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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.-
Sassanian intaglio with griffin
Perfectly 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 requestBronze bird from Late AntiquityFinial in the shape of a bird, probably once the head of a rod or distaff. From the Late Roman or Early Byzantine period.
Price: on requestMaya civilization pottery bowlSmall bowl painted with abstract shapes. From the Classic period of the Maya civilization.
Price: on requestEgyptian die made of boneOld find from Abydos made by the Egyptian Exploration Fund (today: EES). It is an early die with round markings. Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestPair of early Byzantine gold earringsBeautiful jewellery with beads made of emerald and garnet. Made in the eastern part of the Mediterranean during the 6th to early 7th century.
Price: on requestRoman sprinklerPerfume bottle with pattern-blown body. An aperture made it easy to dispense the precious content drop by drop. From the Late Roman period.
Price: on requestRoman globular bottlePerfectly preserved glass vessel with globular body. Made in the Eastern Mediterranean during late Roman Imperial times.
Price: on requestAmphora with beautiful marina patinaTable amphora, or vessel for transport of particularly precious goods. The beautiful dense marine patina makes this vase a true eye-catcher. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
Price: on requestEarly Islamic glass with spiral threadA marvelous example for Early Islamic glass after the conquest of the Levant, during Umayyad rule. A glass from the professor Ritschel collection.
Price: on requestPublished coptic bronze figurine of an angelBetween 1963 and 2009 on exhibition in Vienna, Zurich, Basel and Clermont-Ferrand. Reported to have been found in Middle Egypt. From the famous Prof. Maurice Bouvier collection, acquired in Egypt between 1929 and 1959.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphoraNicely preserved, large amphora with attractive marine patina. Acquired in the 1980s from Helmut Liebert Antiquities in Krefeld, Germany.
Price: on requestPublished coptic bronze figurine of a sitting womanBetween 1963 and 2009 on exhibition in Vienna, Zurich, Basel and Clermont-Ferrand. Reported to have been found in Middle Egypt. From the famous Prof. Maurice Bouvier collection, acquired in Egypt between 1929 and 1959.
Price: on requestLate antique oil lamp with round bodyPossibly from Israel area. Excellent condition. From the collection of Prof. Ritschel, Salzburg, decorated many times, for example in 1995 when the Republic of Austria awarded its Decoration for Science and Art.
Price: on requestPublished coptic bronze figurine of a standing womanBetween 1963 and 2009 on exhibition in Vienna, Zurich, Basel and Clermont-Ferrand. Reported to have been found in Middle Egypt. From the famous Prof. Maurice Bouvier collection, acquired in Egypt between 1929 and 1959.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at SezzeNicely preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. Attractive marine patina. Found in Sezze area (Latium).
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandPerfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandNicely preserved amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandPerfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.
Price: on request11 Roman coins from an old German collectionThe small collection features different emperors from the late Roman Empire and the early Byzantine era. From the collection of Prof. Schmid, acquired in the late 1970s - early 1980s.
Price: on requestBeaker of the Nazca cultureElegant vessel made by the precolumbian Nazca culture. The outside is decorated by a polychrome szene of geometric patterns and abstractions of animals and faces.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandPerfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. Attractive marine patina.
Price: on requestEgyptian frog lamp from very old German collectionThe frog lamps developed in Egypt close to Abydos. For the Egyptians, the frog symbolized birth and resurrection, this symbolism was also adapted by the early Christians. From the German collection Becker, in this for 3 generations.
Price: on requestRoman oil lamp with head of a Taurus as handleRare type with plastic handle and large cross on base.
Price: on requestNorth African oil lamp with floral motifDark clay with partially preserved dark glaze. Nicely preserved, from an old collection.
Price: on requestNorth African oil lamp - very rare typeDark clay with partially preserved dark green glaze, very rare transition type. Nicely preserved, from an old German collection.
Price: on requestRoman provincial fibula of the horsemenThe swastika shaped brooch with horse head terminals was worn by the cavallery in Late Antiquity. In particular by the troops recruited by the Romans from their Pannonian Foederati. It might have been a symbol for strength or designated a military rank.
Price: on requestSassanidisches Stempelsiegel mit springender AntilopeDunkler orangefarbener Karneol, der Stempel zeigt eine stilisierte springende Antilope. Hervorragender Zustand. Inklusive Stempelabdruck.
Price: on requestRömische Münzen aus LotVon Augustus und Agrippa bis zu byzantinischen Prägungen ist in diesem Lot alles dabei. Diverse Nominale, Durchmesser ca. 12 mm - 29 mm. Teils mit Resten von Silberauflage. Einzelverkauf aus Lot.
Price: on requestLot von 5 exzellent erhaltenen römischen Münzen aus Rheinländischer SammlungExzellente Erhaltung, schöne Fundpatina. Spätantike Bronzemünzen, Durchmesser um 16 mm.
Price: on requestByzantinischer Fingerring aus SilberByzantinischer Fingerring aus Silber mit eingeritzten Buchstaben, vermutlich Initialen. Nahezu perfekt erhalten. Ringinnendurchmesser 20mm. Ringplatte 13mm x 14mm. 2013 in einem Auktionshaus erworben. Zuvor in einer deutschen Privatsammlung. In diese erworben 1996.
Price: on requestByzantinischer Fingerring mit vereinfachtem ChristusmonogrammFingerring aus Silber. Ringplatte mit von einer punzierten Linie gerahmtem Feld. Darin ein vereinfachtes Christusmonogramm, Chi-Rho. 6. bis 8 Jh. n. Chr.
Price: on requestLot von 10 exzellent erhaltenen römischen Münzen aus Rheinländischer SammlungDarunter 2 hervorragend erhaltene Antoniane. Generell sehr gute Erhaltung, schöne Fundpatina. Spätantike Bronzemünzen, Durchmesser 16 - 23 mm.
Price: on requestByzantinischer RingWundervoll erhaltener Silberring aus byzantinischer Zeit, etwa 12. bis 13. Jh. Ringplatte in Form eines Quadrats mit konkaven Seiten und vielfältigen Verzierungen. Ringinnendurchmesser 23mm.
Price: on requestByzantinischer Fingerring mit Inschrift und BüsteRingplatte mit stilisierter Büste, möglicherweise Darstellung der Gottesmutter. Umlaufende Inschrift. Silber. 5. bis 13 Jh. n. Chr. Innendurchmesser 17mm.
Price: on requestAntiker Fingerring aus Silber mit GranalienFingerring mit Fassung, die von einer Doppelreihe Granalien umgeben ist. Der Ringtypus geht auf die spätrömische Zeit zurück und wurde im Merowinger-Reich und byzantinischen Reich wieder aufgegriffen. 4. bis 12 Jh. n. Chr.
Price: on requestLot von 10 römischen Münzen aus Rheinländischer SammlungAusdrucksstarke Portraits mit feinen Details. Generell sehr gute Erhaltung, schöne Fundpatina. Spätantike Bronzemünzen, Durchmesser 15 - 20 mm.
Price: on request