Artemis Gallery to host March 24 Exceptional Auction featuring museum-quality antiquities, Asian, ethnographic, fine and visual art
Featured: Ancient Egyptian boat model discovered near Luxor, Ancient Greek pottery, exquisite Imperial Roman marbles, rare Pre-Columbian art, Asian sculptures, fossilsBOULDER, Colo. – Discerning collectors of cultural art always look forward to Artemis Gallery’s auctions produced under the “Exceptional Antiquities” banner. That particular series of sales represents the finest ancient, ethnographic and fine art consignments entrusted to the renowned Artemis team for expert vetting, marketing and sale. The next Exceptional Auction is slated for Thursday, March 24, and as always, each item will convey to its new owner with an Artemis Gallery Certificate of Authenticity. Fossilized female stingray and three fish atop a palm frond, from Green River Formation (Wyoming), Eocene Period, circa 53.5 to 48.5 million years ago. Size: 31in long by 31¼in high. Provenance: private Berthoud, Colorado collection. Estimate $24,000-$36,000With more than 400 museum-worthy pieces, this auction presents a visual history of the world’s greatest civilizations. There are classical antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), as well as Viking, Far East/Asian, Pre-Columbian, African/tribal/Oceanic, Native American and Spanish Colonial relics. In addition, the sale includes gorgeous ancient jewelry, fossils of astonishing quality, and many other items from the greater realm of visual arts. Backed by Artemis Gallery’s due diligence and expertise, each item comes to auction with the assurance that it was legally acquired and, if desired, can be legally resold.The mysteries of Ancient Egypt will come to life in the form of a large cedar sarcophagus panel with painted images of the jackal-headed god Anubis and the goddess of the sky, Nut, $20,000-$30,000; a deeply pedigreed (ex Alan Dershowitz/Carolyn Cohen collection; Christie’s, 1996) Romano-Egyptian cartonnage mummy mask, $30,000-$45,000); and a remarkable 19-inch-long Pre-Dynastic (Naqada II to Naqada III, circa 3500-3000 BCE) terracotta canoe-form boat model. Measuring 19 inches long and with a pinched keel, this distinctive piece was published