade markets, these are modest everyday wares. Size: 6.75" D x 1.5" H (17.1 cm D x 3.8 cm H). Provenance: private Lanier collection, West Covina, California, USA via descent from father, acquired in the 1970's. SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202832

Lot: 249 - 18th C. Chinese Wood Xiwangmu Queen Mother of the West

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 18th century CE. A lovely lacquered wood home altar figure of Xiwangmu, the Queen Mother of the West - one of the most revered deities in Daoist tradition. Depicted seated in calm authority atop a flat plinth, the goddess is dressed in flowing robes and crowned with an elaborate headdress adorned with floral and phoenix-like motifs, symbols of immortality and

Lot: 250 - Chinese Qing Dynasty Ivory Smoking Pipe Fittings, 8 pcs

A group of eight elephant ivory smoking pipe fittings, including bowls, endcaps, and mouthpieces, showing a range of turned and carved forms associated with traditional pipe construction. Among them is a particularly notable bowl carved as a finely detailed and naturalistic crab grasping a fish, with red-ink characters, and a brass collar on the base. The mouthpieces are all centrally bored for airflow, while some endcaps are also pierced, reflecting the fact that these caps did not always function to seal the pipe completely due to the common use of bamboo, that naturally forms an internal partitions that seal the stem end. Size of largest: 2" Diameter x 1" W (5.1 cm x 2.5 cm) This item is made of or contains elephant ivory and is classified under the ESA (Endangered Species Act) as an exempt piece. Due to federal and state regulations regarding the sale of ivory, this item cannot be shipped internationally or to individuals residing in the following U.S. states: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. Additionally, buyers are responsible for ensuring that their purchase complies with all local laws and regulations concerning ivory. We guarantee that this piece meets the criteria for an ESA antique exemption under U.S. Federal law, however, we advise buyers to consult with their local authorities to confirm their ability to legally acquire, possess, trade, or sell this item in your state of residence. Provenance: private Rogers, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Bosio collection, Miami, Florida, USA, 1960-2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200221

Lot: 251 - 19th C. Chinese Bamboo & Brass Tobacco Water Pipe - Qing Era

East Asia, China, late Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A tobacco water pipe featuring a bamboo reservoir with brass fittings. The brass components include a conical bowl and a stem holder, which supports a curved stem with a brass mouthpiece. Smoke drawn through the water in the reservoir was cooled before reaching the smoker. Size: 3.75" W x 14" H x 6" D (9.5 cm W x 35.6 cm H x 15.2 cm D). Provenance: ex-David Zahler collection, acquired between 1975 to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203795

Lot: 252 - 19th C. Chinese Rose Medallion Porcelain Plate - Court Figures & Florals

East Asia, China, Qing dynasty to Republic era, ca. 1800–1950 CE. An export porcelain plate in the Rose Medallion pattern, the scalloped rim enclosing four panels of alternating court figures and floral sprays with birds, arranged around a central butterfly-ringed medallion of a bird among peonies. The decoration is executed in leaded polychrome enamels over the glaze, with the dense green foliate ground and rose pinks characteristic of Canton workshops. Size: 9.6" Diameter x 1.5" H (24.4 cm D x 3.8 cm H). From the collection of Eugene Rotberg (1930-2025), longtime vice president and treasurer of the World Bank, noted collector of Asian art, and a figure widely regarded as one of the most influential in international finance of the late 20th century. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection, from the estate of Eugene and Iris Rotberg, before 2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. This item contains lead, a toxic substance. It should be handled with caution. We recommend storing it in a sealed display case. Item # 203881

Lot: 253 - Chinese Ming Dynasty Khotan Jade Coiled Mythical Beast

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th century CE. A lovely mutton jade (nephrite) carving of a mythical beast resembling a coiled, recumbent tiger. Boasting natural hues of caramel and mocha, the lengthy animal rests its head on its back, its face presenting a broad snout, bulging eyes, and arched brows beneath pointed ears and spread fins or wings. Its tail turns up at the end, splitting into 3, while an incised crest travels down its back and 4 short legs are shown bent beneath. Size: 2.4" L x 2.2" W x 1.3" H (6.1 cm x 5.6 cm x 3.3 cm) Provenance: private Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA collection, 1995 to 2005 or via inheritance; ex-JCT collection, U.S. Navy Commander, assembled 1926 to 1934 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 193032

Lot: 254 - Chinese Qing Jade Carving w/ Felines

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th century CE. A finely carved nephrite jade pendant depicting two felines climbing along a gently arched branch, rendered in pale creamy white stone often described as mutton jade. The animals are shown in lively yet compact poses, their bodies curling in rhythm with the curve beneath them, paws extended as if mid ascent. Executed in the style of the Han dynasty, the composition favors rounded forms, simplified musculature, and subtle incised scroll details that animate the surface without overwhelming it. The jade’s soft translucency and warm tonality enhance the sculptural modeling, while natural inclusions and slight tonal variations lend depth and character. Pierced apertures allow the pendant to be suspended, likely as a personal ornament or auspicious talisman. Size: 3" L x 1.3" W (7.6 cm x 3.3 cm) During the Qing dynasty, archaistic works inspired by earlier periods were highly prized, reflecting both scholarly taste and reverence for antiquity. This pendant embodies that revival spirit, uniting 19th century craftsmanship with the enduring visual language of Han dynasty jade carving. Provenance: private Thousand Oaks, California, USA collection, acquired November 21, 1999; ex-Samual Lee collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 193531

Lot: 255 - Chinese Nephrite Jade Pig Dragon Pendant w/ Bird

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty to Republic era, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A carved nephrite jade pendant in the form of a stylized zoomorph known as a "pig-dragon," surmounted by an abstract creature resembling a crouching bird or insect. The main body is shaped into an almost circular, C-shaped form, drilled for suspension. This style draws inspiration from similar jade artifacts excavated from Neolithic sites. The term "pig-dragon" (zhu long in Chinese) refers to a specific jade form, particularly associated with Hongshan culture, thought to hold ritual or symbolic significance. Often interpreted as a mythical hybrid, these forms likely represented spiritual beliefs central to early Chinese culture. Size: 1.75" L x 0.5" W x 2.75" H (4.4 cm x 1.3 cm x 7 cm) Provenance: private New Orleans, Louisiana, USA collection, acquired 1990s in the Caribbean SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 189123

Lot: 256 - Chinese Stone Statue of Bodhisattva Guanyin

East Asia, China, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A beautifully carved stone statue of the Bodhisattva Guanyin, seated on a pedestal with her robes cascading gracefully over her legs. Her hands are held palm up in her lap, forming a meditative gesture, while her robe is delicately draped over her head. The lower edge of the pedestal is inscribed with Chinese characters. Size: 9.5" L x 16.5" H (24.1 cm x 41.9 cm) Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection, acquired from 1990 to 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 192912

Lot: 257 - 4 Chinese Qing Dynasty Blue on White Porcelain Dishes

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th century CE. A charming set of four blue-on-white porcelain dishes, each hand-painted in cobalt beneath a clear glaze. The shallow basins feature traditional Chinese motifs - two with lush floral sprays of peonies and chrysanthemums, one with lotus blooms, and one with a tree - all bordered by delicate foliate patterns extending toward their gently sloped rims. Each dish displays a warm light-brown edge, known as a "dressed rim" - a hallmark of antique Chinese export wares. This brown wash was deliberately applied after glazing to strengthen the thin rim, stabilize the fragile edge, and reduce the risk of chipping. Size: 8.75" Diameter x 1" H (22.2 cm x 2.5 cm) Provenance: ex-T.F. Holy Lands collection, formed since the 1960s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196024

Lot: 258 - 3 Chinese Peking Glass, Pottery & Quartz Snuff Bottles

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th to mid-20th century CE. A collection of three snuff bottles in varied materials and decorative styles. One example is opaque Peking glass carved in aubergine relief with animal motifs against a milky ground. Another features a molded blue pottery body with an overall raised scale texture, topped by a red acrylic cabochon-form stopper. The third is a smoky quartz vessel, carved and delicately etched with bamboo and floral motifs that emerge through the translucent stone. Size of largest: 2" W x 2.5" H (5.1 cm x 6.4 cm) Provenance: private Rogers, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Bosio collection, Miami, Florida, USA, 1960-2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200104

Lot: 259 - 3 Chinese Bone Snuff Jars & Carved Stone Seal

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty to Republic era, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A small and varied collection comprising four snuff bottles crafted from bone, elephant ivory, and wood, as well as a carved stone chop seal. One of the snuff bottles, the smallest in the group, depicts an erotic scene. A large bone bottle features an inscription alongside a depiction of a sage - an arhat or immortal - distinguished by the characteristically long eyebrows. Another bone-carved bottle presents a scene with female figures, while a larger bottle, skillfully carved from ivory, showcases figures and architectural motifs in high relief The accompanying chop seal, carved from stone, appears to be of more recent manufacture. Its stamping face remains unengraved, suggesting it was either left unfinished or intended for later customization. Size of relief carved jar: 2" W x 3.5" H (5.1 cm x 8.9 cm) This item is made of or contains elephant ivory and is classified under the ESA (Endangered Species Act) as an exempt piece. Due to federal and state regulations regarding the sale of ivory, this item cannot be shipped internationally or to individuals residing in the following U.S. states: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington. Additionally, buyers are responsible for ensuring that their purchase complies with all local laws and regulations concerning ivory. We guarantee that this piece meets the criteria for an ESA antique exemption under U.S. Federal law, however, we advise buyers to consult with their local authorities to confirm their ability to legally acquire, possess, trade, or sell this item in your state of residence. Provenance: private Las Vegas, Nevada, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 194752

Lot: 260 - Chinese Early Republic-Era Paper Album Erotic Scenes

East Asia, China, Republic era, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. Painted erotic scenes on twelve concertina-style folding paper panels form a continuous sequence of intimate vignettes, executed in opaque watercolor and ink with linework and soft, muted washes. Chinese character captions appear on most panels, with further inscriptions on the verso that add narrative or playful commentary. Some men are depicted in Western-style suits and one in a gray military "Mao suit." Mounted in a clear acrylic case for display and protection. Size of paper: 41.5" L x 7" W (105.4 cm x 17.8 cm); acrylic case: 46.5" L x 11.5" W x 2" H (118.1 cm x 29.2 cm x 5.1 cm) Provenance: private Rogers, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Bosio collection, Miami, Florida, USA, 1960-2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199969

Lot: 261 - 4 Chinese Polychrome Wooden Architectural Posts

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A set of four carved wooden architectural posts, each surmounted by a lotus-form finial and decorated with relief-carved floral, auspicious characters, bird, and fruit motifs in bright polychrome hues. The thick cylindrical bases are cut with long rectangular openings and smaller square apertures designed to receive wooden beams, indicating use as structural supports such as newel posts for stair railings or balcony balustrades. The elaborate lotus finials suggest placement at or just below eye level where the decorative carving would be fully visible. Size: 7" W x 19" H (17.8 cm x 48.3 cm) Provenance: private Rogers, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Bosio collection, Miami, Florida, USA, 1960-2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200175

Lot: 262 - 19th C. Chinese Dali Marble Dream Stone - Shih-Hua

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th century CE. A horizontal slab of Dali marble that has spent an age becoming a landscape without any human assistance: cool blue-grey strata press and fold across the stone's face in formations that read unmistakably as mist-wrapped peaks, a pale sky above and a quieter shore below, the whole scene inflected by warm ochre veining that wanders through the composition like a distant river seen from altitude. Cut from deposits in the Cangshan range of Yunnan province in western China and finished with a thin coat of wax to deepen its natural translucency, the stone belongs to the tradition of shih-hua, dream stones whose geological inclusions and mineral striations the scholarly eye reads as spontaneous ink painting. Size of stone: 23" W x 9.75" H (58.4 cm W x 24.8 cm H); of frame: 19.5" W x 16.25" H (49.5 cm W x 41.3 cm H) Set in a deep reddish-brown frame with a white mat, the panel is presented as the Chinese literati tradition always intended: as an object for sustained contemplation rather than passing admiration. Scholars of the Ming and Qing periods hung such stones in their studios alongside brushwork and classical objects, finding in the earth's own compositions a philosophical argument that nature's artistry preceded and exceeded anything the human hand might accomplish. The tradition received a second life in the 19th century when French collectors, encountering these panels through trade, christened them "pierres de reve," a name that captured their quality of induced reverie without quite capturing the deeper cosmological stakes the Chinese tradition had always assigned them. Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 169836

Lot: 263 - Lovely 19th C. Chinese Rose Quartz Courtesan Group

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th century CE. A rose quartz carving of two female courtesans rendered from a single pale blush-pink stone, its natural translucency lending the figures an inner luminosity that no pigment could manufacture. The taller figure stands dominant, her elaborate tiered coiffure surmounted by floral ornaments carved with fine linear detail, her long robes falling in articulated folds as she holds a pipa, the four-stringed lute long associated in Chinese literati culture with feminine refinement, poetic longing, and the bittersweet pleasures of court entertainment. Beside her, a more petite companion leans slightly inward in a posture of easy familiarity, her own hair dressed in a simpler knot, her hands cradling a dizi, the transverse bamboo flute whose breathy timbre was considered among the most expressive voices in the classical Chinese instrumental repertoire. Size: 5.8" W x 10.1" H x 2.7" D (14.7 cm W x 25.7 cm H x 6.9 cm D); on included custom stand: 7.1" W x 11.8" H x 3.8" D (18.0 cm W x 30.0 cm H x 9.7 cm D) The pairing of the two instruments, plucked string and blown reed, creates a visual metaphor for musical harmony rendered permanently in stone. The natural variation in the quartz, shifting from deeper rose at the base through translucent near-white at the headdresses, is exploited with carver's intelligence rather than concealed. The group rests on a conforming hardwood stand. Qing-period rose quartz figural carvings of this quality and scale are among the more sought-after expressions of Chinese decorative lapidary art, combining material luxury with iconographic elegance in a format that appealed equally to imperial and scholarly taste. Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202681

Lot: 264 - 19th C. Chinese Qing Nephrite Jade Pig Dragon Carving

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty to Republic era, ca. late 19th to 20th century CE. A hand-carved nephrite jade amulet crafted in the form of an abstract zoomorphic figure, commonly referred to as a "pig dragon" (zhu long). Featuring a limbless, coiled body, with a prominent central aperture and a smaller suspension hole drilled through the reverse side of the head, enabling it to be worn as an amulet. The term "pig dragon" describes a specific type of jade carving that originated in the Neolithic period. Size: 2.6" L x 1.25" W (6.6 cm x 3.2 cm) Provenance: private New Orleans, Louisiana, USA collection, acquired 1990s in the Caribbean SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 189160

Lot: 265 - Chinese Qing Nephrite Jade Carving Fenghuang / Phoenix

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A delightful nephrite jade carving of a mythical bird known as a fenghuang or phoenix. A long curvilinear crest extends from the top of the bird's head opposite the curved beak. The phoenix is associated with emperors and will only appear in times of prosperity and peace, second only in the supernatural creatures of the Chinese pantheon to the dragon. Size: 1.8" W x 2.4" H (4.6 cm x 6.1 cm) Provenance: private New Orleans, Louisiana, USA collection, acquired 1990s in the Caribbean SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 189143

Lot: 266 - Three Chinese Archaistic Carved Greenstone Figures

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty to Republic era, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A group of three standing figures carved from mottled celadon and russet-toned hardstone in an archaistic manner. Two are fantastical human- animal figures with a crest and ears like a horse, and the third is hunchbacked scholar-sage. Their robes are incised with scroll and geometric motifs. Archaistic carvings of this type were produced for the scholar's studio and antiquarian market, reviving forms admired from earlier periods. Size: 1.5" W x 6.75" H x 1.6" D (3.8 cm W x 17.1 cm H x 4.1 cm D). Provenance: ex-David Zahler collection, acquired between 1975 to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203755

Lot: 267 - 20th C. Chinese Agalmatolite Scholar's Seal - Landscape & Bagua

East Asia, China, ca. 1900–1999 CE. A carved octagonal seal blank in pale agalmatolite, the soft aluminosilicate long favored by Chinese seal cutters for its yielding, waxy grain. Though it takes the form of a name seal, this ornament was made for the scholar's desk rather than the inkpad. Its faceted shafts carry a finely incised shan-shui landscape, mountains dissolving into mist above a scattering of trees, alongside four borrowed lines from Li Bai's frontier lament "Guan Shan Yue." One terminal bears an auspicious-character roundel framed in ruyi scrollwork; the base holds a taiji-and-bagua cosmological diagram, its recesses packed with iron-oxide earth pigment for contrast. Were it ever impressed, that cosmological face would yield a protective talisman rather than an identity, a literati conceit prizing symbolism and craft over utility. Size: 2.2" W x 3.2" H x 2" D (5.6 cm W x 8.1 cm H x 5.1 cm D). The bagua, or eight trigrams, encircle the central taiji (yin-yang) symbol in an arrangement descended from the Yijing (Book of Changes). Carved onto a seal's base, this diagram transforms the object from an instrument of identity into a talismanic device: an impression of it would print a cosmological charm rather than a personal name, aligning the owner with the ordering principles of heaven and earth. The verse borrowed for the shafts, Li Bai's "Guan Shan Yue" (Moon Over the Mountain Pass), meditates on soldiers gazing homeward from the frontier, a canonical Tang lament whose pairing with a serene landscape reflects the literati taste for poetic melancholy inscribed on desk objects. Agalmatolite, sometimes marketed as "pagodite" or grouped with soapstone, belongs to the dickite-kaolinite family of hydrous aluminosilicates. Its softness allows the crisp, deeply undercut incision seen here without the fracturing risk of harder stones. Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203719

Lot: 268 - Chinese White Jade Pixiu Charm With Piercing

East Asia, China, ca. 20th century CE. A petite white jade carving depicting a sinuous zoomorphic form, perhaps a stylized feline or mythical pixiu beast with a hole for suspension. The stone is softly polished to a creamy translucence, emphasizing the natural luster and purity of the jade. Size: 2.2" L x 0.3" W (5.6 cm x 0.8 cm) Provenance: private New Orleans, Louisiana, USA collection, acquired 1990s in the Caribbean SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196664

Lot: 269 - Chinese Jade Pendant Plaque with Taotie Face

East Asia, China, ca. 20th century CE. A nephrite jade pendant carved in the form of a pointed plaque, with a rounded top pierced for suspension. The surface is adorned with raised spiral and dot motifs, with additional incised taotie face near the lower section. Size: 2.5" L x 1" W (6.4 cm x 2.5 cm) Provenance: private New Orleans, Louisiana, USA collection, acquired 1990s in the Caribbean SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196665

Lot: 270 - Chinese Brass Bangle Happiness Symbol & Buddha Amulet

East Asia, China, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A brass bangle engraved with auspicious motifs, including the double happiness symbol - a traditional emblem of joy, harmony, and good fortune. Accompanying it is a zinc talisman depicting a seated Shakyamuni Buddha, mold-cast in relief and encased in plastic for preservation, likely intended for use during a pilgrimage or temple visit. Size of bangle: 3.5" L x 0.5" W (8.9 cm x 1.3 cm); Provenance: private Anahola, Hawaii, USA collection, acquired 1970s to 1990s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197986

Lot: 271 - Two Chinese Yellow Porcelain Bowls, 1910 Xuantong Mark

East Asia, China, late Qing Dynasty, ca. 1910 CE. A pair of mustard yellow glazed porcelain bowls of identical form, each with a gently flaring profile and raised foot. Though similar in size and shape, the interior decoration differs in molded relief. One bowl features five-clawed dragons and phoenixes arranged in dynamic composition, symbols associated with imperial authority and harmony. The other is decorated with peony blossoms, representing prosperity and honor. The bases bear an eight-character Xuantong reign mark, indicating production during the Gengxu year, corresponding to 1910. Size: 8" W x 2.25" H (20.3 cm x 5.7 cm) Provenance: private collection of S. Saunders, Nogales Arizona, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201710

Lot: 272 - Chinese Stone Pig Dragon & Carved Bead Pendant

East Asia, China, ca. 20th century CE. A carved stone pig-dragon pendant with circular body and stylized head, accompanied by a small turquoise hued magnesite bead carved with simple facial features and suspension holes for mounting or jewelry use. Size of largest: 1.7" L x 1.3" W (4.3 cm x 3.3 cm) Provenance: private Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA collection, 1995 to 2005 or via inheritance SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197452

Lot: 273 - Qing Dynasty Scrolls - Loyal Minister and General

East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A paired set of Qing dynasty ink and color portraits, each depicting a revered Chinese historical figure - one a loyal minister, the other a high-ranking general - both rendered with expressive brushwork, mineral pigments, and poetic inscriptions. Created in the late 19th to early 20th century, these companion scroll paintings

Lot: 274 - Meiji Inlaid Wood Panel - Cockatoo on Branch

Japan, Meiji period, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautifully executed Shibayama-inlaid wood panel depicting a cockatoo perched on a flowering branch, its feathers delicately carved in shell against a polished wooden ground. Surrounding blossoms of mother-of-pearl and gilt leaves heighten the scene’s quiet elegance, demonstrating the refined artistry of Meiji craftsmen who mastered mixed-material inlay. The panel is set in a wooden frame embellished with butterflies and fitted with a suspension mount on the reverse. Size: 0.5" L x 9.5" W x 12" H (1.3 cm x 24.1 cm x 30.5 cm) ) Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection, acquired in the 1980s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 193643

Lot: 275 - Ornate Chinese Enamel Inlaid Nickel-Brass Inkwell

East Asia, China, ca. mid-20th century CE. A nickel-brass inkwell of square form fitted with colorful enamel inlay panels depicting floral motifs within geometric borders, the vessel topped by a domed lid accented with an ornate collar and a blue finial handle. The finial element is a man-made enamel or glassy composite designed to resemble a turquoise nugget. The inkwell retains its original interior liner and black mineral buildup, consistent with age and use. Size: 2.5" L x 2.5" W x 3.75" H (6.4 cm x 6.4 cm x 9.5 cm) Provenance: private Lafayette, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203539

Lot: 276 - Chinese Nephrite Jade Huang Pendant, Dragon Head Terminals

East Asia, China, ca. 20th century. A nephrite jade pendant in the form of a huang, its arc-shaped body terminating in stylized dragon heads at each end. The surface is incised with scrolling motifs echoing ancient ornamental patterns, adding texture and movement to the form. Size: 4" L x 1.5" W (10.2 cm x 3.8 cm) Provenance: private New Orleans, Louisiana, USA collection, acquired 1990s in the Caribbean SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196669

Lot: 277 - Chinese White Jade Archaic Style Tiger Pendant

East Asia, China, ca. mid-20th century CE. A white jade pendant carved as a sinuous tiger-feline in an archaic style, with curled limbs, a raised spine, and incised scroll motifs that echo early ritual jade forms. Smoothly polished and softly translucent, it includes a small suspension piercing for wearing. Size: 2.2" L x 0.4" W (5.6 cm x 1 cm) Provenance: private New Orleans, Louisiana, USA collection, acquired 1990s in the Caribbean SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196663

Lot: 278 - Chinese Nephrite Jade Carving of Avian Figure

East Asia, China, ca. 20th century CE. A jade pendant carved in the form of an avian or bat figure, rendered in a nephrite jade stone with cloudy translucence. The stylized form displays broad wings, upturned talon-like feet, and symmetrical raised patterns across the body and limbs, with drilled suspension holes for display or wear. While evoking the form and surface layout of ancient Chinese ritual jade carvings, this piece is of contemporary manufacture. Size: 3" L x 2.2" W (7.6 cm x 5.6 cm) Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection, acquired from Arts du Monde, imported into the US prior to 2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 195448

Lot: 279 - 20th C. Chinese Snuff Bottles, Group of Nine

East Asia, China, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. Nine snuff bottles in an appealing range of materials and techniques, including interior-painted glass, blue and white porcelain, pottery, pale pink glass, hardstone, and enameled brass figural example. Subjects include plum blossoms, dragons, phoenix, lotus, figural scenes, and inscribed calligraphy, with one interior-painted glass bottle depicting a nude figure, a subject produced for the export and curiosity market. Size: 1.75" D x 4" H (4.4 cm D x 10.2 cm H). Provenance: private West Covina, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202837

Lot: 280 - Chinese Archaistic Stone Turtle Carving

East Asia, China, ca. mid-20th century CE. A carved stone figure of a turtle with rounded shell and simplified head and limbs, worked in dark brown stone with an intentionally aged surface. The form echoes archaic Chinese jade carvings, though the material and finish indicate later manufacture. A decorative carving inspired by early ritual animal forms, the underside is drilled for suspension, but the size and weight make it unsuitable for wearing. Size: 6.5" L x 3" W x 2" H (16.5 cm x 7.6 cm x 5.1 cm) Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 190007

Lot: 281 - Five Chinese Carved Stone Charm Beads

East Asia, China, ca. 20th century CE. A group of five miniature carved stone bead charms depicting a dragon head, cicada, seated figure, tiger, and an abstract figure, each drilled for suspension. Size of largest: 1.1" L x 0.4" W (2.8 cm x 1 cm) Provenance: private Thousand Oaks, California, USA collection, acquired 1970s to 2000s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 193529

Lot: 282 - Chinese Archaistic Jade Parrot Pendant

East Asia, China, ca. 20th century CE. A carved parrot-form pendant rendered in revival archaic style. The stylized bird is shown in profile with a curved beak and elongated tail, the wings decorated with raised spiral motifs. The body is smoothly contoured and pierced for suspension, allowing it to be worn as a pendant or toggle. Size: 2.8" L x 0.5" W (7.1 cm x 1.3 cm) Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 190083

Lot: 283 - Japanese Edo Iron Tsuba, Gilt Flowers & Lion-Dog Motif

East Asia, Japan, Edo to early Meiji era, ca. 19th century CE. An iron tsuba sword guard of rounded rectangular form, decorated in relief with gilt and silver-washed motifs of flowering plants and a lively komainu (lion dog) striding along the lower edge. The dark iron ground provides contrast to the mixed-metal inlay, highlighting the layered petals, leaves, and expressive features of the guardian beast. Size: 3.2" L x 3" W (8.1 cm x 7.6 cm); gold quality: 4% to 19% (1K to 4K+) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199447

Lot: 284 - Five Japanese Edo to Meiji Coins & Forgeries

East Asia, Japan, Late Edo to Meiji period, ca. 1830 to 1912 CE. A compact and instructive study group of Japanese ingot coins and forgeries captures a monetary system in transition, where stamped bullion and shifting metal values tell a story of reform, scarcity, and adaptation. The assemblage includes rectangular and oval forms, their crisp calligraphic punches standing in quiet contrast to the irregularities that reveal imitation. At the core is a brass forgery of an Ichibugin, composed of 72.8% copper, 25.1% zinc, and a trace 1.5% silver, weighing 7.5 grams, its fabric subtly betraying its unofficial origin. A 2 Bu Meiji Nibukin follows, struck in a debased yet still precious alloy of 60.4% silver and 38.7% gold, weighing 2.9 grams, reflecting the evolving standards of early modern Japan. A small mameitagin, or "bean" ingot, composed of 56.1% silver and 41.5% copper at 2.4 grams, preserves an older tradition of irregular bullion currency. Size of largest (Ichibugin): 1" L x 0.6" W (2.5 cm x 1.5 cm) Also included is a 2 Shu Tenpo nishukin, dating to ca. 1832 to 1858, struck in an alloy of 53.8% silver and 45% gold and weighing 1.5 grams, alongside a copper forgery of a 2 Shu coin composed almost entirely of copper (99.7%) and weighing 8.1 grams. Together, these pieces illustrate both official minting practices and the parallel world of contemporary imitation. Rectangular bu and shu coins were produced by striking flat planchets with official dies, their value communicated through inscription and weight rather than milled edges. In periods of metal shortage and fluctuating bullion prices, such systems proved vulnerable, giving rise to widespread forgeries that circulated alongside legitimate issues. Now removed from circulation, these coins offer more than monetary value - they provide a tactile record of Japan's passage from Tokugawa-era bullion exchange to the standardized currency reforms of the Meiji state, where trust, metal, and inscription were constantly negotiated. Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection, by inheritance, collected 1970's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199656

Lot: 285 - 19th C. Japanese Meiji Brass Okimono of an Elephant

East Asia, Japan, Meiji period, ca. 1868–1912 CE. A brass elephant ambles forward on sturdy columnar legs, head lowered and trunk curling inward toward a pair of copper-toned tusks. The modeling rewards close looking: wrinkled folds gather at the cheeks and shoulders, the great ears lie flat against the skull, and the eyes are rendered with quiet attentiveness. The warm golden surface, burnished high on the back and dusky in the recesses, gives the small bronze a sense of weight far exceeding its scale. Cast as an okimono, a decorative ornament made for display in the alcove (tokonoma) of a refined Meiji interior, the piece answers the period taste for naturalistic animal subjects executed with virtuoso metalwork. The elephant, exotic to Japan, carried auspicious associations of strength, wisdom, and Buddhist virtue. Size: 5.3" W x 3.2" H x 2.4" D (13.5 cm W x 8.1 cm H x 6.1 cm D). Okimono ("placed thing") flourished during the Meiji era (1868-1912), when the abolition of the samurai class redirected the skills of armor and sword-fitting metalworkers toward decorative objects for both domestic display and a booming export market. Animal subjects, rendered with anatomical fidelity and tactile surface detail, were especially prized. The elephant (zo) entered Japanese art largely through Buddhist iconography, where it appears as the mount of the bodhisattva Fugen (Samantabhadra) and as a symbol of patient strength, making it a fitting and quietly auspicious choice for a scholar's desk or alcove. Provenance: private Denver, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in the 1960's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203303

Lot: 286 - Japanese Wood Zushi Shrine w/ Pottery Shogun Figure

East Asia, Japan, Meiji era, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A wooden zushi shrine housing a seated pottery figure, likely representing a shogun or daimyo. The shrine is constructed of softwood with iron nails and features a stepped base and hinged double doors that open to reveal the interior figure. The hollow, mold-made ceramic figure is shown seated in long flowing robes, with remnants of painted surface detail and a composed, formal expression suggestive of elite status. The figure is removable and fits closely within the interior; while it is uncertain whether it was original to the cabinet, it presents well as a cohesive devotional or commemorative ensemble. Size doors shut: 5.25" L x 4.25" W x 7.6" H (13.3 cm x 10.8 cm x 19.3 cm); open doors: 7.75" L (19.7 cm) Provenance: Private Manchester, Missouri, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201095

Lot: 287 - Japanese Rustic Ikebana Basket & Hyotan Gourd Vessel

East Asia, Japan, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A woven ikebana basket and a hyotan (double gourd) vessel, traditionally associated with storing and carrying sake or seeds and also valued as a good luck charm for display. The basket is woven from cane and fitted with a rustic stick handle, creating an organic silhouette suited to flower arrangement or decorative use. The gourd is tied with red silk tasseled cords and fitted with a carved bone peg stopper in the form of mushrooms. Size of basket: 5.5" W x 9.25" H (14 cm x 23.5 cm) Provenance: private Denver, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in the 1960's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 198041

Lot: 288 - Meiji Ivory Inlaid Wood Panel - Songbirds & Wisteria

Japan, Meiji period, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. This refined Shibayama-inlaid wood panel is intricately decorated with ivory on a black lacquer ground, depicting three songbirds amidst blossoming foliage and hanging wisteria. The composition captures a lively moment with two birds in mid-flight and one foraging below, each carved with exquisite precision. A red seal, likely the artist’s signature, is present in the lower right. This panel masterfully embodies both natural grace and technical brilliance. A suspension wire is attached to the reverse for wall display. Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection, acquired in the 1980s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 193389

Lot: 289 - 1930s Japanese Jizai Kagi Hearth Hook w/ Fish Ornament

East Asia, Japan, ca. 1930s to 1940s CE. A wooden hearth hook - called a jizai kagi - with an iron hook attached to the end of a wooden rod. The rod is housed within a bamboo case with a thick rope tied to one end to prevent the interior wooden pole from sliding out, but also for giving the pole some freedom to move with the weight of a full kettle. The fish-shaped ornament was used in helping to lower the pot and adjusting its position in the fire. Size: 10.75" L x 2.2" W x 46" H (27.3 cm x 5.6 cm x 116.8 cm) Provenance: Cultural Patina Gallery, Burke, Virginia, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 188294

Lot: 290 - Mid-Century Japanese Shigaraki Pottery Tanuki Sculpture

East Asia, Japan, ca. mid 20th century CE. A stoneware tanuki figure in the classic Shigaraki tradition - wood-fired with natural ash glaze, flame markings, and coarse clay texture. The tanuki, an anthropomorphized raccoon dog, is a symbol of good luck and prosperity in Japanese folklore, and ceramic figures like this one are traditionally displayed outside shops and restaurants as good luck talismans. This example follows the standard iconography: straw hat, protruding belly, and oversized scrotum. Hollow, with a large opening at the crown of the hat and at the base. Size: 7" W x 10" H x 6" D (17.8 cm W x 25.4 cm H x 15.2 cm D) Provenance: private Henderson, Nevada, USA collection, by inheritance; ex-M. McMahan, photographer, Los Angeles, California, USA, assembled 1965 to 1995 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202799

Lot: 291 - Japanese Ukiyo-e Print Triptych - "Sanno Festival"

Anonymous (Japanese, XIX century). "Sanno Festival" color ukiyo-e print on paper, n.d. Titled at right with indecipherable artist's and publisher's stamps at left. A lively ukiyo-e woodblock print triptych illustrating the Sanno Matsuri, one of Edo's most celebrated Shinto festivals. The composition presents a bustling ceremonial procession moving across the foreground, where participants in coordinated robes escort portable shrines through the city streets. Behind the procession rises a layered landscape of water, shrines, and distant Mount Fuji, with costumed figures and performers arranged in lively vignettes that evoke the festive atmosphere of the celebration. The Sanno Matsuri was associated with the Hie Shrine and ranked among the most important annual events in Edo (modern Tokyo). Size of print: 20.5" W x 9.5" H (52.1 cm x 24.1 cm); of frame: 27.25" W x 16.75" H (69.2 cm x 42.5 cm) Held during the sixth month of the lunar calendar, the festival featured elaborate parades of mikoshi (portable shrines), musicians, dancers, and symbolic displays representing various districts of the city. Ukiyo-e artists frequently depicted the spectacle, capturing both the grandeur of the procession and the vibrant street life surrounding it. The print retains its original triptych format, with the title panel at the right identifying the festival scene. Artist and publisher seals appear at the left but are worn and difficult to decipher. Together, the sheets create a panoramic festival view typical of nineteenth century ukiyo-e, combining documentary detail with the lively narrative style that made such prints popular souvenirs of Edo's great public celebrations. Provenance: Private collection of important Hollywood family, collected between 1930 and 1980 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200767

Lot: 292 - 19th C. Japanese Woodblock Triptych - Yoshimori, Arai, Tokaido

Utagawa "Ikkeisai" Yoshimori, also known as Taguchi Yoshimori (Japanese, 1830-1884). "Scenery of Arai" (Arai fukei), from the series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido" (Tokaido gojusan tsugi), woodblock print triptych, ink and color on paper, 1863. A panorama of feudal ceremony in three woodblock sheets, following the shogun's procession as it gathers at the water's edge of Arai, the

Lot: 293 - 19th C. Chikanobu Woodblock Triptych - Hino Suketoshi Visits Shinozuka

Toyohara "Yoshu" Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). "Hino Suketoshi Visits Shinozuka and Her Daughter on a Snowy Night" woodblock print triptych, 1889. Titled at upper right of right sheet. Signed lower right of the right sheet with artist's seal. A winter nocturne in three woodblock sheets, hushed and snowbound, turning on a secret visit paid under cover of darkness. The left sheet is almost empty

Lot: 294 - 20th C. Japanese Woodblocks After Utamaro - Takamizawa, Pair

After Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1753-1806), published by Takamizawa Mokuhansha, Tokyo. Two woodblock editions, ink and color on paper: (1) "Poppin wo Fuku Onna" (Young Woman Blowing a Poppin), from the series "Fujo Ninso Juppin" (Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women), after the design of ca. 1792 to 1793; dated 1977; (2) "Ryogoku no Hanabi" (Fireworks at Ryogoku), the right sheet of

Lot: 295 - Korean Silla Grayware Stoneware Jar, Reduction-Fired

Ca. 600 - 650 CE. East Asia, Korea, Silla Kingdom. This reduction-fired gray to near-black stoneware jar swells from a broad splayed foot into a rounded body and finishes in a short neck with a crisply everted lip, its surface enriched by faint throwing rings and silvery firing clouds. Made from well-levigated clay and wheel-thrown, the vessel was fired in an oxygen-starved kiln to achieve its dense, resonant fabric and charcoal hue, a hallmark of Silla grayware. Such jars were integral to daily life and, more famously, to funerary assemblages, where they likely held offerings of grain or drink; closely related examples are preserved in the National Museum of Korea and the Gyeongju National Museum. Provenance: Private Tull collection, Fresno, California, USA Collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202493

Lot: 296 - Pair of 16th C. Anamese Glazed Stoneware Lime Pots

Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Anamese (sometimes Annamese), ca. 16th century CE. A delightful pair of stoneware lime-pots or binh voi, both displaying a globular body and a vine-form handle at the top, sitting upon a pedestal foot. The bodies of both are enveloped in a creamy white glaze, while their handles, which present high central ribs and undulating peripheries, are coated in hues of light green and deep purple. Lime-pots like these examples were used to keep powdered lime, which was combined with areca nut and betel leaf for chewing. A circular hole on the side of each vessel would allow one to access the powder with the help of a petite spoon or ladle. Size (both the same): 4.5" L x 5" W x 5.7" H (11.4 cm x 12.7 cm x 14.5 cm) Provenance: private Dallas, Texas, USA collection, July 2021; ex-Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA; ex-Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA, donated to Ashland University between July 1994 to December 1998 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 198858

Lot: 297 - 3 Japanese Wind-Up Tin Toy Robots, Sparking Walker Types 1960s

East Asia, Japan and Korea, ca. 1960s CE. A group of three vintage robot toys constructed from tin plate and plastic with wind-up mechanisms. The smallest is a tin "Atomic Man," now missing its wind-up key. The largest is a Japanese Yone brand "Robot Captain," with manufacturing information marked on the verso. The mid-sized example is a wind-up swivel robot with tin and plastic construction, the top of the head marked "MTU" and "Made in Korea." Size of largest: 3" W x 5.5" H (7.6 cm x 14 cm) Provenance: private collection of S. Saunders, Nogales Arizona, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201776

Lot: 298 - Ban Chiang Terracotta Jar - Carinated Vessel with Incised Band

Southeast Asia, Thailand, Ban Chiang culture, ca. 1000–300 BCE. A globular earthenware jar rising from a rounded body to a sharply everted, flaring rim, its profile carinated at the shoulder in the manner long associated with the prehistoric potters of northeast Thailand. The buff-to-orange terracotta is hand-built and burnished, mottled now with mineral deposits and earthen accretions accrued through long burial. A finely incised band of oblique notching encircles the shoulder, a restrained decorative gesture that reads as both rhythm and texture. Vessels of this form served the domestic and funerary needs of the Ban Chiang settlements, frequently interred alongside the dead as grave goods bearing offerings of food or drink. The unpretentious utility of its making, coupled with the warm patina of millennia, lends the jar a quiet archaeological eloquence. Size: 4" D x 3.8" H (10.2 cm D x 9.7 cm H). The Ban Chiang archaeological site, in Thailand's Udon Thani province, was excavated in the 1970s and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Its long occupation, spanning roughly the second millennium BCE into the early centuries CE, documents one of Southeast Asia's most important sequences of early agriculture, bronze, and iron metallurgy. The painted red-on-buff wares of the late period are the culture's signature, but earlier and undecorated burnished vessels such as this carinated jar reflect the everyday ceramic tradition that underpinned the settlement's mortuary practices, in which whole pots and pottery fragments were placed with the dead. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 190517

Lot: 299 - 14th C. Thai Sawankhalok Pottery Jar, ex-Museum

Southeast Asia, Thailand, Sukhothai Period, Sawankhalok (Si Satchanalai), ca. 14th to 16th century CE. A splendid and sizeable buffware pottery jar with robust shoulders, flared walls, and a flat circular base - creating a magnificent silhouette. A stout, corseted neck leads up to a dramatically flared lip which is curled inwards at its end creating a graceful rim. The vessel's shoulders have been incised with a minimalist linear motif, including tightly spaced narrow bands, and prevailing registers of undulating lines which encircle it entirely. A series of 4 petite, nub-like handles also embellish the shoulder, all equidistantly spaced around the neck. The walls are well constructed and thick in form - adding to the overall grandeur of its presence and build. An impressive example! Size: 10.4" Diameter x 12.2" H (26.4 cm x 31 cm) Provenance: private Dallas, Texas, USA collection; ex-Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA; ex-Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA, donated to Ashland University between July 1994 to December 1998 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199086

Lot: 300 - Thai Ayutthaya Unglazed Earthenware Vessels - Pot & Jarlet

Southeast Asia, Thailand, Ayutthaya period, ca. 1351–1767 CE. A pair of unglazed earthenware vessels formed of coarse grey clay, their surfaces worn to a soft, earthen patina by long burial and use. The larger is a globular cooking pot with a rounded shoulder, everted rim, and a body girdled by shallow paddle-impressed hatching. Its companion is a diminutive rounded jarlet with a short constricted neck. Both were likely domestic wares, the pot set over a hearth for boiling rice or water, the small jar likely holding oil, condiments, or a modest store of provisions. Size of largest: 7" Diameter x 5.75" H (17.8 cm D x 14.6 cm H). Provenance: ex-David Zahler collection, acquired between 1975 to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203796

Lot: 301 - Southeast Asian Wood Coconut Grater Stool - Zoomorphic Form

Southeast Asia, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A carved hardwood coconut grater bench, shaped in the stylized form of a quadruped animal, fitted with a forged iron grating blade projecting from the mouth. Graters of this type are traditional throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific, where the user sits astride the bench and scrapes halved coconuts against the serrated blade. The dense wood is carved from a single block and retains a rich patina, with the seat polished smooth from generations of use. Size: 12.5" W x 12.75" H x 28.5" D (31.8 cm W x 32.4 cm H x 72.4 cm D). Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection, before 2005 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203787

Lot: 302 - 19th C. Indonesian Kris Dagger with Carved Wood Sheath

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, ca. 1800–1950 CE. A kris, the asymmetrical dagger that stands among the most storied edged weapons of the Malay world, here sheathed in warm hardwood and crowned by a sculptural hilt. The scabbard opens into a broad boat-shaped crosspiece (the wrangka), its grain glowing beneath a deep patina, before tapering to a long slender throat bound at the mouth with a wrapped iron-alloy band. The iron blade seats against a brass spacer, the small collar that mediates between steel and grip. The pistol-form pommel, carved to the abstracted, downturned profile favored across Java and the wider archipelago, curls into the hand with quiet authority. More than a weapon, the kris carried spiritual weight, an heirloom believed to hold protective power (tuah), passed between generations as an emblem of status, lineage, and personal identity. Size with sheath: 19.3" L x 6.3" W (49.0 cm L x 16.0 cm W). The kris (keris) is inseparable from Javanese and broader Indonesian cosmology. A well-made blade was thought to possess isi, an inner content or spirit, and tuah, a fortune-bearing quality that could protect or empower its owner; families kept ancestral blades as sacred heirlooms, ritually cleansed with offerings and fragrant oils. The wavy or straight blade, the number of luk (curves), and the pamor patterning of contrasting iron and nickelous metals each carried meaning legible to initiates. The hilt and sheath, often the most publicly visible elements, signaled regional origin and rank: the Javanese planar wrangka and the abstracted, inward-turning hilt seen here descend from older figural forms gradually stylized under Islamic influence. In 2005 UNESCO proclaimed the Indonesian kris a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203781

Lot: 303 - Indonesian Hindu God Ganesha Brass Sculpture

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Bali, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A cast brass sculpture depicting the elephant-headed deity Ganesha seated in a yogic posture upon a lotus base. The figure is rendered with multiple arms holding symbolic attributes, an ornate headdress, and a rounded torso. Ganesha is one of the most widely revered deities in Hinduism, known as the remover of obstacles and the lord of beginnings, wisdom, and prosperity. Size: 6" L x 4" W x 8" H (15.2 cm x 10.2 cm x 20.3 cm) Provenance: private Rogers, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Bosio collection, Miami, Florida, USA, 1960-2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200017

Lot: 304 - 19th C. Indonesian Sulawesi Brass Powder Flask

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Toba Batak peoples, ca. 19th century CE. A cast-brass flask with a fan-shaped body bearing an image of a palmette leaf on each side. A leather strap attached to petite buckles extends over the top, and a screw-threaded ring cap closes the mouth of the vessel. Size: 2.4" W x 4.75" H (6.1 cm x 12.1 cm); 5.7" H (14.5 cm) on included custom stand. Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, acquired from 2000 to 2010 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 184652

Lot: 305 - Southeast Asian Woven Bamboo & Cane Basket Collection

Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Thailand/Laos, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A collection of four woven baskets displaying skilled handwork and varied regional forms. Two examples are closely related in construction, with broad open-weave bodies, thick cane and bamboo strips, and reinforced bases with wooden slats, suggesting use as fishing or prawn baskets. The remaining two baskets are lidded containers raised on tall wooden panel feet, with tight-fitting covers and finely patterned weaving. One resembles a Thai kong khao, traditionally used for holding cooked rice. Size of largest : 6.5" L x 5" W x 9.5" H (16.5 cm x 12.7 cm x 24.1 cm) Provenance: private Anahola, Hawaii, USA collection, acquired 1970s to 1990s SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197944

Lot: 306 - Burmese Reclining Buddhas - Marble, Glass, Lapis Lazuli

Southeast Asia, Burma (Myanmar), ca. 19th and middle of 20th century CE. Comprising a group of three reclining Buddha images, including: a carved white marble figure with painted facial features and traces of gilt decoration; a dark glass example with parcel-gilt surface; and a small lapis lazuli reclining figure. The ensemble reflecting the Mandalay tradition of devotional sculpture and the continued production of luxury materials for domestic and export markets. Size of largest: 12.75" L x 4.75" H (32.4 cm x 12.1 cm) Provenance: private Rogers, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Bosio collection, Miami, Florida, USA, 1960-2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200212

Lot: 307 - 20th C. Balinese Wood Boar Mask - Barong Bangkal

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Bali, Balinese, ca. 1900–1999 CE. A carved and polychromed wooden mask rendering the snout and bristled brow of a wild boar, the Barong Bangkal of Balinese ceremony. The dark, near-black surface is burnished with age and use, relieved by red-rimmed almond eyes, pale carved tusks flanking a broad open snout, and a scarlet-lined mouth that bares a tight row of teeth. Curling incised whiskers animate the muzzle. Worn over the head in temple processions and ritual drama, the boar Barong is one guise of the composite protector spirit that safeguards the village against malevolent forces, an animate embodiment of benevolent power confronting the demonic. The naturalism of the porcine features, at once fierce and faintly comic, reflects the Balinese carver's gift for investing sacred objects with vivid, breathing presence. Size: 6.6" W x 7" H x 8.5" D (16.8 cm W x 17.8 cm H x 21.6 cm D); on included custom stand: 6.6" W x 11.5" H x 8.5" D (16.8 cm W x 29.2 cm H x 21.6 cm D). The Barong is Bali's great protector spirit, the benevolent counterweight to the witch-demon Rangda in the island's ritual theater. Though best known in his leonine form (Barong Ket), he appears in a documented roster of animal guises, each with its own regional and ceremonial role: lion (singa or ket), tiger (macan), boar (bangkal), deer (manjangan), cow (lembu), dog (asu), and elephant (gajah). The Barong Bangkal, or boar Barong, is danced by two performers beneath a bristled body and is especially associated with village purification and processional rites. Such masks are consecrated objects, treated as vessels of spiritual force (taksu) and stored with offerings when not in use. Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203785

Lot: 308 - Dayak Wood Bound Captive Figure w/ Horse Hair Rope

Southeast Asia, Borneo, Dayak culture, ca. 20th century CE. A compelling Dayak wood sculpture depicting a squatting, nude captive bound tightly with a rope woven from horse hair, the figure rendered with striking restraint and psychological weight. Despite the nudity, the body remains deliberately androgynous, with simplified anatomy and softened contours that resist fixed gender identity and instead emphasize vulnerability and submission. Carved with confident, economical tool marks, the figure sits poised on a circular base, limbs drawn inward and secured at the ankles and neck by the dark braided rope that trails down the back. Such sculptures are understood within Dayak visual traditions as potent symbolic forms, evoking themes of captivity, ritual power, and social order rather than literal portraiture. The tension between physical stillness and implied narrative lends the work a quiet intensity, inviting prolonged contemplation rather than immediate interpretation. Size: 6.3" W x 14.5" H (16 cm x 36.8 cm) Provenance: private Rogers, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Bosio collection, Miami, Florida, USA, 1960-2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200203

Lot: 309 - Andean Wool Poncho - Red-Orange Quechua or Aymara Textile

South America, Peru / Bolivia, Quechua or Aymara culture, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A large handwoven poncho of sheep's wool, dyed a red-orange and worked in a dense, even plainweave. Two separately woven panels are joined along a central seam, leaving a vertical slit for the wearer's head, the simple and enduring construction of Andean highland dress. Such ponchos served as everyday outerwear against the cold of the altiplano, at once practical garment and marker of regional and communal identity. Size: 61" W x 62" H (154.9 cm W x 157.5 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203459

Lot: 310 - Bolivian Aymara Wool Shawls - Pair with Striped Bands

South America, Bolivia or Peru, Aymara/ Quechua culture, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A pair of wool shawls woven in dark grounds of brown and deep red, each banded with narrow pattern registers in red, green, blue, and yellow. The patterned bands carry small geometric motifs including triangles, zigzags, and stepped figures. Both pieces are hand woven in wool on backstrap looms to create two panels that are seamed together. Shawls of this type were worn as everyday and festival garments by women. Size: 40" L x 32" W (101.6 cm L x 81.3 cm W). Provenance: private Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203533

Lot: 311 - 17th Century Spanish Redware Mug with Amber Glaze

North America, Early American, ca. 1550–1750 CE. A hand-thrown earthenware storage vessel exhibiting the characteristic amber lead glaze and horizontal ribbing typical of early Spanish Colonial ceramic traditions in the Caribbean. The cylindrical form with slightly flared rim reflects utilitarian vessel types brought to the New World by Spanish settlers following first contact. The uneven glaze pooling toward the base, rough foot, and evidence of use wear are consistent with period manufacture and long burial or interment. Recovered in the Dominican Republic in the 1970s from a private collection assembled during a period of significant archaeological activity on the island of Hispaniola. Size: 3" D x 3.5" H (7.6 cm D x 8.9 cm H). Provenance: ex-private collection, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, collected from 2010 to 2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 198489

Lot: 312 - 19th C. Carved Coconut Vessel - Palm Tree Tropical Scene

Tropical Americas or Pacific, ca. 1850–1920 CE. A whole coconut transformed into a sculptural curio, its dark husk incised with a continuous frieze of palm trees whose feathered fronds arc across the rounded surface. The carver has worked with a fine point, scratching through the polished outer skin to reveal the paler fiber beneath, so that each leaflet and trunk reads as a delicate tonal drawing rather than a deep relief. Clusters of fruit nestle at the bases of the trees, and slender vertical bands of braided rope or twisted vine separate the vignettes, lending the composition a rhythmic, almost cartographic order. Carved coconuts of this kind belong to a broad folk tradition that flourished across the tropical belt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, produced by sailors, plantation workers, and itinerant craftsmen in the Caribbean, coastal Latin America, and Oceania. They were sold as souvenirs to travelers passing through colonial ports, prized for the way a humble botanical husk could be elevated into a portable landscape. The palm-tree motif here, self-referential and faintly punning, is among the most common conceits of the genre: the fruit of the palm engraved with the image of its parent tree. Whether intended as a dipper, a money box, or simply a decorative bibelot for a parlor shelf, the object carries the warmth of a maker working close to hand, patient with a blade and attentive to the curve of the shell. Size: 4.3" D x 3.8" H (10.9 cm D x 9.7 cm H). Provenance: ex-private collection, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, collected from 2010 to 2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 198488

Lot: 313 - South American Colonial Revival Nickel Brass Pitcher, ex-Holler & Saunders

South America, Peru or Bolivia, ca. 1900 - 1966 CE. A Colonial Revival style nickel brass pitcher with a rounded body raised on three paw feet and a flared, undulating rim. The surface is worked in relief with heraldic shields, animals, and a standing soldier, reflecting European-inspired decorative elements. The curved handle is accented with a swallow and a berry-and-leaf form. Size: 8" W x 9" H (20.3 cm x 22.9 cm) Provenance: private collection of S. Saunders, Nogales Arizona, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201730

Lot: 314 - Two Andean Silver Tupu Pins, Heart Shaped & Fish Charm

South America, Peru / Bolivia, ca. early 20th century CE. A group of two silver tupu pins composed of mixed silver alloys and brass elements. One features a deer standing within a crescent form suggestive of a reed boat. It is set with a faceted red glass stone. A large articulated fish pendant hangs below, attached by a chain, and a small black glass Egyptian revival scarab is mounted along the linkage. The deer element tests at approximately 76% silver, while the fish measures approximately 59% silver. The second tupu takes the form of a large Colonial-style heart, framed with repousse decoration and flanked by birds at the crest, centered by a faceted purple glass stone. This example is made from higher purity silver, ranging from approximately 85% to 87%. Size of heart tupu: 7" L x 2.5" W (17.8 cm x 6.4 cm); silver quality: 59% to 87%; total combined weights: 88.8 grams Provenance: private collection of S. Saunders, Nogales Arizona, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201700

Lot: 315 - USA, Danish, Mexican Sterling Silver Brooches, 9 pcs

United States, Mexico & Denmark: mid-20th century CE. A charming nine-piece assortment of vintage silver and brass brooches and pins centered on lively animal and nature motifs. Included are an unmarked sterling silver butterfly with vivid enamel inlay, an unmarked silver-washed brass eagle uniform pin, a 87% silver roadrunner brooch, and a handmade raccoon brooch cast in tin with an illegible maker's name on the reverse. From Mexico is a nacre-inlaid brass turtle brooch, and a 88% silver bird brooch set with a red plastic cabochon. Three Danish sterling silver pieces include a fish brooch marked E & M for Eiler & Marloe, a bird brooch, and tie pin set with a blue lapis cabochon. Size of fish brooch: 1.4" L x 1.1" W (3.6 cm x 2.8 cm); silver quality: 87% to 95%; total combined weights: 30.4 grams Provenance: private Denver, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in the 1960's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 197767

Lot: 316 - Mexican Danza de la Pluma Feather Headdress, Oaxaca

Latin America, Mexico, Oaxaca, ca. mid 20th century CE. A festival headdress (penacho / copilli) of the type used in the Danza de la Pluma, constructed on a semicircular wooden rod frame densely covered in dyed feathers in red, white, blue, yellow, and faded green, with attached tin medallions set with mirror glass to catch the light, and a painted leather cap base lined with canvas. The Danza de la Pluma is a ceremonial dance rooted in pre-Hispanic tradition, performed most prominently in the Zapotec communities of the Valley of Oaxaca, dramatizing the encounter between Aztec and Spanish forces at the time of the Conquest. Size: 25" W x 24" H (63.5 cm W x 61.0 cm H) Size: 25" W x 24" H (63.5 cm W x 61.0 cm H). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203318

Lot: 317 - 5 Panamanian Mola Applique Textile Panels

Central America, Panama, ca. 1950 - 1999 CE. Central America, Panama, Guna (Kuna) people, ca. mid to late 20th century. A group of five mola panels, the traditional reverse applique textile art of the Guna people of the San Blas Islands, each worked in vibrant polychrome cotton with densely layered patterning in rich reds, blacks, and multicolored accents. Molas are among the most celebrated textile traditions of the Americas, traditionally sewn as the front and back panels of women's blouses and representing a sophisticated visual language that reflects Guna cosmology, natural world, and contemporary life. Size: 22" W x 18" H (55.9 cm W x 45.7 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196799

Lot: 318 - 6 Bronze Art Medals and Syntex Memorette

Six medals: (1) Stanley Bleifeld (American, 1924-2011). "Chinese Philosophers" bronze medal, Fall 1974. Signed and dated near lower edge of obverse and on periphery; (2) Laszlo Ispanky (Hungarian-born American, 1919-2010). "Spring Wind - Autumn Wind" bronze medal, Spring 1974. Signed and dated near lower edge of reverse and on periphery; (3) Toivo Johnson (American, 1913-1973) and Robert Stephen

Lot: 319 - Kuna Mola Textiles | Reverse Applique Geometric | Panama San Blas Islands

Central America, Panama, San Blas Islands, Guna (Kuna) culture, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. Two rectangular mola textile panels created in layered reverse applique technique, featuring abstract geometric motifs. Each panel demonstrates precise hand-cut cotton layers and fine stitching, producing bold color contrasts characteristic of Guna women's textile traditions. Originally made as blouse panels, molas are now widely appreciated as standalone textile artworks suitable for display or framing. Size: 17.5" L x 13" W (44.4 cm x 33 cm) Provenance: ex-private Moore collection, Denver, Colorado, USA, acquired prior to 1990 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201296

Lot: 320 - Andean Silver Tupu Pin - Fish & Peacock Pendant

South America, Andean region, ca. 20th century CE. A lively 20th century Andean silver tupu pin featuring a finely worked articulated fish pendant and a stylized peacock-form head, accented with inlaid green and blue glass and suspended glass beads, combining traditional garment fastening with ornamental movement and symbolic display. Size: 3.5" W x 13.3" H (8.9 cm x 33.8 cm); silver quality: 55.9 to 68.6% Provenance: private collection of S. Saunders, Nogales Arizona, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201699

Lot: 321 - Three Peru / Bolivia Handwoven Wool Women's Mantles

South America, Peru / Bolivia, Quechua and Aymara cultures, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. Three woven wool textiles, likely sheep or camelid fiber such as alpaca, formed as rectangular mantles traditionally worn by women and secured with pins or belted at the waist. The textiles display dark brown and warm tan grounds accented with narrow woven geometric bands and small colorful embroidered motifs. Size of light brown : 47.5" L x 40" W (120.6 cm x 101.6 cm) Provenance: private Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 196803

Lot: 322 - Vintage Guatemalan Painted Wood Chest - Polychrome Folk Art Trunk with Key

Central America, Guatemala, ca. 1900–1999 CE. A hinged-lid storage chest enlivened with bands of hand-painted folk ornament, its surfaces layered in rust red, ochre, and forest green. Scalloped, wave-like motifs ripple across the front and sides in horizontal registers, while the lid carries a lively lattice of diamonds and checkered color, framed by striped borders. Built of solid wood with a plinth base and a working iron lock, the chest retains its original key, threaded through the brass-rimmed escutcheon at center front. Such painted trunks served domestic households across highland Guatemala, holding textiles, garments, and treasured possessions, their bright decoration echoing the vivid palette of regional weaving and market crafts. Honest wear, scuffs, and softened pigment speak to a long working life as a practical and decorative furnishing. Size: 28.6" W x 16.6" H x 16.5" D (72.6 cm W x 42.2 cm H x 41.9 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203343

Lot: 323 - 17th C. Spanish Colonial Caribbean Terracotta Pipe Bowl

Spanish Colonial, Caribbean, ca. 1600–1800 CE. A modest yet evocative survivor of the colonial Caribbean, this hand-formed terracotta pipe bowl preserves the angled elbow profile favored by smokers across the Atlantic world. The earthenware body, fired to a warm ochre-orange, retains traces of sooting around the rim of the bowl, a quiet record of the tobacco that once smoldered inside. Mineral encrustation and earthen patina cling to the lower flank, attesting to long burial. Clay pipes of this form proliferated in the Spanish Caribbean from the seventeenth century onward, when tobacco, an indigenous American cultigen first encountered by Europeans in the Antilles, had become a global commodity. Local potters, drawing on both Iberian craft traditions and surviving indigenous techniques, produced pipes for daily use among colonists, sailors, enslaved laborers, and free Afro-Caribbean populations alike. The elbow form, with its short stub bowl and integral socket for a reed or cane stem, is characteristic of regional production and stands apart from the slender white kaolin pipes manufactured in northern Europe. Small, tactile, and unpretentious, the pipe bowl carries the residue of an everyday ritual that crossed class, race, and nation in the early modern Atlantic. Size: 3.1" W x 2.8" H x 1.3" D (7.9 cm W x 7.1 cm H x 3.3 cm D). Provenance: ex-private collection, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, collected from 2010 to 2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 198622

Lot: 324 - Ten Andean Painted Gourd Drinking Vessels

South America, Ecuador / Peru, ca. early-to-mid 20th century. A collection of ten dried and hollowed gourd vessels in a range of ovoid and elongated forms, their natural surfaces ranging from pale tan to deep mahogany. Several are decorated with geometric and figurative motifs including bold zigzag bands, diamond registers, and abstracted humanoid and animal figures rendered in a lively negative resist or resist-painted technique. Size: 3" D x 9" H (7.6 cm D x 22.9 cm H) Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202862

Lot: 325 - Six Peruvian Del Pilar Silver Teaspoons, Condors & Figures

South America, Peru, ca. mid-20th century CE. A group of six charming sterling silver teaspoons, each with a flat repousse finial: two depicting condors, two depicting women in indigenous dress, and two depicting standing abstract beings. Each is stamped as sterling and made by Del Pilar, Peru. Size: 3.75" L x 0.8" W (9.5 cm L x 2.0 cm W); silver quality: 92%; combined weight: 32.1 grams. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 177977

Lot: 326 - Two Peruvian Pyro Engraved Gourds - Narrative Village Scenes

South America, Peru, Andean (Huancayo / Mantaro Valley tradition), ca. 21st century CE. Two pyroengraved dried gourds (mate burilado) decorated overall with densely populated narrative scenes of village and ceremonial life, the larger pear-shaped example covered with a continuous frieze of figures, animals, and architectural elements, the smaller oblate example organized into horizontal registers with text captions and figural panels separated by engraved banding. Size: 6" W x 5" H (15.2 cm W x 12.7 cm H). Provenance: ex-private collection, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, collected from 2010 to 2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203231

Lot: 327 - 19th C. Mexican Tin Retablo | Santo Niño de Atocha Enthroned

Latin America, Mexico, ca. 19th century CE. A Mexican tin retablo depicting Santo Niño de Atocha enthroned, seated beneath parted drapery, haloed, dressed in a red robe with lace-trimmed collar and cuffs, and crowned with a broad-brimmed pilgrim's hat adorned with a plume. In keeping with traditional iconography, he holds a slender pilgrim's staff and a basket, here filled with flowers, while a vessel hangs nearby, recalling the gourd of water he carries in other representations. Size of retablo: 7" W x 10" H (17.8 cm x 25.4 cm); of frame: 15.5" W x 18.5" H (39.4 cm x 47 cm) Provenance: ex-private D.G. collection, St. Louis, Missouri, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201871

Lot: 328 - Late 19th to Mid-20th C. Mexican Silvered Metal Cross Pendants with Glass Cabochons

Latin America, Mexico, Spanish Colonial revival tradition, ca. 1890–1950 CE. A pair of devotional cross pendants cast in silvered base metal, each carrying the weight of popular Catholic piety on a wearable scale. The larger crucifix presents a flared, leafy silhouette in the manner of the Mexican cruz de Caravaca tradition, its arms terminating in trefoil lobes set with cabochons of warm amber-yellow and cobalt-blue glass. A diminutive corpus of Christ stands in low relief at the intersection, flanked by symbolic ornaments common to Spanish Colonial revival metalwork: stylized columns, foliate sprays, and architectural finials suggesting the framework of a retablo in miniature. The smaller cross, presented on its collector's card, is a simpler equal-armed form with knopped terminals, likely cast from the same regional workshop tradition. Cross pendants of this kind were produced in great numbers throughout central and northern Mexico from the late nineteenth century onward, worn as protective amulets and rosary terminals and traded along pilgrimage routes. The yellow glass insets here are diagnostic for dating: the cadmium-sulfoselenide colorant system that produces this amber-to-tangerine register only enters the glassmaker's palette around 1890, and the cadmium-selenium-zinc family is characteristically a twentieth-century material. The crosses thus belong to the revivalist current that drew on colonial-era prototypes while employing modern industrial materials, perhaps for the devotional market or the early tourist trade. Size of larger: 3.1" W x 5.2" H (7.9 cm W x 13.2 cm H). Provenance: ex-private collection, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, collected from 2010 to 2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 198740

Lot: 329 - 18th C. American Salt-Glazed Stoneware Mugs with Cobalt Bands

North America, United States, Northeastern, ca. 1780–1850 CE. A pair of sturdy salt-glazed stoneware mugs from the workshops of the American Northeast, each thrown with a gently tapered cylindrical body, a pulled loop handle, and the warm, pebbled surface that only a wood-fired kiln and a generous toss of salt could conjure. Bands of cobalt blue circle each vessel at the shoulder and foot, the pigment bleeding softly into the gray ground in the unhurried manner of mid-century utilitarian wares. The interiors reveal the throwing rings of a practiced hand, while the exteriors carry the orange-peel pitting characteristic of vapor glazing. Mugs of this form served the everyday rhythms of the nineteenth-century American household and tavern, dispensing cider, small beer, and buttermilk in equal measure. Produced in the great stoneware belt that stretched from New Jersey through New York State and into New England, salt-glazed vessels with simple cobalt accents were the workhorse ceramic of the era, cheap enough for daily use yet durable enough to survive generations of hard service. Their understated decoration, a few swift brushstrokes rather than the elaborate cobalt florals of presentation pieces, places them firmly within the vernacular tradition that defined American country pottery before the rise of industrial whiteware displaced it at the century's close. Size of larger: 4.5" W x 4.5" H x 3.2" D (11.4 cm W x 11.4 cm H x 8.1 cm D). Provenance: ex-private collection, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, collected from 2010 to 2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 198487

Lot: 330 - 19th C. American Hide & Wood Stagecoach Trunk - AEG Brass-Stud Monogram

North America, United States, American, ca. 1840–1880 CE. A barrel-topped traveling trunk sheathed in hide stretched taut over a wooden carcass, its domed lid built to shed rain and snow on the open road. Hand-driven brass studs march along the seams and trace an oval cartouche on the lid, spelling the owner's initials, "AEG," in a constellation of gleaming dots. Iron hardware, handles, lock plate, and reinforcing joints, anchors the corners and bears the weight of hard use. The cowhide or deerskin covering has weathered to a mottled, parchment hue, its surface scuffed and crazed from decades of loading and unloading. Such hide-clad trunks rode lashed to stagecoaches and railway cars across nineteenth-century America, prized for their light strength and a personalized monogram that distinguished one traveler's baggage from another's in a crowded boot. Size: 27" W x 11.4" H x 13.5" D (68.6 cm W x 29.0 cm H x 34.3 cm D). The dome or "barrel" top was both practical and fashionable in the mid-nineteenth century: its curved lid let water run off when trunks were stacked or strapped to the exterior of coaches and early rail cars, and it signaled that the piece was not meant to be the bottom of a stack. Brass-stud monogramming, here forming the initials "AEG," was a common bespoke flourish, allowing an owner to identify personal luggage at a glance amid the shared chaos of a stagecoach boot or depot platform. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203317

Lot: 331 - Spratling Silver Rings Earrings (Clip-On)

Mexico, ca. 2nd half of the 20th century CE. Very "Deco" looking pair of silver earrings from the famous William Spratling company. Based on the geometric, tiered design and the dangling "hoop" or "link" elements, these are likely from his Third Design Period (approx. 1955–1967). Spratling is often called the "Father of Mexican Silver," and his pieces are highly sought after by jewelry collectors. Each earring marked with the William Spratling logo along with Taco, Mexico. Also stamped with TS-2M. Size: 1.625" L x .625" W (4.1 cm x 1.6 cm) 925% silver. Provenance: ex-private Moore collection, Denver, Colorado, USA, acquired prior to 1990 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201195

Lot: 332 - 19th C. Brass Kylix - Grand Tour Footed Wine Cup after the Antique

Europe, Italy, Neoclassical, Grand Tour, ca. 1800–1899 CE. A diminutive footed cup cast in brass and finished with a deep verdigris patina, modeled after the ancient Greek kylix. The shallow bowl rises from a turned, stepped pedestal foot, its underside girdled by a band of finely worked laurel or wave-pattern ornament. Two scrolling horizontal handles spring from the rim, each terminating in lobed, leaf-like thumb-rests in the antique manner. Produced as a Grand Tour souvenir, such miniatures answered the nineteenth-century traveler's appetite for tangible echoes of classical antiquity, faithful in silhouette to the wine vessels of ancient symposia yet conceived purely as objects of refined display. The dark, mottled surface, artificially patinated to evoke excavated bronze, lends the little cup the gravitas of a relic recovered from Pompeii or Herculaneum. Size: 4.8" W x 2.5" H x 3.5" D (12.2 cm W x 6.3 cm H x 8.9 cm D). The Grand Tour, the extended cultural pilgrimage through Italy and the classical Mediterranean undertaken by European aristocrats from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, generated a brisk trade in souvenirs. Workshops in Naples, Rome, and Florence supplied reduced bronze and brass copies of celebrated antiquities, the kylix among the most recognizable for its two-handled, stemmed profile. These pieces were prized as parlor ornaments and tokens of erudition, signaling their owner's first-hand acquaintance with the ruins of the ancient world. The deliberate patination, here a green-black accretion, was applied to mimic the cuprite and malachite surfaces of genuinely buried metalwork. Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Joel Malter collection, prior to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203296

Lot: 333 - Victorian 9K Gold Stickpin with Shell Cameo Portrait of a Lady

Europe, Victorian era, ca. 1837–1901 CE. A delicate stickpin from the long Victorian century, its oval shell cameo cradled in a four-prong gold-tone setting atop a slender tapering shank. The carving presents a classical female bust in profile, hair gathered and bound in the manner of a Greco-Roman muse, her features rendered in low relief against the warm cream and umber strata of the conch shell. Such cameos, hand-carved from queen conch or sardonyx shell and mounted in low-karat gold (here assayed at roughly 9.36 karat, consistent with British 9K standard), were the quintessential accessory of nineteenth-century gentlemen and ladies alike, threaded through a cravat, lapel, or bodice as a quiet signifier of taste and classical learning. The profile bust, perhaps an idealized Flora, Diana, or simply a generic beauty in the antique mode, reflects the Victorian fascination with neoclassical revival and the Grand Tour souvenirs that flowed northward from the carving workshops of Torre del Greco and Naples. Size of cameo: 0.4" W x 0.5" H (1.0 cm W x 1.3 cm H); of pin: 0.4" W x 2.7" H (1.0 cm W x 6.9 cm H). Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Joel Malter collection, prior to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203196

Lot: 334 - 19th C. French 8-Pc Serving Set - Minerve 950 Silver & Silver Plate

Western Europe, France, ca. 1850–1950 CE. A composite suite of eight French serving implements drawn from two distinct services, their handles answering one another in complementary registers of taste. Four slender-handled pieces, struck in the rococo revival idiom with cartouche-topped stems above foliate collars, are wrought in 950/1000 silver; the remaining four, with fuller baluster and twist-turned handles, are silver-plated. The working ends delight in their fretwork: serving blades, forks, and bowls pierced and engraved with sprays of flowering willow, blossoms, and trailing leaves, the openwork lightening each form while it ornaments it. Such implements answered the genteel demands of the French table, the pierced bowls draining preserves and berries, the broad blades lifting fish or pastry. Assembling solid silver and fine plate within one ensemble reflects the practical economies of a well-appointed household. Size of largest (silver-plated preserves knife): 7.3" L x 1" W (18.5 cm L x 2.5 cm W); silver quality: 95%; total weight of four silver implements: 128.5 grams. The four solid-silver pieces carry the helmeted head of Minerva ("Minerve casquee") enclosed in an octagon, the French guarantee mark for 950/1000 fineness adopted in 1838 and still the standard for first-title silver. Their maker's mark, "PDR" with a star set within a lozenge, identifies a registered French silversmith, the diamond-shaped poincon reserved for manufacturers and master craftsmen. The four plated pieces are stamped "Metal Blanc," the French term for white-metal flatware finished by electroplating, together with an "EB" maker's mark divided by a spade or sword device. That the two halves derive from separate services, one solid silver, one plated, is plainly told by their differing marks and handles. The blending of poinconned argent and metal blanc was common in late nineteenth and early twentieth century France, where households augmented prized solid-silver pieces with affordable plated companions in matching taste. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203341

Lot: 335 - Lot of 17 Antique Decorative Buttons & Lapel Pins

North America, United States; Northern Europe, England, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A spirited assortment of 17 buttons and lapel pins, this lot offers a miniature archive of transatlantic style, industry, and identity, from Victorian ornament to early 20th-century Americana. A spirited assortment of 17 buttons and lapel pins, this lot offers a miniature archive of transatlantic style, industry, and identity, from Victorian ornament to early 20th-century Americana. The reverse sides reveal varied attachment mechanisms, including loop shanks and metal fasteners, underscoring the evolving manufacture of everyday dress accessories across the period. Together, these pieces transform the humble button and pin into a small but vivid record of fashion, labor, and the symbols people chose to wear close to the body. Size of largest: 1.8" Diameter (4.6 cm) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection, by inheritance, collected 1970's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200195

Lot: 336 - 19th C. Neapolitan Leaded Brass Silenus - After Pompeii Bronze

Southern Europe, Italy, Neapolitan, Grand Tour, ca. 1870–1910 CE. A leaded brass figure of the drunken Silenus, the corpulent old companion of Bacchus, caught mid-stagger with arms flung wide. A wreath of grapes and vine leaves crowns his thick curls, and his bearded face tilts in besotted reverie. In one upraised hand he once steadied a ring or circlet; from the other a sinuous serpent rises, its coils echoing the swaying torsion of the body. The musculature is softened to flesh, the paunch and slackened limbs deliberately rendered to convey intoxication. Mounted on an oval verde antico marble socle, the piece exemplifies the archaeological taste that flourished after the great excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum. It reproduces, in a domestic cabinet scale, an antique model recovered for the modern collector's mantel. Size: 3.9" W x 8.3" H (9.9 cm W x 21.1 cm H); on included custom stand: 6.3" W x 9" H x 4.2" D (16.0 cm W x 22.9 cm H x 10.7 cm D). The model derives from a bronze Silenus unearthed at Pompeii in 1864, now in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. The ancient original depicted the satyr holding a circle and a serpent and is thought to have served as the support for a basin or fountain, a decorative waterwork in a Roman household. After the Bourbon and later excavations laid bare the buried cities of Campania, Neapolitan foundries produced countless reductions of the museum's celebrated bronzes, sold to Grand Tour travelers as cultivated souvenirs. The present figure belongs to that industry: cast not in true bronze but in a leaded brass alloy, patinated to imitate the dark surface of antiquity, and set upon a marble base in keeping with the period's antiquarian display conventions. Provenance: private Brooklyn, New York, USA collection; ex-Royal Athena Galleries, New York City, New York, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 190425

Lot: 337 - Early 20th C. Silver-Plated Centerpiece Tazza - Neoclassical Columns

Western Europe, Continental, ca. 1900–1925 CE. A footed silver-plated tazza rises on a trio of slender reeded columns, an architecture borrowed from the classical orders and reimagined for the dining table. The shallow oval bowl is crowned by a pierced gallery of stylized acanthus and lambrequin swags, the openwork catching light along its rim while a beaded molding girds the stepped circular foot below. Twin scrolled handles, terminating in coiled volutes, flank the columns and lend the piece its lightness, balanced at the center by a small foliate finial. Conceived as a centerpiece or fruit stand, it would have anchored a formal table, its elevated dish meant to display fruit, sweets, or blossoms. The vocabulary is Neoclassical Revival rather than fully Art Nouveau, with restraint favored over the latter's sinuous excess. Size: 11.3" W x 15.2" H x 10.9" D (28.7 cm W x 38.6 cm H x 27.7 cm D). Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203340

Lot: 338 - Norwegian Cast Iron Stove Panel - Vivat Frideric, 1745

Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Norway, ca. 1745 CE. A commanding survivor of fire and ceremony, this Norwegian cast-iron stove panel presents Frederick V as Crown Prince in high theatrical relief, riding a prancing horse to the right as if history itself has just cued his entrance. Cast in 1745, the panel belongs to the proud Northern European tradition of decorative iron stove plates, objects that

Lot: 339 - 18th C. Copper Lidded Tankard - Domed Hinged Cover

Western Europe / United States, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A cylindrical copper tankard rising from a stepped, moulded foot to a rolled rim, its warm patinated surface flecked with age and honest use. The hinged, domed lid swells to a raised central boss and is worked with a scrolling thumbpiece, while a boldly cast C-scroll handle sweeps from the rim to a riveted lower terminal. Hand-raised and seamed by a coppersmith rather than cast, the vessel embodies the utilitarian metalwork of the 19th century tavern and household, made to hold ale or cider and to endure daily handling. Its unadorned form, relying on proportion and the glow of the metal rather than ornament, speaks to a craft tradition where function dictated a quiet, robust elegance. Size: 7" D x 7.75" H (17.8 cm D x 19.7 cm H). Provenance: ex-private collection, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, collected from 2010 to 2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203642

Lot: 340 - European 18th C. Wooden Barrel Costrel Canteen Vessel

Europe, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A wooden costrel or canteen formed as a compact barrel-like vessel bound by broad, bent wooden bands around a darker staved body. A round mouth opening is bored through the center of the long side, and small piercings along the edges indicate it was meant to be suspended by a cord or strap for carrying. The surface shows warm honey and chestnut tones with age wear, tool marks, and handling polish that speak to long use. The maker or owner marked it with the initials "WI" or "IM" carved into both end caps, adding a personal touch to this practical, early container. Size: 8.75" L x 6" W x 7" H (22.2 cm x 15.2 cm x 17.8 cm) Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199469

Lot: 341 - Late 19th C. Neapolitan Brass Cupid with Dolphin - Grand Tour, After the Antique

Southern Europe, Italy, Naples, Grand Tour, ca. 1880–1920 CE. A winged Cupid stands poised upon a stepped circular base, a plump dolphin gathered in his arms and lifted toward his shoulder as though caught mid-play. Cast in brass and finished with an archaeological green patina deliberately conjuring the verdigris of ancient excavated bronzes, the figure descends from the celebrated 'Amore con Delfino' fountain group. The boy-god's topknot, soft musculature, and the dolphin's curling tail are rendered with the fluency of a workshop steeped in copying the antique. Cupid, god of love, is repeatedly paired with the dolphin as an emblem of love's swiftness, the creature darting and vanishing as desire so often does. Conceived as a decorative cabinet bronze for the Grand Tour traveler, the piece distills a famed Pompeian discovery into intimate, mantel-scaled form. Size: 2" W x 4.3" H x 2.8" D (5.1 cm W x 10.9 cm H x 7.1 cm D). The model derives from an antique fountain statue unearthed at the Thermae (baths) of Pompeii in 1880 and now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (inv. no. 111701). The distinctive "Pompeian" green patination, applied to evoke genuine excavated antiquities, points to the renowned Neapolitan foundry of Chiurazzi, celebrated for its reproductions after the antique. The foundry's 1910 catalogue lists a model of "Amore con Delfino per fontana" (Love with Dolphin for a fountain), offered in two sizes. Such bronzes and brasses fed the brisk Grand Tour souvenir trade, allowing travelers to carry home a fragment of Pompeii's rediscovered splendor. Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Joel Malter collection, prior to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203294

Lot: 342 - European Iron Archelle Fireplace Rack Set | 5-Hook Rail & Tools

European, acquired in Argentina, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. An elaborate wrought iron hearth rack, known in French as an archelle, with a wide arched frame and dense curvilinear scrollwork that branches outward like stylized foliage. The main rack is fitted with five hanging hooks along the lower rail for suspending fireplace tools, and it is accompanied by a smaller matching rack with a single hook and a spike on the reverse for mounting directly to a wall or chimney breast. Included are three long iron tools with three-pronged fork tips, each finished with a looped handle for hanging when not in use. The dark iron surface and lively hand-forged spirals give the set a strong decorative presence while remaining functional for the hearth. Size of large rack: 21.5" W x 20" H (54.6 cm x 50.8 cm) Provenance: private Denver, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in the 1960's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 195718

Lot: 343 - European Textile Folk Art | Embroidered & Applique Cotton & Wool

Europe, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A decorative textile window valance or door hanging formed from cotton and wool applique and embroidery. The front beige panel features repeating scalloped arches filled with stylized floral and foliate motifs worked in muted reds, blues, greens, and cream, outlined and emphasized with applied cord and stitched detailing that gives the surface a raised, dimensional quality. The textile is backed with a denim-blue cotton fabric, with the lower edge trimmed in twisted cord following the scalloped contour. While not attributable to a specific folk tradition, the design intentionally evokes decorative folk art styles. Size: 60" L x 11" W (152.4 cm x 27.9 cm) Provenance: private Valley Glen, California, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 198109

Lot: 344 - 1837 Hard Times Copper Emergency Trade Tokens

United States & England, ca. early 19th & mid-20th century CE. A collection of eight copper Hard Times tokens and related trade pieces issued during periods of economic instability. The American examples dated 1837 and 1841 feature a Liberty bust, a ship representing the Constitution, a running donkey, a turtle carrying a safe symbolizing the Sub Treasury, a wrecked ship referencing monetary experiments, and a phoenix rising from flames commemorating the suspension of specie payments in 1837. Also included is a British 1813 Worcestershire halfpenny token issued by John Knapp Junior of Worcester, bearing the city arms and issued to facilitate trade. Hard Times Tokens were privately issued copper or brass pieces produced between about 1833 and 1843, originally created as political satire criticizing the economic policies of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren during the Panic of 1837. Made to resemble official U.S. large cents in size and weight, they circulated widely as unofficial currency when gold, silver, and banknotes disappeared from everyday use due to bank failures and hoarding. Over time, they became both a practical substitute for small change and enduring artifacts of the intense political and financial turmoil of the era. Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection, by inheritance, collected 1970's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200144

Lot: 345 - Four Historic European Commemorative Bronze Medals

Western Europe, Germany, France, & England, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A group of four medals representing military, civic, and commemorative themes. Included is a German World War I iron medal dated 1914 to 1916, designed by August Gaul (1869-1921), with a Goethe quote on the verso. Also present is a French bronze agricultural medal by Adolphe Rivet (1855-1925), issued for agricultural societies. A brass medal depicting Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament reflects English architectural pride. Completing the group is a brass Prussian commemorative medal honoring Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher, noted for his role in the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. Size of largest: 2.75" Diameter (7 cm) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201451

Lot: 346 - 1904 German Hamburg 5 Mark Silver Coin

Western Europe, Germany, ca. 1904 CE. A large silver 5 Mark coin issued for the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, struck in 90% fine silver. The obverse features Hamburg's coat of arms with a castle shield flanked by two lion supporters beneath a crested helm, encircled by the legend FREIE UND HANSESTADT HAMBURG. The reverse depicts the crowned Imperial German eagle with the inscription DEUTSCHES REICH 1904, with FUNF MARK below. The edge bears the motto GOTT MIT UNS. Size: 1.48" Diameter (3.8 cm); silver quality: 90%; weight: 27.7 grams Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection, by inheritance, collected 1970's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200117

Lot: 347 - Lot of 5 US Civil War Tokens

North America, United States, Civil War era, ca. 1861–1865 CE. A collection of American Civil War-era copper store card and patriotic tokens, including examples inscribed "Knickerbocker Currency," "Army & Navy," "Wilson's Medal," "The Flag of Our Union," and a merchant token for F. Gies, Dealer in Groceries. Issued during the wartime coin shortage when federal currency was hoarded, these one-cent-sized copper tokens circulated as unofficial small change and serve as a vivid record of both commercial life and patriotic sentiment on the Northern home front. Size: 0.75" W (1.9 cm W). Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199424

Lot: 348 - 19th C. American Carved Wood Lincoln Relief Portrait

North America, United States, American folk art, ca. 1861–1875 CE. A carved wooden medallion holds the sixteenth president in low relief, his bearded face turned three-quarters into the light, the brow furrowed and the cheeks drawn with the gravity of a man who carried a fracturing republic. The portrait is worked in a pale, close-grained hardwood, the planes of the face brought up in confident relief against a recessed oval ground, then set within a deep-coved frame of darker tone so that the sitter seems to rise from a shadowed niche. Lincoln wears the uniform of his office, frock coat, waistcoat, and a loosely knotted cravat, the lapels and collar incised with the economical assurance of a maker who understood that less cutting reads as more dignity. Size of carving: 2.4" W x 3.2" H (6.1 cm W x 8.1 cm H); of frame: 6.5" W x 8.8" H (16.5 cm W x 22.4 cm H). The whiskers are the historical hinge. Clean-shaven through his prairie years, Lincoln grew his beard only after the autumn of 1860, prompted (so the cherished story goes) by an eleven-year-old correspondent named Grace Bedell, who advised him that ladies liked whiskers and would coax their husbands to vote for him. He arrived at his inauguration the first bearded president, and it is that newly hirsute, soon to be war-worn face the carver has chased into the grain. Objects of this kind belonged to the vast vernacular industry of Lincoln devotion that swelled during the Civil War and erupted into mourning after Ford's Theatre, when households across the reunited states wanted the martyred president near at hand, rendered not by academic sculptors but by skilled amateurs working from the popular likenesses then in circulation. Whether cut in homage to a sitting president or in grief for a fallen one, the piece carries the unmistakable charge of folk reverence, a private altar to public memory, the patient labor of a knife standing in for a nation's attempt to hold a face it could not bear to lose. Provenance: ex-private collection, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, collected from 2010 to 2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203289

Lot: 349 - 1913 Imperial Russian 50 Kopek Nicholas II Silver Coin

Eastern Europe, Russia, ca. 1913 CE. A silver 50 kopeks coin of Emperor Nicholas II, struck in 90% silver. The obverse bears a right-facing portrait of Nicholas II with Cyrillic legend translating to "By the Grace of God, Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias." The reverse features the Imperial double-headed eagle with crowned arms and provincial shields, holding the orb and scepter, with the denomination and date in Cyrillic below. The edge is inscribed with the silver standard, reading "(V.S) Pure Silver 2 Zolotniks 10.5 Doli," and the mintmaster initials V.S. are for Victor Smirnov. Size: 1" Diameter (2.5 cm); silver quality: 90%; weight 10 grams Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection, by inheritance, collected 1970's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200116

Lot: 350 - Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Silver Medal 1897

Western Europe, United Kingdom, Victorian era. A sterling silver Diamond Jubilee commemorative medal with the veiled "Old Head" effigy of Victoria by Thomas Brock on the obverse, inscribed Victoria Anna Regni Sexagesimum Feliciter Claudit, paired on the reverse with Wyon's 1838 "Young Head" portrait framed by the Latin inscription Longitudo Dierum in Dextera Eius et in Sinistra Gloria and the accession date 1837. Size: 1" W (2.5 cm W). Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Joel Malter collection, prior to 2004 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203199

Lot: 351 - Pair WWI Trench Art Brass Shell Lamps - 1912 British George V Penny, Heaton Mint

Europe, British, WWI era, ca. 1914–1918 CE. A matched pair of trench art table lamps fashioned from spent brass artillery shell casings, their tapering columns rising from broad disc bases of mixed metal and black composite. The shells, of naval and cartridge brass, retain the soft olive patina that decades of handling lend to military alloys, with crisp rolled crimps and turned shoulders preserved at the necks where the projectiles once seated. Each lamp incorporates a 1912 British penny of King George V struck at the Heaton Mint in Birmingham, one displaying the obverse with the bare-headed bust of the monarch, the other showing the reverse with Britannia seated in armor, trident in hand, gazing across the sea. The pennies, of bronze in the standard 95-4-1 alloy of copper, tin, and zinc, were affixed during the lamps' conversion to electric service, a quiet commemorative gesture typical of the genre. Trench art emerged from the long stalemates of the Great War, soldiers and convalescents transforming the spent ordnance of industrial slaughter into domestic objects of memory, often finished after the Armistice by veterans or by craftsmen working from salvaged battlefield material. These examples, wired with early cloth-covered cord and topped with simple sockets, would have illuminated a parlor or study in the interwar years, a soldier's souvenir naturalized as furniture. Size (both about the same): 3.5" D x 8.6" H (8.9 cm D x 21.8 cm H). Provenance: ex-private collection, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, collected from 2010 to 2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199494

Lot: 352 - WWII Allied Brass Trench Art Cane Stand - Naval & 20mm Cartridge Cases

North America and Europe, Allied forces (American and British), World War II, ca. 1942–1945 CE. A tripod cane stand assembled from spent Allied brass cartridge cases, a quietly martial piece of trench art in which the materiel of the Atlantic and Mediterranean war has been refashioned into domestic furniture. The vertical body is a US Navy 3-inch/50 caliber Mark 7 Mod 1 brass cartridge

Lot: 353 - WWII Carved Mortar Shells: Thistle & Cross of Lorraine

Western Europe, Post-WWII era, ca. 1940s to 1950s CE. A pair of brass mortar shells repurposed as sculptural vases, reflecting wartime transformation of military material into symbolic objects. One example features a raised thistle motif emerging from a hammered, dimpled ground, evoking Scottish endurance and resilience. The second is encircled by a grapevine surrounding the Cross of Lorraine, a potent emblem of the French Resistance during the Second World War. Size: 3" W x 13.75" H (7.6 cm x 34.9 cm) Provenance: ex-private collection, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, collected from 2010 to 2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199311

Lot: 354 - Miniature Lead 32mm US Civil War Soldiers by SAE

South Africa, ca. 1950–1970 CE. An assorted group of lead miniature soldier figures depicting primarily United States Civil War-era Union and Confederate troops, including infantry, cavalry, and cannons. These figures are approximately 32 mm scale and are stamped on the base "UNION OF S. AFRICA" and were produced during the 1950s - 1960s CE by the company Swedish African Engineers (SAE), based in South Africa. A small number of other mixed collections are included, cowboys, Native Americans, 19th century European soldiers, and a brass cannon that is made in Japan. Size: 1.25" H (3.2 cm H). Provenance: ex-private collection, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA, collected from 2010 to 2015 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199486

Lot: 355 - 18th C. Iron Folk Dagger - Brass Guard, Wrapped Wood Grip

Europe or colonial Americas, ca. 1775–1875 CE. A slender hand-forged iron blade tapers to a needle point, its surface darkened by age and pitted with the granular patina of long-buried metal. A simple oval brass guard, cast of a high-copper alloy, divides blade from hilt and offers the only ornament this utilitarian weapon allows. The wooden grip is bound in tightly spiraled cord or fiber, swelling toward a bulbous pommel that fills the hand and balances the long blade. Everything here speaks of function over flourish: a personal sidearm or working knife, likely the product of a village smith rather than an armory. Daggers of this unpretentious construction served frontier settlers, sailors, and laborers across the Atlantic world, carried for defense, for the hunt, and for the countless ordinary cutting tasks of daily life. Size: 11.5" L x 1.8" W (29.2 cm L x 4.6 cm W); on included custom stand: 11.7" H (29.7 cm H). Metallurgical analysis supports the working attribution: the blade is nearly pure iron (98.8%), the guard a brass of roughly 62% copper and 35% zinc with trace iron, and the pommel a mixed iron-copper composition (about 52% iron, 46% copper). The high-zinc brass guard is consistent with post-medieval European brass production, narrowing the likely date to the late 18th or 19th century. Such mixed-metal, hand-assembled construction is typical of folk and utility blades made outside formal cutlery centers, where smiths combined whatever serviceable stock was at hand. Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203331

Lot: 356 - Steel Fillet Knife - Etched Blade & Burl Wood Handle

United States, ca. 21st century CE. A slender fillet knife with a gently upswept blade bearing the watered pattern associated with Damascus steel, here a decorative surface etching rather than true pattern-welded forging. The full-tang blade seats into a burl wood handle secured by brass pins and set with a small inlaid roundel bearing a maker's device, and it is accompanied by a hand-stitched leather sheath with tooled edging. It is a functional collector's piece built for filleting and fine kitchen or field use. Size: 11.9" L x 1" W (30.2 cm L x 2.5 cm W). Provenance: private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199967

Lot: 357 - Stamps & Air Mail - British Colonies, Oceania, & US

Oceania; British Colonies; North America, United States, ca. late 19th to mid 20th century CE. A wide ranging and historically layered group of album pages featuring late 19th to mid 20th century postage stamps and air mail from Oceania and various British colonial territories. The collection includes material from Papua, British New Guinea, Papua and New Guinea, Fiji, the Cook Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, and related Pacific administrations operating under British rule. Early engraved colonial issues appear alongside overprints, monarch portraits, and the celebrated Lakatoi canoe types of British New Guinea and Papua, their bold vignettes emblematic of imperial commerce and maritime identity. Mid century definitives and air mail stamps reflect the transformation of the Pacific into an aerial crossroads, with illustrated covers documenting transpacific routes. Notable among them is a 1941 first transpacific air mail flight from Suva, Fiji to Canton Island, bearing multiple frankings and period cancellations. Size of pages: 9.4" W x 11.2" H (23.9 cm x 28.4 cm) Aerogrammes and commemorative issues further illustrate the evolution of postal communication across the region. Also included is a blue United States one cent postage stamp issued between 1857 and 1861 depicting Benjamin Franklin in profile, one of the classic early American definitive designs. Its engraved oval portrait and ornamental frame provide a striking counterpoint to the later Pacific and colonial material. Mounted and organized in album format, the lot presents a compact survey of British colonial presence in the Pacific, linking philately with the broader history of administration, trade, and aviation. A compelling archive for collectors of Commonwealth issues and early air mail history. Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection, by inheritance, collected 1970's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199546

Lot: 358 - French Stamp Collection - 1849-1936 Issues

France and French Territories, ca. 1848 to 1936 CE. A wide-ranging ensemble of French postal stamps including the elusive 1849-50 #7, spanning classic early issues through later pictorial types and extending to colonial emissions, with varied cancellations and a rich palette of blues, reds, greens, and ochres that chart the evolution of French philately. Size of largest stamp: 1.5" L x 1" W (3.8 cm x 2.5 cm); of page (all about the same): 11.25" L x 9.25" W (28.6 cm x 23.5 cm) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202018

Lot: 359 - 1841 British Two Pence Blue Victoria Stamps - Uncut Used Pair

United Kingdom, Victorian era, ca. 1841 CE. A horizontal pair of Great Britain's celebrated Two Pence Blue, the imperforate companion to the Penny Black, printed by Perkins, Bacon & Co. from line-engraved plates. The young Queen Victoria appears in profile, her diademed head crowned by the word "POSTAGE" above and "TWO PENCE" below, set against a finely reticulated ground of engine-turned lathework that defied Victorian forgers. Corner check letters (L-F and L-G in the lower angles) mark each stamp's position on the printing sheet, while both bear the black obliterating cancellation of the Maltese Cross or barred numeral handstamp that certified their use. Issued the year after the world's first adhesive postage stamps, this joined pair survives uncut, its margins clear to large, a scarce condition for so fragile a paper relic of the Uniform Penny Post reform. Size: 1.625" W x 1" H (4.1 cm W x 2.5 cm H). The Two Pence Blue debuted on 6 May 1840 alongside the Penny Black, but the plates seen here belong to the 1841 "white lines" issue, distinguished by thin white lines added below "POSTAGE" and above "TWO PENCE" to help postal clerks separate the value from the penny stamp. Assigned catalogue number 4 in the standard reference, it was engraved by Charles and Frederick Heath after William Wyon's City Medal portrait of the young queen. Because the stamps were issued imperforate, examples had to be cut apart with scissors, making an intact multiple such as this genuinely uncommon. The consignor's collector sheet, from Rasdale Stamp Auctions (Lot 1608), records the pair as a used horizontal pair with margins clear to large. Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection, by inheritance, collected 1970's; ex-Rasdale Stamp Auctions, Westmont, Illinois, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199721

Lot: 360 - 16 New Zealand 19th C. Chalon Head Queen Victoria Stamps - Used

Oceania, New Zealand, British colonial administration, ca. 1862–1872 CE. A collection of sixteen different used postage stamps issued by colonial New Zealand, each bearing the celebrated "Chalon Head" portrait of Queen Victoria in full coronation regalia. The engraved profiles float within finely worked frames reading NEW ZEALAND above and the denomination below, printed in a spectrum of soft green, violet, brown, orange-vermilion, blue, and yellow. Values range from the One Penny through Two Pence, Three Pence, Four Pence, Six Pence, and the tall One Shilling. Each is postally used, tied by heavy bar and numeral cancellations that speak to genuine service across a young colony's mail routes. Both imperforate and perforated examples appear, tracing the technical evolution of the issues. Together they form a compact conspectus of one of the most admired designs in Victorian-era philately. Size (all about the same): 0.75" W x 1.125" H (1.9 cm W x 2.9 cm H). The "Chalon Head" takes its name from Alfred Edward Chalon, whose 1837 full-length state portrait of the young Queen Victoria in coronation robes became the template for postage stamps across the British Empire. New Zealand adopted the design in 1855 and continued it into the 1870s, making it one of the longest-serving colonial portrait issues. The plates were reworked repeatedly, and the same design appears imperforate, roulette, and machine-perforated, so specialists distinguish issues by paper, watermark, and perforation rather than image alone. Per the accompanying Roger Koerber philatelic lot sheet (Southfield, Michigan), this grouping was catalogued as sixteen different used examples, ranging from a One Shilling green with heavy cancel to a One Penny carmine-vermilion with light cancel, catalogue numbers 20/48, with a stated catalogue value of $888.00 in 1976. Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection, by inheritance, acquired July 1978; ex-Roger Koerber, Southfield, Michigan, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199749

Lot: 361 - 1940s Stamp Sheets, Includes Lincoln China Resistance!

United States, ca. 1940s CE. Thirteen uncut United States postage stamp sheets from 1942 to 1946, featuring major World War II-era commemoratives and patriotic issues with original plate numbers. All are mounted on vintage paper sheets with thin plastic covers. 1942 5c Lincoln and China Resistance, plate #22954 1945 5c "Toward United Nations" Commemorative Conference, plate #23267 1945 5c Franklin Roosevelt and Four Freedoms, plate #23382 1945 2c Franklin Roosevelt and Little White House, plate #23314 1945 1c Franklin Roosevelt and Hyde Park, plate #23307 1945 3c Franklin Roosevelt and White House, plate #23294 1945 3c U.S. Armed Forces: Iwo Jima, plate #23306 1945 3c U.S. Armed Forces: Army, Arc de Triomphe in Paris, plate #23324 1946 3c U.S. Armed Forces: Veterans of World War II, plate #23430 1944-1945 3c Alfred E. Smith, plate #23353 1946 3c Iowa Centennial, plate #23471 1944 3c Centenary of the Telegraph, plate #23151 1946 3c Smithsonian Institution, plate #2346 Size: 11" L x 10" W (27.9 cm x 25.4 cm) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection, by inheritance, collected 1970's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199543

Lot: 362 - US Airmail Stamps 5c 6c & National Defense 2c Issues

United States, ca. 1940s to 1960s CE. A large collection of bundled U.S. postage stamps comprising hundreds of 5- and 6-cent airmail issues featuring airplane motifs, together with several dozen 2-cent Rose Carmine National Defense Issue stamps depicting an anti-aircraft gun. Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200676

Lot: 363 - Mid-Century NYC Poster Stamps & Biographies Set

North America, United States, New York, New York City, ca. mid-20th century CE. United States, mid-20th century. A charming collection of 33 New York City view postage stamps, accompanied by 32 descriptive biographies, featuring iconic landmarks such as the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Grand Central Terminal, Brooklyn Bridge, St. Patrick's Cathedral, and Rockefeller Center, together forming a compact visual and literary survey of the city's architectural grandeur and cultural identity. Size of stamp (all the same): 1.75" L x 1.25" W (4.4 cm x 3.2 cm); of envelope: 6" L x 3.6" W (15.2 cm x 9.1 cm) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200681

Lot: 364 - 19th C. Canadian Stamps - Small Queen 3-Cent Victoria, Lot of 200

North America, Canada, Dominion of Canada, ca. 1870–1897 CE. A substantial accumulation of two hundred used three-cent stamps from Canada's celebrated "Small Queen" series, each bearing the profile of Queen Victoria in orange-red. Issued under the Dominion of Canada and catalogued as Scott #37, these diminutive engravings were the workhorse of ordinary domestic letter postage during the late Victorian decades. The design presents the sovereign's diademed bust in left profile within an ornamental oval frame, rendered by the American Bank Note Company in fine line-engraving. Every example here is postally used and cancelled, the strikes of grid, roller, and duplex hammers testifying to a generation of correspondence carried across a young and expanding confederation. Preserved in glassine housings, the lot offers depth for shade study, cancellation variety, and perforation analysis prized by specialists of British North American philately. Size (all the same): 0.8125" W x 1" H (2.1 cm W x 2.5 cm H). The Small Queen definitives replaced the physically larger "Large Queen" issue of 1868 and remained in service until the Maple Leaf issue of 1897, spanning nearly the whole of Canada's early postal maturity. Their long life produced a rich spectrum of shades, papers, perforations, and printings, divided by collectors chiefly between the Montreal and Ottawa printing periods, which is why bulk lots such as this reward patient sorting. The three-cent value paid the standard first-class domestic letter rate for most of the era, making it by far the most commonly encountered denomination and a foundational study group for anyone building a specialized Victorian Canada collection. Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection, by inheritance, collected 1970's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200416

Lot: 365 - Early 20th C. N.W. Pacific Islands Overprint Stamps - Group of 18 Used

Oceania, Australian Administration, North West Pacific Islands, ca. 1915–1924 CE. A philatelic assemblage of eighteen used postage stamps issued for the North West Pacific Islands, the Australian-administered former German territories of New Guinea and adjacent islands following their capture in the First World War. Each is a contemporary Australian definitive, the kangaroo-and-map and King George V profile types among them, overprinted "N.W. PACIFIC ISLANDS" in stark sans-serif capitals to mark its use in the occupied territory. The little engravings carry crisp cancellations, several with legible circular date stamps, and span a range of denominations and printing colors, from rose and carmine to deep green, slate, and brown. Mounted in glassine on a collector's stock card, the group records a brief and consequential moment when wartime conquest redrew the postal map of the Pacific. Size (all about the same): 0.9" W x 1.2" H (2.3 cm W x 3.0 cm H). The North West Pacific Islands issues were a wartime expedient. When Australian forces occupied German New Guinea in 1914, the administration overprinted standard Australian stamps rather than commission a distinct series, and these "N.W. PACIFIC ISLANDS" overprints served the territory from 1915 until the Mandated Territory of New Guinea began issuing its own stamps in the mid-1920s. Because they were printed in modest quantities and used in a remote theater, well-cancelled examples, particularly those tied to a piece with a clear circular date stamp, are prized by specialists. The collector's annotations note the lot as fifteen different among eighteen used, including a copy of Scott number 40. Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection, by inheritance, collected 1970's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199714

Lot: 366 - Mid-20th C. US Postage Stamps - Mint Commemorative Lot

North America, United States, ca. 1946–1952 CE. A glassine envelope spills a small hoard of mint United States postage stamps, their gummed backs and crisp perforations untouched by the postmark. Foremost is the violet three-cent California Gold Centennial of 1948, its vignette of Sutter's Mill at Coloma commemorating the 1848 strike that loosed the Argonaut rush. Beside it lie a green Plains issue and a pale blue three-cent commemorative dated 1946, the cluster bound together by the quiet tidiness of a mid-century collector. Printed by intaglio in the engraver's fine line, each miniature offers a national vignette compressed into a rectangle scarcely larger than a thumbnail. Such lots, set aside unused and never licked to an envelope, preserve the philatelic enthusiasm of postwar America, when commemorative series chronicled centennials, statehood anniversaries, and the iconography of a confident republic. Size of largest: 1.625" W x 1" H (4.1 cm W x 2.5 cm H). The featured violet stamp is Scott No. 954, the California Gold Centennial issue released in 1948 to mark the hundredth anniversary of James W. Marshall's gold discovery at Sutter's Mill. Its three-cent denomination reflects the standard first-class domestic letter rate of the era, the workhorse value for the flood of commemoratives the Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced through the 1940s and 1950s. Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 200678

Lot: 367 - 1941 Scott Junior Stamp Album - US & World

North America, United States, New York, New York, ca. 1941 CE; Various countries from Abyssinia to France alphabetically, ca. 19th to mid-20th century CE. A substantial mid-century philatelic collection housed in the 1941 edition of "The International Junior Postage Stamp Album," published by Scott Publications, Inc. of New York, the standard-bearer of American stamp cataloguing for over a century. The album's printed pages organize issues by country and date, with the United States section running from 1870 through 1940 and including Bureau issues, the watermarked USPS series of 1895, the Trans-Mississippi Exposition issue of 1898, and the Pan-American Exposition issue of 1901, among others. The international section spans Abyssinia through France, with notable representation from Bolivia, Austria, and numerous European nations, including a strong run of Austrian issues from 1917 through the Deutschosterreich overprints of 1918 to 1919, documenting the postal chaos of imperial dissolution in miniature. The hand-applied label on the cover notes approximately 720 stamps from multiple countries and formats, including first day covers, giving some sense of the collection's accumulated scope. Size: 10" W x 12" H x 4" D (25.4 cm W x 30.5 cm H x 10.2 cm D) Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection, by inheritance, collected 1970's SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199503

Lot: 368 - 1st Ed. "Monarchia Ecclesiastica" 1620 - Juan de Pineda

Western Europe, Spain, Barcelona, Counter-Reformation / Early Modern period, ca. 1620 CE. A substantial first edition of "Quarta Parte de la Monarchia Ecclesiastica, o Historia Universal del mundo" ("Fourth Part of the Ecclesiastical Monarchy, or Universal History of the World"), composed by Juan de Pineda (1558-1637), one of the most formidable Spanish Jesuit theologians and biblical exegetes of

Lot: 369 - "La Dulce y Santa Muerte" Spanish Devotional Book, 1750

Western Europe, Spain, Seville, Early Modern period, ca. 1750 CE. Printed on laid paper and bound in hardened limp vellum with original thong ties, the book now possesses a tactile firmness that speaks to long centuries of handling and environmental exposure. The vellum covers are deeply mottled and creased, the spine titled in manuscript, and the text block shows consistent age toning throughout

Lot: 370 - 17th C. German Woodcut Gospel Leaves - Entry to Jerusalem & Storm at Sea

Central Europe, Germany, Lutheran, ca. 1690–1740 CE. A colt threads a shouting crowd on one leaf while, on the other, a small ship heels into a sea lashed up like fire, the two scenes cut in relief and locked into the same forme as the Fraktur that crowds around them. These are two leaves from a German Lutheran Sunday-Gospel book, carrying the pericopes appointed for the First Sunday of

Lot: 371 - Signed First Edition "The Vortex" by Noel Coward (1925)

"The Vortex: A Play in Three Acts" by Noel Coward. London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1925. First edition with author's signature. A signed first edition of "The Vortex", the play that announced Noel Coward as a fearless new voice on the British stage and promptly scandalized polite society. Published in London in 1925 by Ernest Benn Limited, this copy bears Coward's autograph on the front flyleaf, inscribed in his own hand to Fanny and dated May 1932 from Goldenhurst Farm, his country residence from 1926 to 1956. The inscription includes a pointed line from Act 3 - "It doesn't matter about death but it matters terribly about life!" - a sentence that neatly distills Coward's philosophy and theatrical nerve. Size: 5.5" L x 0.5" W x 7.5" H (14 cm x 1.3 cm x 19 cm) Premiering in November 1924, "The Vortex" was shocking for its frank portrayal of sexual vanity, emotional cruelty, and cocaine addiction among the upper classes. The story of a nymphomaniac socialite and her drug-dependent son, played by Coward himself, drew enormous audiences and fierce debate. Some critics read the addiction as a coded metaphor for homosexuality, then unspeakable in public discourse. Kenneth Tynan later memorably described the play as "a jeremiad against narcotics with dialogue that sounds today not so much stilted as high-heeled". The success of "The Vortex" transformed Coward's career, carrying him from a suburban theater to the West End and onward to New York. It marked the beginning of a remarkable output that would include over fifty plays, countless songs, screenplays, and performances across six decades. This signed copy, linking Coward's breakthrough work to his mature years at Goldenhurst, offers a rare and intimate artifact of a writer whose wit, audacity, and style permanently altered modern theater. Provenance: Private collection of important Hollywood family, collected between 1930 and 1980 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199082

Lot: 372 - Vintage Reference Books & Nat. Geo. Magazines - Pre-Columbian & Ancient American Art

United States, ca. 1960–1990 CE. Hardbound and softcover volumes on Pre-Columbian art and archaeology, among them a color-plate survey of Precolumbian terracottas, S. Linne's "The Mighty Aztecs" and "Land of the Feathered Serpent," a study titled "The Art of Ancient America," a popular treatment of the Maya, and several National Geographic Society titles including "The Mysterious Maya" and "Mans Past in the Americas." Size of hardcover Barakat catalog: 8.75" W x 11.25" H (22.2 cm W x 28.6 cm H). Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 199470

Lot: 373 - 18th c. Italian Engraving after Reni - Apollo & Aurora

Raphael Sanzio Morghen (Italian, 1758-1833). After Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642). Drawn by Antonio Cavallucci (Italian, 1752-1795). "Quadrijugis Invectus Equis Sol Aureus Exit ..." copper engraving, ca. 1787. A rare original 18th century engraving of Apollo preceded by Aurora after a fresco at the Rospigliosi Palace in Rome by Guido Reni (1575-1642). In this composition Apollo rides his chariot and is surrounded by maidens or the Hours. He is bringing light to Aurora in the form of Phosphorus as a putto personifying the morning star, holding a torch, and illuminating the path towards Aurora. A very rare original engraving as most examples reside in the permanent collections of museums. Size (plate mark): 20" L x 36" W (50.8 cm x 91.4 cm) Size (sheet): 26.25" L x 41.75" W (66.7 cm x 106 cm) The Latin Inscription below the image reads: "QUADRIJUGIS INVECTUS EQUIS SOL AUREUS EXIT / CUI SEPTEM VARIIS CIRCUMSTAT VESTIBUS HORAE / LUCIFER ANTEVOLAT RAPIDI FUGE LAMPADA SOLIS / AURORA UMBRARUM VICTRIX NE VICTA RECEDAS" Provenance: Jon and Mary Williams private art collection, Denver, Colorado, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 188900

Lot: 374 - Two Brazilian Folk Art Ceramic Wedding Couples on Horseback by Manuel Eudocio

Manuel Eudocio (Brazilian, 1931-2016). Two Wedding Couples on Horseback. Ceramic sculptures, n.d. Both signed on underside of horses. A pair of hand-modeled clay sculptures depicting a rural Northeastern Brazilian wedding, rendered in two sizes by the same hand. Each groom sits astride a chestnut horse in a crisp white suit topped by a scarlet hat and matching necktie, gathering the reins in one

Lot: 375 - 19th C. Audubon Lithograph, Columbian Black-Tailed Deer

John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851) and John Woodhouse Audubon (American, 1812-1862). Printed and colored by John T. Bowen (American, 1801-ca. 1856). "Columbian Black Tailed Deer" lithograph in colors, ca. 1850. Published in Philadelphia from 1849-1856. A framed octavo sized lithograph of Audubon's "Columbian Black Tailed Deer", number 22 / plate 126 of "The Vivaparous Quadrupeds of North

Lot: 376 - 19th C. Victorian Alabaster Bust of Composer Richard Wagner

Western Europe, Victorian era, ca. 1850–1899 CE. A finely carved alabaster bust portrays the German composer Richard Wagner, the stone's translucent, creamy surface lending his features a quiet vitality. The sculptor captures the high domed forehead, deep-set eyes, and firm jaw of the maestro, with a knotted cravat and softly modeled frock coat rendered in crisp folds across the chest. The figure rests on a turned alabaster socle, raising the head to a commanding eye level. An incised label reading "WAGNER" appears beneath the bust above the base, confirming the identity. Such commemorative busts of celebrated cultural figures were prized parlor ornaments in Victorian households, where reverence for music and the arts found expression in domestic sculpture. The polished, luminous stone and assured handling mark this as a serious decorative tribute to one of the nineteenth century's most influential composers. Size: 8" W x 14" H x 5" D (20.3 cm W x 35.6 cm H x 12.7 cm D). Richard Wagner (1813-1883) reshaped the course of Western music with his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or "total work of art," fusing music, drama, poetry, and stagecraft into unified operatic spectacle. His monumental cycle "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and works such as "Tristan und Isolde" and "Parsifal" pushed harmonic language toward the edge of tonality and anticipated much of twentieth-century music. The opening of his purpose-built Bayreuth Festspielhaus in 1876 made him a cultural icon across Europe, and his likeness, with its distinctive profile and ever-present cravat, became a staple of commemorative portraiture in the decades surrounding his death. Provenance: private Owen collection, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA; ex-private USA collection, acquired from Berman's Auction, New Jersey, USA ca. 2000 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 189864

Lot: 377 - 19th C. Egyptian Albumen Prints, Group of 3 - Sebah, Delie & Bechard, Zangaki

North Africa, Egypt, Orientalist photography, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A trio of late 19th C. albumen silver prints capturing the romance of Egyptological discovery in the age of the Grand Tour, each issued by a celebrated commercial studio that catered to scholars, archaeologists, and well-heeled travelers disembarking at Alexandria and Cairo. The first, signed in the negative "J.P. Sebah," is an interior view of the Musee de Ghizeh (Giza), produced by Jean Pascal Sebah, son of the Constantinople photographer Pascal Sebah and a leading documentarian of Ottoman and Egyptian antiquities. The image surveys a gallery crowded with vitrines of statuary, sarcophagi, and stelae, the polished plank floor receding toward painted Orientalist wall decoration. Sebah's compositions of the Boulaq and Ghizeh collections circulated widely as visual indices of Auguste Mariette's nascent Egyptian Museum. The second is plate 17 titled "Amulets" from Adrien Bechard and Hippolyte Delie's "Album du Musee de Boulaq," published in Cairo by Moures & Cie in 1872. The print records a panel of funerary monuments, an assemblage of cartouches, votive offerings, and hieroglyphic inscriptions arranged for study. Commissioned by Mariette himself to disseminate the Boulaq holdings to a European scholarly audience, the Delie et Bechard album remains a foundational document of early museological photography in Egypt. The third, captioned in the negative and attributed to the Zangaki brothers (Constantine and George), depicts the "Ascension de la Pyramide," travelers in Victorian dress clambering up the colossal masonry of Khufu assisted by Bedouin guides. The Greek-Egyptian Zangakis worked from a wagon-studio that followed tourists along the Nile and the Suez route, supplying the postcard imagination of late Ottoman Egypt with its enduring iconography of camels, pyramids, and intrepid sightseers. Together the three prints chart the photographic frontier where archaeology, tourism, and the picturesque converged. Size of largest (Bechard): 12.75" W x 18.5" H (32.4 cm W x 47.0 cm H). Provenance: ex-Royal Athena Galleries, New York City, New York, USA SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 188250

Lot: 378 - 19th C. Albumen Prints of Ancient Egypt - Ramesses II, Pyramid, Nebamun (3)

Egypt, late Ottoman and British colonial period, ca. 1886–1905 CE. A trio of albumen prints that charts how the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries learned to see ancient Egypt: through a painted feast, the mouth of a monument, and the bared face of a king. (1) Unknown photographer, published by Clarke & Davies, Museum Street, London (British, active ca. early 20th C.). "Banquet

Lot: 379 - Miniature Mexican Wood Alebrijes - Feline Group of Lions, Tigers & Jaguars

North America, Mexico, Oaxaca, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A group of four hand-carved and hand-painted wooden felines attributable to Manuel Jimenez Ramirez, the celebrated originator of Oaxacan alebrije carving in Arrazola. A yellow tiger bears bold black striping, while a spotted jaguar is painted on a bright yellow ground; a pair of lions completes the ensemble, deep blue with white dashes and a red mane. Stylized facial features, confident stances, and a lively palette exemplify the expressive character of mid-century Oaxacan folk carving. Size of largest: 9" W x 3.75" H x 2" D (22.9 cm W x 9.5 cm H x 5.1 cm D);. Provenance: private Las Vegas, Nevada, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203685

Lot: 380 - Don Stone Watercolor Painting, 2 Figures in Snowy Field

Don Stone (American, 1929-2015). Figures in a Snowy Field. Watercolor, ca. 1970s CE. A winter field becomes a quiet stage in this 1970s watercolor by Don Stone, its pale expanse interrupted only by two small figures making their way across the snow. Stone's practiced eye for atmosphere animates the scene: slate clouds press low over the horizon, while the earth below breaks into a tapestry of

Lot: 381 - Mexican Folk Art Carved Wood Alebrije - Rooster on a Bicycle by Martin Melchor

Mexico, Oaxaca, San Martin Tilcajete, ca. late 20th to 21st century CE. A rooster riding a bicycle, carved in wood and painted in vibrant polychrome. The figure wears a dotted crest and dapper clothing, with the village name inscribed along the bicycle frame, and the artist's name on the foot. Martin Melchor is well known among collectors for his whimsical animals on bicycles, and examples of his work are widely exhibited and collected. Size: 8.5" W x 9.65" H x 4.25" D (21.6 cm W x 24.5 cm H x 10.8 cm D). Martin Melchor of San Martin Tilcajete is widely regarded as a pioneer of the "animals doing human things" subgenre within Oaxacan wood carving, an inventive branch of the alebrije tradition that emerged from the villages of San Martin Tilcajete and Arrazola in the later twentieth century. Carved from soft copal wood and finished in vivid acrylics with fine dotwork ornament, his pieces have circulated through major folk art galleries and museum collections, and remain highly sought by collectors of contemporary Mexican folk art. Provenance: private Las Vegas, Nevada, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203977

Lot: 382 - American Studio Geometric Design Vessel by Nick Bernard

United States, ca. late 20th century CE. A low, full-bodied stoneware vessel swelling to a rounded shoulder before drawing inward to a short, spouted neck. The surface is layered in soft airbrushed pastels, dusty blue against mauve and cream, its planes divided by crisp geometric bands and fine black linework that recalls Art Deco and Southwestern design. Heavy fire-clouding and carbon deposits from the kiln darken the lower body, leaving a sooty blackened surface across the base. Signed by the maker, Nick Bernard, whose spray-glazed vessels became a signature of late twentieth-century American studio ceramics. Size: 8" Diameter x 7" H (20.3 cm D x 17.8 cm H). Nick Bernard is an American studio potter active from the late 1970s onward, widely recognized for wheel-thrown stoneware finished with layered airbrushed glazes and pastel Southwestern-influenced geometry. Provenance: private Las Vegas, Nevada, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 203981

Lot: 383 - Silver & Ebony Earrings, attr. Spratling Workshop

Latin America, Mexico, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A pair of unmarked Spratling workshop silver and ebony earrings composed of circular ebony discs surmounted by smaller silver roundels. Each element is bordered with applied silver granules that frame both the wood and metal components. The earrings are fitted with stud posts and retain their original silver backings. No maker's marks are present; marks are typically found along the edge of the silver settings on this known Spratling pattern, but none are visible on these examples. Size: 1.1" L x 0.9" W (2.8 cm x 2.3 cm); silver quality: 92% Provenance: ex-private Moore collection, Denver, Colorado, USA, acquired prior to 1990 SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201193

Lot: 384 - 20th C. Alan Bean Signed Lithograph - "Locking Up the Rocks" Apollo 11

Alan Bean (American, 1932-2018). "Locking Up the Rocks" color lithograph, 1989. Hand-signed at lower right below plate. Ca. 1989 CE. A color lithograph after the painting by Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the Moon and the only fine artist to have stood on another world. The composition shows an astronaut, identified as Neil Armstrong, crouched in the deep shadow of the lunar module as he

Lot: 385 - Etched Glass Bowl with Elephants by Stephen Schlanser

United States, ca. 1996 CE. Stephen Schlanser (American, b. 1949) "Elephant Bowl," ca. 1996 CE. This large kiln-fired glass bowl showcases a charming marching elephant design. Resting on a square pedestal base, with the artist's signature and the year 1996 etched along the edge of the base. Stephen Schlanser, a Southern California artist, operates a Pasadena studio specializing in kiln-fired glass creations, producing meticulously shaped, polished, and intricately sand-carved vases, platters, and bowls. His work is celebrated globally, with pieces owned by notable figures such as Queen Elizabeth II and Oprah Winfrey, and even featured at the White House. Renowned brands like Lexus, Coca-Cola, and Intel have commissioned his creations for awards and trophies, reflecting the versatility and widespread acclaim of his artistry. Size: 7" D x 4.75" H (17.8 cm D x 12.1 cm H) Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 202975

Lot: 386 - Two Contemporary Faro Lithographs - Male & Female Nude

Anonymous from Faro, Portugal, two lithographs, "Faro" handwritten and dated to 2007 on the versos. A lovely pair of nudes, one depicting a male torso with upraised arms so as to accentuate the figure's musculature, his eyes closed and locks of wavy hair brushing against his right cheek. The other depicts a seated female in profile facing her left with hands clasped before her. Her visage is a tranquil one, presenting closed eyes and delicate features topped by her wavy locks pulled back into a chignon. Size: both measure ~ 8.125" W x 11.125" H (20.6 cm x 28.3 cm) Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 138434

Lot: 387 - Marc R. Hanson Painting - "Greens and Reflections" 2008

Marc R. Hanson (American, b. 1955). "Greens and Reflections" oil on canvas, 2008. Signed and dated at lower right and titled on verso. A tranquil river edged by luminous trees unfolds in "Greens and Reflections," a meditation in layered foliage and softened light that captures Marc R. Hanson's deep affinity for the natural world. The composition centers on a quiet body of water whose surface

Lot: 388 - Cathy Trachok Painting - "In A Georgia State of Mind"

Cathryne Trachok (American, XX-XXI). "In A Georgia State of Mind" oil on board, n.d. Initialed at lower right. A stunning painting depicting iris blooms of fuchsia, yellow, and white hues, meticulously painted by contemporary artist Cathy Trachok. Trachok's philosophy is that art is a "shared experience" that communicates "across cultures, time and experience." She further elaborates, "There is

Lot: 389 - Alena Vavilina "Silver Pear" Painting

Alena Vavilina (b. Russia, b. 1986). "Silver Pear" mixed media: paint and silver leaf on paper, n.d. Signed "AV" at lower right. A delightful composition by award winning contemporary artist Alena Vavilina depicting three pears in silver leaf atop black paper. Rendered in minimalist fashion, the fruits appear to fall down the paper, one cut in half, creating a diversity of portrayal and a pleasing

Lot: 390 - Nick Bernard Studio Pottery Vase - Geometric Southwestern Design

United States, ca. late 20th century CE. A low, orb-shaped vessel gathered to a pinched, narrow mouth, its rounded shoulder decorated with interlocking geometric bands. Signed on the base by the contemporary studio potter Nick Bernard. The matte, lightly textured surface carries sage green, muted terracotta, dusty blue, and pale sand tones blended through airbrushed gradients, with angular chevrons and stepped frets drawn from Southwestern design. Heavy fire-clouding and carbon deposits from the kiln darken the lower body, leaving a sooty blackened surface across the base. Size: 8" Diameter x 7.5" H (20.3 cm D x 19.1 cm H). Nick Bernard is an American studio potter active from the late 1970s onward, widely recognized for wheel-thrown stoneware finished with layered airbrushed glazes and pastel Southwestern-influenced geometry. Provenance: private Las Vegas, Nevada, USA collection SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 201519

Lot: 391 - Sculpture of Boy

Provenance: The William F. Draper collection, New York City, USA, acquired via descent from the late William Franklin Draper (1912-2003), an accomplished American artist whose career spanned seven decades. Known as the "Dean of American Portraiture," William Draper was the only artist to paint President John F. Kennedy from life, and his oeuvre includes marvelous landscapes from his world travels, military paintings as he was one of only seventeen Combat Artists in WWII, and portraits of illustrious individuals. SHIPPING: We coordinate worldwide shipping in-house through specialist international forwarders experienced with fine art and antiquities customs manifests. International buyers must confirm, prior to bidding, that their country's customs authority will accept the item. All duties, taxes, clearance fees, and any costs arising from customs delays, seizures, re-export, returns, or loss in transit are the buyer's sole responsibility. Artemis assumes no liability for items refused entry, detained, or lost after export. We cannot ship ancient items to their country of origin (Egyptian to Egypt, Greek to Greece, etc.). PAYMENT EXCEPTION: For clients not previously established with Artemis, payment for all gold, precious metal, and gemstone lots must be made by bank wire transfer or certified bank check/money order, without exception. Item # 187277