Search results for: 'Ancient bronze'

Popular type of bracelet. Massive bronze open ring with circular profile and decorated ends. Roman jewellery of this type is a revival of earlier Greek art.

Oval bronze brooch with a setting for a glass insert. From the Roman imperial period. Published in two stardard works on ancient brooches by Richard Hattatt.

Matching pair of appliques that were once soldered to a Roman vessel. They show the goddess of victory, Victoria.

Very fine condition, beautiful patina. Amphora and vine leaf, Paleo-Hebrew inscriptions "year 3" and "The freedom of Zion".

Very fine condition, beautiful patina. Amphora and vine leaf, Paleo-Hebrew inscriptions "year 3" and "The freedom of Zion".

Impressive massive piece with great dark patina. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.

Brooch in the shape of an insect. Popular type in the northern Roman provinces during the 2nd century.

Nice zoomorphic roman fibula made of bronze with enamel inlays depicting the young of the rabbit. Found near the Limes fortifications Pfoerring and Eining in Germany.

Made around the year 100 and found on the Isle of Wight, after the Roman conquest of Britain.

Nice and rare enameled variant of the Hod Hill type. Found in Norfolk, UK. The piece is published in two books by Richard Hattatt.

Nicely enameled brooch with a Romano-Celtic sunburst design. From the 2nd century AD. Published in two stardard works on ancient brooches by Richard Hattatt.

Kaiserzeitliche Fibel vom Typ der Kniefibeln. Variante mit ungedeckter Spiralhalterung der Feder. 2. Jh. n. Chr. 44mm lang.

From an old Swiss private collection, acquired before 1971. Between 1971 and 2022 on loan and exhibition at the Antikenmuseum Basel.

The glass paste features a famous depiction of Victoria writing the names of victors in battle on a large shield. The motif reiterates a 1st century bronze statue.

Zoomorphic fibula dating to the Roman Principate. Very nice enameled work. Rare variant of this popular fibula type from Roman Gaul.

Beautiful example with orange and turquoise enamel. A find from 2nd century Roman Britain.

Colourful enameled brooch from the Roman Imperial period. Published in two stardard works on ancient brooches by Richard Hattatt.

Kunstvolle Fibel aus der Kaiserzeit. Großartiges Beispiel für die antike Millefiori-Technik, die erst wieder in der Neuzeit aufgegriffen und von venezianischen Glaskünstlern zu einer neuen Blüte geführt wurde.

Elaborate work dating to the 2nd century AD. The well preserved enamel is a testimony to the colourful world of ancient art.

Zoomorphe Fibel mit Wildtier als Motiv. Schmuckstück mit religiöser Symbolik, vergleichbar einem Kreuzanhänger bei heutigen Christen. Gefertigt im 1. bis 3. Jh. n. Chr. in Gallien.

The gem stone from the Late Roman Imperial period is engraved in linear style. It shows a standing person in a cloak.

Ring stone made of beautiful orange glass. From the Professor Brosch collection of ancient gems.

The glass paste shows a hand enclosing a bird. It is a very rare depiction for an ancient ring insert.

Roman jewellery insert made of transparent glass paste, imitating amethyst. It shows a creature with the front part of a griffin.

The skillful work shows a Roman galley with rowers. It is a very rare depiction for an ancient glass paste.

This rare variant of the T-shaped brooches was found in Lechlade, Gloucestershire. It dates to the 1st or 2nd century AR. From the famous Hattatt collection and published in two standard works for ancient fibulae.

Made of bright orange glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

It shows the god with his upper body leaning forward, the left leg raised and bent. Magnificent orange glass paste with iridescent patina.

The glass paste shows the god as a boy, standing with his bow in one hand. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

Made of bright orange glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

The orange glass paste shows the goddess next to a high column. Her mantled glides down below her hips at her back.

Blue opaque glass paste with depiction of a soldier. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.

The ancient glass paste might show Ares from Greek mythology, god of bloody wars.

Roman intaglio made of nice yellow-orange glass paste. It has a great motif, showing the goddess Athena with shield and spear, holding a small Nike on her hand.

The Roman intaglio of white-banded glass paste shows the god with his typical attribute.

The Roman intaglio has an interesting scene of Eros as a child, standing on a Dolphin and setting a sail.