ANCIENT ART AND ANTIQUITIES GALLERY
Welcome to the Alte Roemer Gallery, your specialist for antiquities and ancient art from the Mediterranean.
In our online shop you will find authentic artefacts covering the time span from Bronze Age until Late Antiquity. Our focus is on Ancient Roman, Greek, and Egyptian antiquities. Ancient numismatics is extensively covered with focus on Roman and Greek coins. We are looking forward to welcome you in our online gallery!
Yours,
Alexander Khalaidovski, Matthias Höh
FEATURED ANCIENT OBJECTS IN OUR ONLINE GALLERY
Bowl of the Chancay culture
Flat pottery bowl with abstract painting. The pre-Columbian art of the Chancay seems simple at first, but radiates an elegance that still seems modern today.
Base plate of a Roman mirror
The bronze disc is the base plate of a Roman mirror. A handle and reflective metal coating were once part of the mirror. Typical for upper class Roman households during Imperial times.
Roman potsherds from the Rhineland
Fragments of Roman vessels and bricks, and of two amphora handles. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.
Celtic coin - Iceni tribe
East Anglia mint, reported to have been found in Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire.
Etruscan Bucchero Kantharos
Very well preserved, worth the exhibition in a museum. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Etruscan bronze ladle - ex Sotheby's
Very good condition, undamaged, with thick patina. Late Etruscan, 4th - 3rd century BC. From an old English collection.
Three Roman lead weights from the Rhineland
Different types of weights made of lead. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.
Coptic bronze figurine of an angel
From the famous Prof. Maurice Bouvier collection, acquired in Egypt between 1929 and 1959.
Large perfectly preserved Magna Graecia Lekythos
Very rare in such condition. From the German generation collection Eichelmann-Hartmann. Prof. Hartmann (1862-1946), the founder of the collection, acquired the lamp during his study travels to Italy.
8 Reales, also known as cob coin, piece of eight or pirate money
Potosi, Bolivia. Very fine, nice quality and preservation for a cob coin.
Female stone portrait head
Hellenistic Greece or Egypt under Roman rule. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
Greek black glaze pottery mug
4th century BC; Greek colony in Southern Italy. Body in excellent condition, decorated with grooves, glossy metallic black slip.
Persian bowl from Golestan
Nicely decorated with plant ornaments in black and turquoise. Made towards the end of the Islamic Golden Age in the Persian province of Golestan.
Cypriot black-on-red Lekythos
Very well preserved incl. original painting. From the collection of the German actress Lotti Huber, found during excavations in Cyprus in the 1950s.
Eight Roman bronze artifacts
Various artifacts in different states of preservation. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.
Moche erotic pottery
Exceptional depiction of figures on a raft having intercourse. From the golden age of the Moche civilization.
Iron Age pottery vessel in the shape of a tiger
Fantastic animal shaped vessel with the mouth serving as a spout. From Iron Age Azerbaijan. The piece comes with a TL analysis from 1981.
Roman marble Isis statue - ex Christie's New York
The surface is excellently preserved. The knot above the breast clearly identifies the statue as Isis. Acquired in 1975 at Galerie Carrefour, Pierre Vérité, Paris. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.
Etruscan Vetulonia type helmet
From the possession of New York City antiquities dealer Sumner Healey, who was made famous by Berenice Abbott's scenic photograph from 1936.
Tanagra figure of a bride from Henry H. Gorringe collection
Henry Honychurch Gorringe (1841-1885) was responsible for the removal of Cleopatra's Needle from Alexandria, Egypt to Central Park in New York City.
ANCIENT ART GALLERY SPECIALIZING IN
The imposing vessel is shaped like a zebu, a domestic cattle from the Ancient Near East. This category of object is famous since the Amlash excavations in the Iranian Gilan Province. With its stylization it is a rare artistic masterpiece of the mysterious Iron Age cultures of Iran.
ALTE ROEMER ANCIENT ART GALLERY AT A GLANCE
