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Artemis Fine Arts will hold its Summer Clearance Sale on June 30, 2025 5:00 PM GMT-6. The sale features antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East. Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, India. Pre-Columbian. Native American. Spanish Colonial. Fossils. Fine / Visual Art. Coins. Decorative Antiques. In this image: Wyoming Triceratops Fossilized Rooted Tooth. Estimate $500-$750.

Vintage Navajo Silver & Turquoise Watch Band. Native American, Southwestern United States, Navajo (Dine), ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful silver watch band of cuff form adorned with 4 sizable, ovoid turquoise bezels and applied vegetal and coil motifs with an undulating border along the edges. Size of watch band: 3.1" L x 2.5" W (7.9 cm x 6.4 cm); width of band: 1.3" W (3.3 cm); of interior: 2.6" W (6.6 cm); of opening: 1.5" W (3.8 cm); silver quality: 94%; weight: 96.5 grams. Estimate $500-$750.

13 Ancient Mesopotamian / Egyptian Bone Inlays. Near East, Mesopotamia / Assyria & Egypt, ca. 1000 BCE to 100 CE. A collection of 13 bone and ivory plaques, each intricately etched on one side, featuring figures in profile, rosettes and palmettes. Estimate $700-$1,050.

Charles Anton Kaeselau Painting - Ship at Sea. Charles Anton Kaeselau (Swedish-American, 1889-1972). Oil on board, n.d. Signed at lower right. A beautiful painting by American artist Charles Anton Kaeselau portraying a classic New England scene: a schooner at sea before a cloudy sky. Estimate $600-$900.

Two Vintage African Benin Brass & Indian Bronze Fish. West Africa, Nigeria, Edo, Court of Benin, ca. mid-20th century CE; South Asia, India, ca. 20th century CE. An utterly adorable duo of metal fish, each with its own distinct character and origin. Estimate $500-$750.

Tiny Chinese Ceramic Shiwan Mud-Men Figurines, 11 pcs. East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty to Republic period, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A collection of tiny ceramic figurines, commonly known as Shiwan Mud-Men, hand-painted in vibrant glazes. Estimate $500-$750.

Striking Congolese Ritual Wood & Raffia Kifwebe Mask. Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba (Baluba) / Songye culture, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A striking ceremonial mask carved from wood and adorned with raffia, traditionally associated with female Kifwebe masks. Estimate $500-$750.

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/209711283_prehistoric-anasazi-mesa-verde-pottery-ladle-scoop" target="_blank">Prehistoric Anasazi Mesa Verde Pottery Ladle Scoop. Native American, Southwestern United States, Colorado, Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloan), Mesa Verde type, ca. 1200 to 1300 CE. A hand-built pottery ladle scoop sans handle. Estimate $500-$750.

Native American Silver & Turquoise: 2 Bracelets 2 Rings. Native American, Southwestern United States, Navajo / Pueblo, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A collection of two sterling silver cuffs and two rings, all in wearable vintage condition with signs of use. Estimate $500-$750.

Mexican Wood Folk Art Saint Isidore w/ Plowing Oxen. Central America, Mexico, ca. mid-20th century CE. A lovely wooden santo of Saint Isidore the Farmer or San Isidro Labrador depicted plowing the field with 2 bulls as he grasps a whip in one hand. Estimate $500-$750.