Rare - 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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Very rare Roman bronze patera with duck head handle
Bronze paterae with preserved handle are very rare, especially in this condition. Beautiful patina.
Price: on requestGreek clay figure of a seated womanExtraordinary condition for a delicate clay figure of this size and fragility. From an old German collection, acquired before 1961.
Price: on requestRoman silver earrings with shieldBelonging pair of earrings from the late Roman Imperial period. With nice filigree decoration.
Price: on requestAthenian black figure lekythosWorth the exhibition in a museum. Excellent condition and brilliant colors, very fine work. 6th to early 5th century BC. From an old German collection, acquired in the early 1980s from an art gallery in Cologne, Germany.
Price: on requestAmphora with beautiful marina patinaTable amphora, or vessel for transport of particularly precious goods. The beautiful dense marine patina makes this vase a true eye-catcher. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
Price: on requestRichly decorated Gnathia-ware oinochoeGreat condition, vivid colors. Decorated with lion heads at the handle, branches and other friezes at body. Acquired at Charles Ede Gallery, London, in 1978.
Price: on requestEtruscan bronze statuette of a youthBeautiful olive-green patina. Ex private collection of the Swiss advocate and ancient arts collector and dealer Wladimir Rosenbaum.
Price: on requestScaraboid with horseman hunting lionThis stunning stamp seal is from the First Persian Empire of the Achaemenids or from parts under Greek control. 5th to 4th cent. BC.
Price: on requestNear Eastern conoid stamp sealColourful seal with geometrical decoration. Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, 6th to 5th cent. BC.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarab as a protective amuletAmulet seal in the shape of a scarab with schematic top side and pseudo hieroglyphs at the underside. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved Terra Sigillata jar with bust and boarGreat condition. Acquired in 1979.
Price: on requestEtruscan bronze figurine of a woman with pateraPerfectly preserved, with nice patina. From an old German private collection, acquired 1978 in London at Davies Antiques Gallery.
Price: on requestEarly Villanovan AmphoriskosImpressive impasto vessel with nice decorations. Including TL analysis report.
Price: on requestRoman globular bottlePerfectly preserved glass vessel with globular body. Made in the Eastern Mediterranean during late Roman Imperial times.
Price: on requestRoman sprinklerPerfume bottle with pattern-blown body. An aperture made it easy to dispense the precious content drop by drop. From the Late Roman period.
Price: on requestAppliqué of the Horus Son ImsetyWonderful bichrome faience from the 30th dynasty or slightly later. Deaccessioned from an old museum lending collection.
Price: on requestGreatly preserved Apulian bell kraterLarge vase in great condition. Used for watering down wine in Ancient Greece. From old German collection.
Price: on requestFour Greek or Scythian arrow headsGroup of four bronze socketed arrowheads, two with triangular cross-section and two leaf-shaped. Excellent condition, beautiful patina. From an old British collection, acquired before 1980.
Price: on requestFour Greek or Scythian arrow headsGroup of four bronze socketed arrowheads, three with triangular cross-section and one leaf-shaped. Excellent condition, beautiful patina. From an old British collection, acquired before 1980.
Price: on requestFour Greek or Scythian arrow headsGroup of four bronze socketed arrowheads, three with triangular cross-section and one leaf-shaped. Excellent condition, beautiful patina. From an old British collection, acquired before 1980.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarabAmulet seal in the shape of a scarab with schematic top side and braided tape on the underside. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian cowroidAmulet seal with pseudo hieroglyphs at the underside. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestPair of early Byzantine gold earringsBeautiful jewellery with beads made of emerald and garnet. Made in the eastern part of the Mediterranean during the 6th to early 7th century.
Price: on requestNeo-Assyrian seal with mythological creatureThe octagonal stamp seal shows a hybrid creature and a priest. It originates from the Neo-Assyrian culture of the 8th to 7th cent. BC.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved decorated Terra Sigillata jarDecorated with human figures in high relief. Great condition. From an old German collection, acquired in 1979.
Price: on requestRoman clay unguentariumPerfectly preserved, with traces of the original red painting remain on the neck. From an old German collection, acquired in London in the 1970s.
Price: on requestGreek seated clay figure of a womanOverall in a very good condition. On the front traces of the original white grounding, and on the head traces of the original violet painting are preserved.
Price: on requestAttische Tetradrachme mit behelmter Athena und EuleCa. 454 – 404 v. Chr. Tolle Eulendarstellung, vorzüglich.
Price: on requestLarge Roman marble head of a womanVery well preserved fragment of a larger group. Ca. 1st - 2nd century AD, Roman Empire. From an old German collection, acquired in 1987 from Helmut Liebert in Krefeld, Germany.
Price: on requestEtruscan "a baule" type earringsSkilfully made pair of gold earrings with filigree. The ancient jewellery is from the Golden Age of the Etruscans around the 6th century BC.
Price: on requestAchaemenid stamp sealThis beautiful stamp seal is from the First Persian Empire of the Achaemenids or from parts under Greek control. 5th to 4th cent. BC.
Price: on requestSide frame of a Roman stoolPiece of a seating furniture with elaborate openwork designs. The fantastic state of preservation is known from other bronze stools found in Pompeii and the area around Mount Vesuvius.
Egyptian scarab with spiral designAmulet seal in the shape of a scarab with schematic top side. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian cowroid with protective functionAmulet seal with pseudo hieroglyphs at the underside that should give protection or good luck to the owner according to ancient Egyptian beliefs. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEarly flat axe from JudeaInteresting bronze axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.
Price: on requestEarly flat axe from JudeaCompact bronze axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.
Price: on request