Stone - Recent acquisitions - Sold antiquities
Archive of sold antiquities
All artefacts sold in our gallery are fully documented in our online archive and database. Being a specialist ancient art dealer, preserving also the more recent history of each and every piece sold in our shop is at our heart. That is particularly useful for artefacts that changed owners in the meantime. Information that may have been lost in the process can be easily restored from our archives. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need further information about ancient items that have been sold in our gallery. We can help you with reconstructing the history of ownership for those items. All information about our customers will be kept confidential, of course.-
Hellenistic or Roman marble torso
From an old German private collection, acquired 1962. Impressive piece.
Price: on requestSassanian intaglio with griffinPerfectly preserved ring stone made of orange carnelian. It shows a winged hybrid creature with the body of a lion. With inscription in Pahlavi, the Middle Persian script of the Sassanids.
Price: on requestFlint blade and stone mouldInteresting group of two artefacts. A Neolithic flint blade from Egypt and a Bronze Age mould for casting or hammering metal.
Price: on requestSix neolithic stone toolsNice group of artefacts from the Northern European Neolithic. One blade, two dagger fragments and three axe head fragments. All found in Northern Germany.
Price: on requestNeolithic stone tool from EgyptThe Stone Age weapon's point or knife blade is well crafted, with finely serrated edge. From a 100 year old museum collection.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder sealMade of beautiful red stone, worked with the drill. From the transitional period between Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age in Mesopotamia.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cylinder seal with gods and inscriptionScene with sun god Shamash and the Amorite god Amurru. The cuneiform writing names the owner of the seal, a faithful servant of these deities.
Price: on requestPaleolithic hand axeSmall prehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a 100 year old museum collection.
Price: on requestStone Age spearhead from North AmericaFinely crafted flint projectile from the Stone Age of North America. From a swiss museum collection.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio of carnelianThe gem stone from the Late Roman Imperial period is engraved in linear style. It shows a standing person in a cloak.
Price: on requestStone Age bow scraper from EgyptThe Paleolithic tool is of beautiful shape and color. Thebes has been handed down as the place of origin. Including old museum display.
Price: on requestPaleolithic hand axeSmall prehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a 100 year old museum collection.
Price: on requestNeolithic stone tool from EgyptThe Stone Age weapon's point or knife blade is well crafted, with finely serrated edge. From a 100 year old museum collection.
Price: on requestThree neolithic arrowheads from EgyptThe Stone Age points are beautifully crafted, with finely serrated edges. From a 100 year old museum collection.
Price: on requestMesopotamian stamp seal in bull shapeThe magnificent seal is from the Jemdet Nasr period. The stamp shows quadrupeds and a scorpion. Published in a book about the Epstein collection.
Price: on requestMycenaean seal with griffinA wonderful and rare example of the Bronze Age Greek art of engraving stones. It shows a fantasy creature with lion body and bird of prey head. Mid-2nd Millennium BC.
Price: on requestNeolithischer Axtkopf mit MuseumsschäftungDas Steinwerkzeug stammt aus der Jungsteinzeit Nord- oder Mitteleuropas. Besonders hervorzuheben ist die moderne Schäftung in Museumsqualität, die einen großartigen Eindruck von der einstigen Verwendung des Werkzeuges gibt.
Price: on requestCanopic jar of ImsetyEgyptian Late Period canopic jar with a lid in the shape of a human head, representing the Horus son Imsety. The piece stands out by the expressive face and by the original painting.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio inscribed DIOGENOYThe gemstone made of red carnelian bears the inscription DIOGENOY. From the Roman period with original remains of the iron ring.
Price: on requestTwo Mesopotamian mosaic conesThe pieces were part of a mosaic decoration of a Mesopotamian structure in the 4th Millenium BC. The temple architecture from Uruk is a particularly well known example of such a use.
Price: on requestRoman artefacts from the RhinelandFragments of Roman pottery vessels, bronze and glass fragment, as well as a piece of a mosaic. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.
Price: on requestRoman gaming pieces from the Rhineland6 Roman glass gaming pieces and 8 other Roman artefacts. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.
Price: on requestCone-shaped stamp seal with star of IshtarThe seal depicts a tree of life with a rhomb and eight-pointed star, symbol of Ishtar. 7th to 6th century BC.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarab with pharaoAmulet seal with pharao and servant on the underside. Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarab with tree of lifeAmulet seal with tree of life on the underside. Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarabAmulet seal with pseudo hieroglyphs on the underside. Late or post Ramesside period.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarab with tree of lifeAmulet seal with figural scene on the underside, two standing figures next to tree of life. Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestSyrian amulet in animal shapeSmall amulet of nice red stone in the stylized shape of a pig. From the 3rd Millenium BC.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarab with spiral designAmulet seal in the shape of a scarab with schematic top side. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestAchaemenid stamp sealThis beautiful stamp seal is from the First Persian Empire of the Achaemenids or from parts under Greek control. 5th to 4th cent. BC.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarabAmulet seal in the shape of a scarab with schematic top side and braided tape on the underside. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian Kohl vesselThe small stone pot of nicely polished granite was used for Kohl, the eye cosmetic of the ancient Egyptians. From the time between Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.
Price: on requestDuck-shaped stamp sealNice seal made of black rock in the shape of a duck with reclining head. From the Neo-Babylonian or Neo-Assyrian Empire.
Price: on requestSumerian miniature ram amuletNice small stone amulet in the stylized shape of a ram. From the 3rd Millenium BC.
Price: on requestFlint knife from Northern GermanyFlat two-edged stone blade from the Dagger Period of Northern Europe.
Price: on requestStone Age chisel from Northern GermanyAsymmetrically shaped chisel with two polished sides. Made of light flint. Approx. 3400 to 2400 BC.
Price: on request