Artemis Gallery to donate all of Dec. 25 antiquities auction's proceeds to charity

Artemis Gallery will conduct a Holiday Charity Auction and donate 100 percent of the sales total – or a minimum donation of $25,000 – to Community Food Share. The organization’s mission is to eliminate hunger in Colorado’s Boulder and Broomfield Counties. This special online auction of more than 200 lots of ancient and ethnographic art will take place Tuesday, Dec. 25. Each item boasts impeccable provenance and is offered with the gallery’s unconditional guarantee that it is authentic and legal to purchase, own, and if desired, resell.

One of the many auction highlights is an Egyptian faience overseer ushabti from the Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty. The mummiform figure wears a tripartite wig while holding two picks and a seed bag across the back. The top hieroglyph, that of an ox tongue, signifies that this shabti was designated as an overseer, perhaps to monitor the other workers w