Late Antiquity - Recent acquisitions - Lehrsammlung - 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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Published coptic bronze figurine of a standing woman
Between 1963 and 2009 on exhibition in Vienna, Zurich, Basel and Clermont-Ferrand. Reported to have been found in Middle Egypt. From the famous Prof. Maurice Bouvier collection, acquired in Egypt between 1929 and 1959.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarabThe scarab is made of beautiful green stone. Schematical upper side, unengraved bottom side. From the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestRoman oil lamp found in Regensburg areaWith makers mark QGC. Found in Southern Germany. From the collection of Hugo Rehorik (1905-1979), a voluntary archeologist who was working in the Regensburg area in the 1960s and 1970s.
Price: on requestGreek plate with palmettesPerfectly preserved object, Magna Graecia, 3rd - 2nd century B.C. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors. Very nicely preserved, interesting unusual piece.
Price: on requestSocketed axe head from Southern GermanyA typical bronze tool of the late Urnfield culture or early Hallstatt culture. It was found near Regensburg in Southern Germany by a voluntary archaeologist.
Price: on requestVessel of the Linear Pottery cultureThe beautifully decorated tableware or cookware was made by the earliest peasants of Central Europe, the Late Stone Age Linear Band Ware settlers. A find from Southern Germany in great condition.
Price: on requestRoman sprinklerPerfume bottle with pattern-blown body. An aperture made it easy to dispense the precious content drop by drop. Made in the Roman province Syria in the 3rd cent. AD.
Price: on requestRare Roman oil lamp with parallel in Getty MuseumWith makers mark CAMPILI. From a German family collection, acquired between 1905 and 1925. An almost identical lamp is on exhibition in the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Price: on requestBowl of the Linear Pottery cultureLarge flat bowl or deep plate from the earliest peasants of Central Europe, the Neolithic Linear Band Ware settlers. A well preserved piece found in Riekofen in Southern Germany.
Price: on requestRoman firma lamp with handleAcquired in the 1960s at Hermann Zirkel Gallery, Cologne, Germany. Perfectly preserved including the dark red slip.
Price: on requestLarge storage vessel of the Linear Pottery cultureThe imposing vessel was made by the earliest peasants of Central Europe, the Neolithic Linear Band Ware settlers. A find from Southern Germany in great condition.
Price: on requestBow fibula of the Urnfield cultureExcessively rare brooch type from Late Bronze Age in Bavaria. It is known from the Urnfield period hoard of Reisen near Munich in Germany. This piece has been found near Regensburg, Germany.
Price: on requestBavarian 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.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved bronze swordBronze sword with long, narrow blade with pronounced midrib and a long grip thorn with a rivet hole at the end. From an old French collection.
Price: on requestVoluminous Roman jugAcquired in the 1960s at Hermann Zirkel Gallery, Cologne, Germany. Very well preserved.
Price: on requestJapanese Katana forged around 1430Excellently preserved samurai sword made in the Muromachi period. From the collection of a Munich lawyer, acquired in the 1970s.
Price: on requestRoman legionary wine cup found in CologneAcquired in 1967 at Hermann Zirkel Gallery, Cologne, Germany. Very well preserved. Reported to have been found in Cologne.
Price: on requestEtruscan or Roman antefix - Silen headVery well preserved, with traces of dark red painting. 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 requestRoman beaker found in CologneMuseum-worth preservation. Found in the Luxemburgerstrasse in Cologne, Germany. Acquired in 1967 at Hermann Zirkel Gallery in Cologne.
Price: on requestHellenistic or Roman jarBody decorated with grooves and dense scale pattern. 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 requestEgyptian scarabFunerary scarab made of dark blue stone. From the greco-roman period of Egypt. A piece from the famous Matouk collection.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarab of lapis lazuliFunerary scarab of beautiful blue stone. Late Period of Ancient Egypt. The piece is from the famous Matouk collection.
Price: on requestDecorated hellenistic skyphosNicely preserved, with dense patina. 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 requestLate antique oil lamp with round bodyPossibly from Israel area. Excellent condition. 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.
Price: on requestHigh lekythos found in Athens areaImpressive ancient oil vessel. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s at Hermann Zirkel Gallery in Cologne.
Price: on requestApulian owl skyphosRare Apulian imitation of a popular Athenian type. From an old German collection, acquired 1965 at Hermann Zirkel Gallery in Cologne.
Price: on requestRare Roman oil lamp - Ulysses with ramInteresting and very rare mythological scene. 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.
Price: on requestHellenistic bronze oil lampPossibly 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.
Price: on requestImperial oil lamp with female bust - rare typeExcellent condition, slip widely preserved, attractive patina. 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.
Price: on requestEgyptian Eye of HorusSmall amulet in form of the Eye of Horus. Popular type of protective amulet from Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestSmall Eye of Horus from ptolemaic periodSmall amulet in form of the Eye of Horus. Popular type of protective amulet from Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian heart amulet from a museum collectionOne of the most popular Egyptian amulet types. From the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Late Period of Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestRoman glass bowlNice bowl made of pale blue green glass. It dates to the late Roman Imperial period. Bought in 1972 at Aloys Faust gallery.
Price: on requestFour Greek or Scythian arrow headsGroup of four bronze socketed arrowheads, mainly triangular cross-section. Excellent condition, beautiful patina. From an old German collection, acquired in the early 1980s.
Price: on requestRoman glass beakerElegant glass dating to Roman Imperial times. Nice pale green glass. From the professor Ritschel collection.
Price: on requestRoman unguentariumThe cosmetic bottle from the Eastern Mediterranean dates to the 1st or 2nd century. A nice piece of ancient glass from the professor Ritschel collection.
Price: on request