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Artemis Fine Arts presents a wide-ranging auction of antiquities, ethnographica, and fine art beginning December 19, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. (GMT-6) in Louisville, Colorado. The sale brings together culturally significant works spanning Asian art, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African, Tribal, and Oceanic traditions, alongside fine and visual art, fossils, and rare artifacts from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East. In this image: Superb Early 20th C. Papua New Guinea Wood Canoe Model. Estimate $2,200-$3,300.

18th C. Korean Joseon Dynasty Celadon Glazed Jar. East Asia, Korea, Joseon Dynasty, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A luminous porcelain jar glazed in soft celadon tones, embodying the restrained elegance characteristic of late Joseon ceramics. The vessel is fashioned with a broad, rounded body that gently swells at the shoulders before tapering to a short, recessed foot. Its wide, upright mouth rim is neatly everted, lending balance to the jar's otherwise understated form. Estimate $2,000-$3,000.

Three Chinese Song Dynasty Decorated Pottery Tiles. China, Northern Song Dynasty, ca. 960?1127 CE. An evocative set of 3 painted ceramic tomb bricks or tiles from the Song Dynasty, skillfully molded in relief with the figure of a court attendants or servants. Clad in formal robes and each holding an offering tray. Estimate $1,800-$2,700.

Three Byzantine Pottery Sphero-Conical Vessels. Eastern Mediterranean, Byzantine Empire, ca. 10th to 13th century CE. A trio of stout, enigmatic sphero-conical vessels rises from the Byzantine twilight, each one shaped for the hand and carved with designs that still murmur old secrets. These fired-clay containers belong to a class of multipurpose vessels whose functions have long fascinated scholars, for they appear at the crossroads of daily life, ritual, science, and warfare. Estimate $1,600-$2,400.

Tibetan Buddhist Bronze Dorje (Vajra) Ritual Implements. Central Asia, Tibet, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A pair of bronze dorje (vajra), ritual implements used in Tibetan Buddhist worship and other Vajrayana traditions. The larger example is cast with a symmetrical ribbed shaft, its bulbous central node flanked by lotus-petal motifs, and terminating in the characteristic prongs that meet at a central axis. Estimate $1,500-$2,250.

5 Cuzcqueno Paintings - Arquebusier Angels, ca. 1910. South America, Peru, ca. 1910. Five sacred Cuscqueno (also called Cuzqueno) paintings that feature Arquebusier Angels donning period clothing of Andean aristocrats. This theme first came about during the 17th century, and some scholars believe it arose from a blend of cultural influences, since pre-Christian deities of the region included winged warrior figures. Estimate $1,500-$2,250.

Two Petite Quimbaya Pottery Seated Ritual Slab Figures. Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Quimbaya culture, ca. 13th to 15th century CE. A pair of pottery figures exhibiting the distinctive stylization and minimalism of Quimbaya art. Both figures are shown seated with bent limbs and squared torsos, their broad heads featuring prominent noses, incised slits for eyes, and small perforations across the brow and body, perhaps once used for the attachment of ornaments or ritual adornments. Estimate $1,400-$2,100.

Islamic Brass Oil Lamps Bird-Form Handles, Inscriptions. Near East, Islamic World, Seljuk Period, ca. 11th to 13th century CE. A pair of leaded brass oil lamps, each ingeniously crafted with avian finials and handles, reflecting the Seljuk mastery of symbolic ornament. The more petite example is squat and globular, its lid surmounted by a small bird, while the handle takes the form of a perched bird, lending balance and charm to its compact silhouette. Estimate $1,400-$2,100.

Four Papua New Guinea Woven Miniature Yam Masks. Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Abelam people, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A collection of four miniature woven yam masks, each hand-crafted from natural basketry fibers and decorated with pigments in red, white, ochre, and black. Estimate $1,400-$2,100.