Jewellery - Photo gallery
Image database with photographs of ancient art and antiquities
Our image database provides photographs of ancient art and antiquities for press releases as well as for private use. All artefacts sold in our gallery are documented through professional photographs. The resulting image library contains numerous ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities as well as ancient coins. The time span from Stone Age, over Bronze Age and Classical Antiquity until Late Antiquity is covered.The photo gallery aims at providing a vast visual archive equipped with filters and search tools. You are most welcome to search the constantly growing number of artefacts in the image library. We are also happy to authorize hyperlinks from your webpage / forum to the objects depicted in our gallery. For this purpose, please send us a short notification prior to placing a hyperlink. For almost every object high definition photographs are available and can be provided e.g. to document your collection or for scientific papers or popular science articles. If you are interested in using pictures for publications, print media or other purposes, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.
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Hellenistic-Roman clay figurine of a standing woman
Very nice condition. From German private collection, acquired 1985 from Aloys Faust, Cologne.
Price: on requestRare 8 Reales cob coinLima, struck 1717 under Philipp V. Very fine, nice quality and preservation for a cob coin. Also known as piece of eight or pirate money.
Price: on requestEgyptian coffin lid with paintingMain part of a sarcophagus lid with a polychrome painted exterior. A wonderful insight into the Egyptian death rituals from the Ptolemaic-Roman period in Egypt.
Egyptian ushabtiInteresting funerary statuette made of mint green faience with black painting. From the Ptolemaic era of Ancient Egypt, incorporating features of earlier periods.
Price: on requestClay head of a woman, possibly KybeleHellenistic. Very good condition, nice surface details. From a German private collection, acquired between 1980 and 1985.
Price: on requestAugustus denarius from Wishanger hoardFound 2021 in East Hampshire, UK. Revers showing Gaius and Lucius, the sons of M. Agrippa. The hoard is a very impressive proof of the fact that coins were in circulation for up to several centuries in the Roman era.
Price: on requestBronze Age bracelet with incised decorationThe jewellery was made in Europe during the 2nd millennium BC. Nice, dark patina.
Price: on requestNeo-Assyrian cylinder sealSeal made of wonderful pink Amethyst. It shows an offering scene with gods. From the Dr. Foster collection.
Price: on requestBronze statuette of OsirisFantastic preservation of the figurine with stunning fine details and well preserved inlaid eyes made of Silver. Late Period of ancient Egypt.
Roman intaglio with two menAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice violet glass paste and shows a scene between two persons.
Price: on requestSword from the European Bronze AgeWonderfully preserved bronze weapon from the Late Bronze Age around 1200 BC. Of the Reutlingen type, made in the region of today's Germany or surrounding countries.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with fantastic beastThe dark glass paste depicts an animal composed of two front parts. From the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glass pastes.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with bullPrime example of Roman glass pastes with a perfectly sharp depiction of a bull ready to fight.
Price: on requestLarge ceremonial knife of the Sican cultureThe so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The knife certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD.
Luristan dagger bladeDouble-edged bronze blade of a short dagger from the Luristan region in Ancient Iran.
Luristan bronze daggerDouble-edged blade of a short dagger from the Luristan region in Ancient Iran.
Mesopotamian stone vesselHeavy and high quality vessel from Bronze Age of Mesopotamia, reminescent of similar Egyptian stone vessels. Ex Christie's.
Price: on requestRoman plate broochOval 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.
Price: on requestRoman crossbow broochVery nice specimen with niello inlays and remains of the original gilding. From the mid 4th century AD. Published in two stardard works on ancient fibulae.
Price: on requestBird brooch from Roman BritainNice fibula in the shape of a stylized water bird. A find from Britain and probably also a local Roman provincial production.
Price: on requestSquare bottle of thick glassSmall ancient glass flask, like they are found along the old trade routes of the Islamic world. Such bottles were used around 1000 years ago to transport precious oils and other liquids.
Roman glass mosaic bowlNice little bowl with an abstract colourful design. Dating to the early Roman Imperial period. With Italian export permit.
Stone beaker of the Jiroft cultureHigh quality chlorite vessel from the Kerman province in Iran. From the 3rd millennium BC.
Elamite horse rhytonFascinating clay vessel in the shape of a horse from the Neo-Elamite period, around 700 BC. A TL analysis report is included with the piece.
Price: on requestLarge Hellenistic clay figurine of a standing womanExcellently preserved example of fine Hellenistic artistry. Ex Bonhams, ex renowned Joseph Klein collection, New York, USA.
Price: on requestEtruscan scarab with woman and jugThe high quality work of miniature art shows a woman fetching water. A showpiece of late Etruscan glyptics made of beautiful carnelian.
Etruscan scarab with athletesMiniature work of art of the highest quality, a flagship of late Etruscan glyptics. Made of shimmering orange carnelian. Published several times and with provenance dating back to the 19th century.
Price: on requestDecorated ancient glass braceletThe bangle is made of turquoise glass and beautifully decorated in white and blue. A product from the eastern Mediterranean coast.
Price: on requestRoman glass bracelet with beautiful decorationThe small bangle from the 4th century is decorated with polychrome glass layers on the outside. Made in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Price: on requestPhoenician glass head pendantPolychrome glass jewellery with a plastically moulded face of a woman. A product from the Phoenician culture, created around 400 BC.
Sasanian stamp seal with emblemPerfectly preserved seal made of noble green jasper. The piece is from the period of Sasanian rule in the Near East.
Price: on requestSasanian stamp sealVery nice dome-shaped seal made of stone. The piece is from the period of Sasanian rule in the Near East.
Roman glass paste with two animalsThe intaglio is made of beautiful violet glass. It shows two animals facing each other.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with dogThe ring insert made of beautiful orange glass paste shows a standing dog that looks up with a raised paw.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with ravenAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice orange glass paste. Well preserved depiction.
Price: on requestEgyptian stone bowlThis wonderful and relatively large bowl of banded stone was probably used for ritual purposes. From the Early Dynastic Period or Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
Price: on request