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Ancient glass with magnificent colourful iridescence. Found in a ship wreck in the eastern Mediterranean. Produced in Roman imperial times.

Antikes Glas vom Typ der Candlestick-Unguentarien. Wundervolle, farbenfrohe Irideszenz. Fund aus einem Schiffswrack im östlichen Mittelmeer. Produktion aus römischer Zeit.

Stilisierte Form eines Skarabäuskäfers. Die Stempelfläche trägt Hieroglyphen. 1. Jt. v. Chr.

Ring aus byzantinischer Zeit mit wundervollen grünen Einlagen. Aus Silber. Innendurchmesser 18mm bis 20mm.

Impressive, perfectly preserved bowl from old German collection

Perfectly preserved, impressive piece from old German collection

This type of amulet was popular in the Late Dynastic Period of Ancient Egypt. It should endow its wearer with fertility and rapidity of movement. The piece was exhibited in an early 20th century private museum.

The decorated pair of earrings is made of gold sheet. It is hollow inside. The type is from Northern Africa and dates to Greek or Roman times.

Isis is shown in a very typical depiction as a mother, the archetype of the later Christian Nursing Madonna. The bronze figurine dates to the 22nd to 31st dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

Greek hellenistic earring pair made of gold and emerald. Beautiful jewellery with granulated rosettes, emerald beads and plastic Nike statuettes. Including material analysis report.

The figurine is in exceptional condition with a nice patina. Late Dynastic period of Ancient Egypt, 664 to 332 BC.

A scene with a young man is moulded into dark blue glass. Insert stone dating to Roman Imperial times.

Roman Empire, 2nd century AD. From and old German collection, acquired btw 1905 and 1925.

Ancient glass with wonderful multi coloured iridescence. Found in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean. Roman period.

Perfectly preserved piece from the 1st - early 2nd century AD. Found in Ladenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

The 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.

This ancient intaglio from Roman times shows Heracles kneeling. Made from orange glass paste.

The scene shows a standing Aphrodite surrounded by Erotes. Quality glass paste dating to Roman Imperial times.

The lower half of the intaglio is intact and shows a woman in a long dress. Truely special about the piece is the blue reflecting glass that turns violet when light is passing through it.

The small work of art is made of beautiful turquoise glass. It shows the head of a young soldier with a Corinthian helmet pushed to the back of the head.

Impressive wood relief of an idealized face. Polychrome paint. The mask was part of a sarcophagus lid from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt.

The large bow is dominated by colourful enamel. It is a brooch type that developed during the 1st cent. AD in Central Europe.

Open ring made of solid bronze. The torc is from Gaul or Central Europe and dates to the 4th or 3rd century BC.

Stark stilisierte keltische Figur aus einem alten Fund in Suffolk, England. Auf Sockel montiert. Spannendes Belegstück eisenzeitlicher Kulthandlungen aus der Zeit vor der Romanisierung.

Ägyptisches Stempelsiegel-Amulett in der stilisierten Form eines Skarabäuskäfers. Die Stempelfläche trägt Hieroglyphen. Das Amulett datiert in die 18. Dynastie des Alten Ägyptens.

Skarabäussiegel aus dem 2. Jt. v. Chr. mit ansprechender türkisfarbener Fayenceoberfläche. Die Stempelfläche trägt eine hieroglyphische Inschrift.

Very fine condition, from an important London collection

Perfectly preserved piece from the second half of the 2nd century AD. Found in Ladenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Nicely preserved piece from a private Columbus (Ohio, USA) collection

The piece is based in a high quality gem stone and has been molded with all details. Oval shape and nice colour sparkling in red and purple.

This special motive for Roman engraved gems often featured two Roman citizens or man and wife. It is an interesting example of its kind made from beautiful orange glass.

Die Stempelfläche trägt ein dekoratives Muster mit ästhetischer oder magischer Funktion. Sehr schöner und anschaulicher Skarabäus, in etwa aus der Zweiten Zwischenzeit des Alten Ägyptens. 2000 bis 1300 v. Chr.

Ägyptisches Skarabäusamulett mit typischen Symbolen für die Herrschaftszeit der Hyksos. Aus der Zeit der Fremdherrschaft, ca. 1650 bis 1550 v. Chr.

Perfectly preserved piece. Found in Ladenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Interesting transition type to the so-called North African oil lamps. Nicely preserved, unusual piece.

Elegant vessel made by the precolumbian Nazca culture. The outside is decorated by a polychrome szene of geometric patterns and abstractions of animals and faces.