Iron Age - Available - 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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Bronze Age Axehead HoardOriginal group dating to the Middle Bronze Age of Northern Europe. It was buried around 3400 years ago south of Chiddingford in Great Britain.
Hoard from the Late Bronze AgeComplete surviving hoard consisting of one bronze bowl, two belts and twelve bracelets. Urnfield culture HaB1. The amazingly well preserved group is excessively rare on the art market as well as in museum collections.
Opulent Late Bronze Age broochStunning large brooch dating to the Urnfield period. The museum quality piece is decorated by spirals and stylized water birds. 1200 to 800 BC.
Etruscan Vetulonia type helmetFrom the possession of New York City antiquities dealer Sumner Healey, who was made famous by Berenice Abbott's scenic photograph from 1936.
Very rare large Samian Ware hunt cupThe barbotine decoration is masterly made and excellently preserved. Absolutely worth the exhibition in a museum. A similar piece is on exhibition in the British Museum in London. Ex Vienna Schönbrunn Gallery, acquired 1986. With TL analysis.
Large Roman legionary roof tile produced by Legio VI Victrix 70 - 104 A.D.Perfectly preserved, extremely rare for an object of this size. Found near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
Very rare Roman bronze Amor Balsamarium found at BaalbekFrom the collection of Joan Conway Crancer, Honorary Trustee of the Saint Louis Art Museum. Extraordinary preserved for an ancient bronze figure of this size, incl. the original lid. Acquired 1988 in London for 8,500 US Dollar.