Artemis Fine Arts
presents an autumn sale of legally acquired
fossils, antiquities, and ethnographic art
curated by Bob Dodge. Spanning ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, and Asia alongside Pre-Columbian, Native American, African, and Oceanic traditions, the collection brings together rare civilizational artifacts and natural history relics, backed by full provenance and in-house shipping.
Roman Miniature Marble Head of a Youth with Cap
. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.
Batalla del Cinco de Mayo 1862, Mexican Folk Painting, ex-Holler & Saunders
. Anonymous (Mexican, active late XIX-early XX century). Batalla del Cinco de Mayo de 1862. Acrylic on board, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A compelling and richly narrative acrylic on board painting depicting the Batalla del Cinco de Mayo de 1862, presented in a folk-historical style that blends documentary intent with artistic interpretation. Estimate: $1,600 - $2,400.
Rare Argentinean San Jose Polychrome Pottery Bowl
. Pre-Columbian, South America, Argentina, San Jose region, ca. 1000 CE. A large and deep terracotta vessel with opposing low relief crescent handles and a convex base. Most impressive is the painted decorative program, with russet red ground, the interior adorned with a pair of black double headed snakes, the exterior with a more abstract, sinuous serpent-inspired motif. Estimate: $1,200 - $2,500.
Phrygian Bronze Bow Fibula
. Anatolia, Turkey, Phrygian. A compact cast bronze fibula of the Anatolian arched-bow type, its semicircular bow swelling into a thick, collared arc articulated by fine encircling ribs at either shoulder. One terminal resolves into a tight coiled spring from which the slender pin springs, while the opposite end rises into a small stepped catchplate that once secured the pin's point. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500.
Danubian Riders Votive Plaque with Sol in Quadriga - Roman Balkans
. Roman, Balkans, Moesia or Dacia, Danubian Riders cult. A dense, arch-topped devotional tablet cast in lead, its surface crowded with the enigmatic iconography of the so-called Danubian Riders. Estimate: $800 - $1,200.
Roman Carnelian Ring | Eagle of Jupiter Intaglio Seal
. Roman, Imperial period. A ring cut in its entirety from a single piece of carnelian, hoop and bezel alike! The stone glows a warm semi-opaque orange, the band swelling gently at the shoulders toward a flattened oval face into which a bird, most likely an eagle with partly spread wings, has been engraved in intaglio. Estimate: $800 - $1,200.
Two Roman Glass Bangles with Evil Eye Decoration, Iridescent
. Roman, Imperial period. A pair of slender glass bangles, each drawn and joined into a continuous circlet with a gently faceted outer face and a softly rounded interior. One retains a pale greenish body, the other a warmer olive-yellow tone, and both carry a shimmering iridescence raised by long burial, the surfaces flashing silver, rose, and pale blue as they turn. Estimate: $800 - $1,200.
11th C. Medieval Georgian Brass Relief of Saint George
. Eastern Europe / Western Asia, Georgia, Medieval Period. A haloed warrior saint emerges in low relief from this fragment of hammered brass sheet, his face rendered with the wide almond eyes and small pursed mouth of Caucasian medieval icon work. He wears a short scale or mail cuirass articulated in fine crosshatching, with pleated sleeves and a skirt of lappets below, and an oval shield rides at his left shoulder. Estimate: $800 - $1,200.
Woolly Mammoth Tooth Handle Two-Blade Folding Knife, Red Dyed Molar Scales
. United States. A folding two-blade knife with handle scales cut from a woolly mammoth molar. The mammoth material dates to the Pleistocene epoch, and the knife itself is modern artisanal work. Estimate: $700 - $1,000.
Dogon Wood Granary Door Locks, Figural with Horns, Mali, West Africa
. West Africa, Mali, Dogon peoples. Two carved wood door locks each in the form of a standing figure with a columnar body, extended horizontal crossbar, and a head surmounted by tall paired horns or ears. Estimate: $800 - $1,200.
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