Classical antiquity - Northern Europe - 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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Messapian column krater
Excellently preserved for a vessel of this size. From the collection of Alvin M. Cohen, artist and Washington Post Art Director.
Price: on requestVery fine Hadrianus DenariusThe reverse shows Genius performing a sacrifice. Ex Münz-Cabinet Berlin auction 1985.
Price: on requestJama-Coaque roller stampClay roller stamp with relief of stylized plants used to apply skin decoration. This tool is from the early phase of the ecuadorian Jama-Coaque culture.
Price: on requestJama-Coaque roller stampClay roller stamp with relief of plants to be applied as skin decoration. This tool was used in the early phase of the ecuadorian Jama-Coaque culture.
Price: on requestIncredible corinthian miniature aryballos with animalsHighly detailed, perfectly preserved work of art, showing swan, boar, deer and griffin. Worth the exhibition in a museum.
Price: on requestDecorated Boeotian Kylix from TanagraLarge cup, very nicely decorated, great overall impression. Acquired at Charles Ede Gallery in London in 1977.
Price: on requestApulian red figure SkyphosVery nicely preserved, delicate piece of ancient art. Ax German private collection, acquired in Rome in the 1970s.
Price: on requestBlack figure Athenian Lekythos - Chariot with horsesThe human figures possibly represent amazons. Perfectly preserved piece of ancient art from an old German private collection. Acquired ca. 1976 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.
Price: on requestEtruscan Oinochoe from "Phantom Group" - Found in TarquiniaA vase from the same group is on exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in NYC. Very good condition. From an old German collection, acquired in the late 1950s.
Price: on requestPair of Roman gold earringsThe gold bodies are decorated with portrait busts made of black and white layered onyx. The jewellery was made in the 2nd century AD in the Danube provinces of the Roman Empire.
Price: on requestLate Corinthian Skyphos found at Dionysos Temple in AthensFrom the old British educational lending collection Wakefield Education Resource Service. Very nicely preserved.
Price: on requestRoman Hercules Farnese figurine - ex Sotheby'sPerfectly preserved, beautiful dark green patina, worth the exhibition in a museum.
Price: on requestVery large greatly preserved red figure apulian lekanisIn the succession of the Baltimore Painter. Worth the exhibition in a museum, painting in excellent condition with brilliant colors.
Price: on requestCorinthian Skyphos with three dogsDelicate piece of ancient art from an old German private collection. Acquired 1978 at Charles Ede Gallery, London.
Price: on requestLarge erfectly preserved early Etruscan Bucchero OinochoeAbsolutely perfect, worth the exhibition in a museum. Glossy black slip, only very minor wear, unavoidable for a 2700 years old vase.
Price: on requestAthenian Geometric Kylix with aquatic birds8th century BC, richly decorated. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Price: on requestRoman marble Isis statue - ex Christie's New YorkThe surface is excellently preserved. The knot above the breast clearly identifies the statue as Isis. Acquired in 1975 at Galerie Carrefour, Pierre Vérité, Paris. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.
Price: on requestRoman bronze Serapis applique - ex BonhamsPerfectly preserved, worked with high level of detail, beautiful polychrome patina. Loosely mounted on a very nice modern marble base.
Price: on requestNicely preserved Skyphos from Magna GraeciaDelicate piece of ancient art from an old German private collection. Acquired 1978 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.
Price: on requestMassive bronze figurine of a bullPerfectly preserved, undamaged, with brown-green patina. Acquired 1978 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.
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 requestVery fine Marcus Aurelius Sestertius - found in Rhineland, GermanyLovely dark green patina with nice sand deposits. Rome mint, 177 - 178 AD.
Price: on requestHellenistic clay figurine of a standing womanGood condition, white grounding partially preserved. Acquired 1978 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.
Price: on requestVessel of the Nazca cultureMagnificent pottery of the Nazca with polychrome paint. It shows two condors. This piece comes with a copy of a TL report from 1984.
Price: on requestPublished Etruscan mirror with Dionysian sceneSubject of extended scientific analysis, one of only about 34 known specimen. High quality work, excellent condition. Described by Prof. Jucker as "small piece of art". From an old Swiss private collection. Overall in exceptional condition with thoroughly worked details.
Price: on requestLarge greek alabaster AlabastronProbably Cypriot. Very large, impressive vessel in excellent condition. From the Swiss collection W. Rosenbaum (1894 - 1984).
Published Hellenistic oil lamp from Adler collectionFrom the famous Judge Dr. Steve Adler collection. Exported from Israel with IAA permit Nr. 542792.
Price: on requestNicely preserved hellenistic bottle from Magna GraeciaGreek colony in Southern Italy. From an old German private collection. Acquired at a London art gallery in 1976-78.
Price: on requestAthenian Lekythos with band of raysFrom an old German private collection. Acquired 1976 - 1978 at a London art gallery, presumably Davies Antiques.
Price: on requestGreek clay figurine of a standing womanAbout 6th - 5th century BC. Good condition. From a German private collection, acquired 1976 - 1978 in London.
Price: on requestEtruscan Genucilla plate found in TarquiniaA similar plate is on exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. Excellently preserved, from an old German collection, acquired 1967 in Cologne.
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 requestPannonian trumpet broochWell preserved Roman fibula made of silver. The type is from the Pannonian provinces of Rome and dates to the 2nd century.
Price: on requestPublished Neo-Hellenistic frog lamp from Adler collectionFrom the famous Judge Dr. Steve Adler collection. Exported from Israel with IAA permit Nr. 542792.
Price: on requestRichly decorated Gnathia ware skyphos from Prof. Fremersdorf collectionExtraordinary condition, painting excellently preserved, vivid colors. From the collection of the archeologist Prof. Fremersdorf, director of the Romano-Germanic Museum in Cologne between 1923 and 1959.
Price: on requestDecorated italo-geometric bowlVery unusual shape, probably imitation of bronze vessels with their attached handles. From an old German private collection. Acquired 1976-78 at a London art gallery.
Price: on request