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.

Characteristically shaped ancient bronze arrow heads. With three wings and barbed hooks. Perfect condition with lovely patina. Typical for the Scythians from 700 BC to hellenistic times.

Extremely well preserved double spectacle brooch dating to the early Iron Age in Italy. 8th cent. BC. Acquired 1989 at Casa Serodine.

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

Impressive massive bowl, worth the exhibition at a museum. Perfectly preserved. The massive bronze is in an excellent condition and has a very attractive black-green patina.

One half of a stone mould for bronze casting an axe head. The equipment is from a workshop of the 2nd Millennium BC, probably from the Carpathian Basin. From the famous Guttmann Collection. This mould was published in a work by Born and Hansen.

Impressive piece of jewellery because of its size and decoration. From Central Europe, made during Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age.

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.

Perfectly preserved, undamaged, with brown-green patina. Acquired 1978 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.

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.

A 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.

Possibly used as votive object or in funerary context. 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.

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.

Perfectly preserved, impressive jar. Never damaged or restored. Worth the exhibition in a museum. From the old German collection Dr. Tillmann. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.

Bronze brooch of the Italic Iron Age. The piece is published in the standard work "Brooches of Antiquity".

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.

There rare brooch type from northern Italy is based on predecessors from Greece. The piece is from the famous Richard Hattatt collection and is published in two of his works.

Serpentine bronze brooch of the Italic Iron Age. The piece is published in the standard work "Brooches of Antiquity".

Imposing bronze brooch of the Italic Iron Age. The piece is published in the standard work "Brooches of Antiquity".

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.