Auction Preview: Exceptional Day 1: Antiquities Asian Fine Art at Artemis Gallery, Louisville, May 22
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What: Exceptional Day 1: Antiquities Asian Fine ArtWhere: Artemis Gallery, 686 S. Taylor Avenue Suite 106, Louisville, CO 80027, United StatesWhen: May 22, 3:00 PM BSTTop Lots at the Sale:— «Roman Silver Plate with 2 Nikes Crowning Eagle,» RomanAuction Preview: Exceptional Day 1: Antiquities Asian Fine Art at Artemis Gallery, Louisville, May 22
What: Exceptional Day 1: Antiquities Asian Fine ArtWhere: Artemis Gallery, 686 S. Taylor Avenue Suite 106, Louisville, CO 80027, United StatesWhen: May 22, 3:00 PM BSTTop Lots at the Sale:— «Roman Silver Plate with 2 Nikes Crowning Eagle,» Roman, Imperial Period, ca. late 3rd to 4th century CE. A very large silver plate of a concave circular form with a relief medallion symbolizing triumph adorning the tondo. Size: 10.75« in diameter (27.3cm); weight: 907 grams (2 pounds). Featured at lot 0040A. Estimate: 200,000 USD - 300,000 USD.— »Huge South Arabian Alabaster Libation Table,« South Arabia, Saudia Arabia and Yemen, ca. 1st millennium BCE. A huge slab of thick alabaster, carved into a table with a slightly raised border, a smooth, flat interior, squared-off edges. Size: 27.35» L x 16.7« W x 6.4» H (69.5cm x 42.4cm x 16.3cm). Featured at lot 0073. Estimate: 80,000 USD - 120,000 USD.— «Greek Attic Belly Amphora - Princeton Painter,» Ancient Greece, Athens (Attic), Manner of the Princeton Painter, ca. 540 to 520 BCE. A marvelous belly amphora, decorated via the black-figure technique with tastefully delineated red details. Size: 10« in diameter x 14» H (25.4cm x 35.6cm). Featured at lot 0018. Estimate: 50,000 USD - 70,000 USD.— «Scythian Bronze Helmet,» Western Asia and Siberia, Scythian culture, ca. 6th century BCE. Cast from a single massive piece of bronze, this is a war helmet, classified by B. Z. Rabinovich as a Kuban type after the region of the north Caucasus of the same name. Size: 7.1« W x 7.5» H (18cm x 19cm); 14.9« H (37.8cm) on included custom stand. Featured at lot 0062C. Estimate: 50,000 USD - 70,000 USD.— »Huge Egyptian Bronze Bust of Osiris,« Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 22nd Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. A stunning bust of Osiris, the Egyptian god of the underworld, from a composite, hollow-cast bronze figure. Size: 6» W x 7.25« H (15.2cm x 18.4cm); 11.7» H (29.7cm) on included custom stand. Featured at lot 0001. Estimate: 45,000 USD - 60,000 USD.— «Greek Chalcidian Bronze Helmet,» Greece, Classical Period, ca. 5th to 4th century BCE. A striking Chalcidian helmet comprised of hammered tinned bronze, so named as this helmet form was initially depicted on pottery believed to derive from the Euboean city of Chalcis. Size: 10.45« L x 4.75» W x 9.75« H (26.5cm x 12.1cm x 24.8cm); 17.35» H (44.1cm) on included custom stand. Featured at lot 0024. Estimate: 40,000 USD - 60,000 USD.— «Roman Palmyran Limestone Bust with Aramaic,» Near East/Holy Land, Palmyra, Roman period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A high relief funerary bust, hand-carved from limestone, depicting half of the body of a man. Size: 17.45« W x 22.5» H (44.3cm x 57.2cm); 24.75" H (62.9cm) on included custom stand. Featured at lot 0061A. Estimate: 40,000 USD - 60,000 USD.For details, visit: https://www.liveauctioneers.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.https://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin Read more