Middle Ages - Northern Europe - Recent acquisitions - 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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Ancient silver ring with nice designRing made of silver with lozenge shaped plate. Engraved decorative design on the plate. Inner diameter 16mm to 18mm.
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Byzantine finger ring showing blossomByzantinischer Fingerring aus Silber mit schönem Blütenmotiv. In hervorragender Erhaltung und theoretisch auch heute noch als Amulett oder Fingerring tragbar. Innendurchmesser 18mm bis 19mm.
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Tear-shaped Byzantine silver ringRing von schlichter Eleganz. Ringplatte in Form eines tränenförmigen Schildes mit typischem, aufwändigen Ritzdekor. Ringinnendurchmesser 19mm.
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Elegant Byzantine silver ringSehr schöne und elegante Form. Der Ring aus byzantinischer Zeit ist theoretisch auch heute noch tragbar. Innendurchmesser 18mm bis 19mm.
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Late-antique silver ringAngeschmiedete ovale Ringplatte mit umlaufender Verzierung. Der Silberring ist theoretisch auch heute noch tragbar. Innendurchmesser 18mm bis 19mm.
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Late-antique silver ringSpätantiker Fingerring aus Silber. Auf das Ringband aufgesetzte Ringplatte mit Ritzdekor. Innendurchmesser 16mm.
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Large islamic oillamp with tri-dentDekorierter Kanal zwischen Füll- und Brennloch. Mit Herstellerstempel in Form eines Dreizacks.
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Byzantine ring showing a stylized treeRingband mit Verzierung aus geritzten Linien. Ringplatte in Form eines tränenförmigen Schildes mit Ritzdekor, welches als stilisierter Baum gedeutet werden könnte. Innendurchmesser 16mm bis 17mm.
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Gold-plated Byzantine ringWunderschöner Fingerring aus Silber mit deutlichen Resten einer Vergoldung und kunstvollem Dekor. Aus byzantinischer Zeit. Innendurchmesser 18mm bis 19mm.
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Schmucknadel mit VogelmotivSchwertartige Nadel mit aufwendig verziertem Kopfende, das einen stilisierten Vogel zeigt. Der Stil weist in die Spätantike oder das frühe Mittelalter. Vermutlich ein Fund aus Frankreich.
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Islamic oil lampImpressive large speciman, shoulder decorated with dots and rims.
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Ming plate from Binh Thuan wreck - ex Christie'sFrom a wreck discovered 2001 in the South China Sea, identified as the Chinese merchant vessel "I Sin Ho". Perfectly preserved.
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Ming plate from Binh Thuan wreck - ex Christie'sFrom a wreck discovered 2001 in the South China Sea, identified as the Chinese merchant vessel "I Sin Ho". Perfectly preserved.
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Ming plate from Binh Thuan wreck - ex Christie'sFrom a wreck discovered 2001 in the South China Sea, identified as the Chinese merchant vessel "I Sin Ho". Perfectly preserved.
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Ming bowl from Binh Thuan wreck - ex Christie'sFrom a wreck discovered 2001 in the South China Sea, identified as the Chinese merchant vessel "I Sin Ho". Perfectly preserved.
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Ming bowl from Binh Thuan wreck - ex Christie'sFrom a wreck discovered 2001 in the South China Sea, identified as the Chinese merchant vessel "I Sin Ho". Perfectly preserved.
Price: on request
Ming bowl from Binh Thuan wreck - ex Christie'sFrom a wreck discovered 2001 in the South China Sea, identified as the Chinese merchant vessel "I Sin Ho". Perfectly preserved.
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Bavarian drinking vessel from the Early Middle AgesRare and beautifully stamp decorated pottery of the early Baiuvarii around 600 AD. From a find in Riekofen in Bavaria.
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Japanese Katana forged around 1430Excellently preserved samurai sword made in the Muromachi period. From the collection of a Munich lawyer, acquired in the 1970s.
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Pair 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.
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Rare Tacitus print by Hieronymus Froben, Basel 1544The only 1544 print currently offered on the market. Attractive and rare 16th century print, published in the workshop Froben. Impressive folio in very good condition, thoroughly printed. Beautiful large wood- and metal-cut initials.
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Persian bowl from GolestanNicely decorated with plant ornaments in black and turquoise. Made towards the end of the Islamic Golden Age in the Persian province of Golestan.
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Bowl of the Chancay cultureThin-walled pottery bowl with abstract painting. The pre-Columbian art of the Chancay seems simple at first, but radiates an elegance that still seems modern today.
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Bowl of the Chancay cultureFlat pottery bowl with abstract painting. The pre-Columbian art of the Chancay seems simple at first, but radiates an elegance that still seems modern today.
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Large 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.
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Bowl of the Chancay cultureThin-walled pottery bowl with abstract painting. The pre-Columbian art of the Chancay seems simple at first, but radiates an elegance that still seems modern today.
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Viking stirrup mountOpenwork bronze plate from the 11th century. It was once attached to a horse harness strap. The beautiful decorations are typical of the art of the Vikings.
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Roman and medieval potsherds from the RhinelandFragments of Roman and medieval pottery. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
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Bowl of the Chancay cultureFlat pottery bowl with abstract painting on the inside. The pre-Columbian art of the Chancay seems simple at first, but radiates an elegance that still seems modern today.
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Glass bead with polychrome decorationLarge bead made of opaque dark blue glass decorated with yellow lines and light blue eyes.
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Anglo-Saxon gilt bow broochA find from the Isle of Wight from the Migration Period. Beautiful testimonial of the settlement of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons.
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Anglo-Saxon bow broochA find from the Isle of Wight from the Migration Period. Beautiful testimonial of the settlement of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons.
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