Vases - Iron Age - 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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Eastern greek imitation of a LydionAncient oil vessel with high foot. Acquired in 1965 at Hermann Zirkel Gallery in Cologne.
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Attic black figure cup with warriorsImpressive piece in very good condition. The frieze shows riders framed by several persons. From an old German private collection, acquired in a London gallery between 1976 and 1978.
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Attic black figure cup with animalsImpressive piece in very good condition. The frieze shows birds and rams. From an old German private collection, acquired in a London gallery between 1976 and 1978.
Attic black figure cup - Herakles slaying the Nemean lionImpressive piece in very good condition. From an old German private collection, acquired in a London gallery between 1976 and 1978.
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Red figure Oinochoe - Eros and AphroditeExcellent condition and brilliant colors, very fine work. 4th century BC. From an old German collection, acquired in the early 1980s from an art gallery in Cologne, Germany.
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Athenian 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.
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Greatly preserved Apulian bell kraterLarge vase in great condition. Used for watering down wine in Ancient Greece. From old German collection.
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Large Apulian Pelike with thermoluminescence analysisDelicate piece of art, from an old German private collection. Acquired in the early 1980s in a Cologne art gallery.
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Athenian black figure neck amphora - Departing warriorThe hoplite is bidding farewell to his mother, a touching scene showing the humans behind all military symbolics. From the collection of Prof. Dahn, acquired at Spink & Sons (London) in 1953.
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Perfectly preserved red figure amphora with SatyrCampanian, 2nd half 4th century BC. From the German generation collection Eichelmann-Hartmann. Prof. Hartmann (1862-1946), the founder of the collection, acquired the amphora during his study travels to Italy.
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Campanian red figure Hydria with thermoluminescence analysisFrom the workshop of the Branicki painter, 330 - 320 BC, Cumae. Impressive large vase in very nice condition.
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Very large red figure neck amphora with thermoluminescence analysisAbsolutely exceptional condition for a vase of this size (46cm), worth the exhibition in a museum. Original painting mainly preserved. From an old German collection, acquired prior to 1983 from the antiquities dealer Helmut Liebert, Krefeld, Germany.
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Nicely preserved black glaze HydriaVery high quality, excellently preserved for a vase of this size. From the German generation collection Eichelmann-Hartmann. Prof. Hartmann (1862-1946), the founder of the collection, acquired the lamp during his study travels to Italy.
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Very large etrusco-corinthian Olpe with animals - ex Galleria Fallani in RomeShowing swans, lions and panthers. Very rare in this size. Ex collection Ulfert Wilke, founder of Iowa Art Museum.
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Messapian column kraterExcellently preserved for a vessel of this size. From the collection of Alvin M. Cohen, artist and Washington Post Art Director.
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Black 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.
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Etruscan 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.
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Vessel 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.
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Athenian Lekythos with band of raysFrom an old German private collection. Acquired 1976 - 1978 at a London art gallery, presumably Davies Antiques.
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Richly decorated Gnathia ware oinochoe 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.
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Black figure Athenian cup with panthersVery nice decoration with dark red painting. Delicate piece of ancient art from an old German private collection. Acquired 1976- 78 at a London art gallery.
Black-figure Athenian amphora with TL analysisShowing Athena killing a Giant. Excellent condition, vivid original colors. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
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Large perfectly preserved Magna Graecia LekythosVery rare in such condition. From the German generation collection Eichelmann-Hartmann. Prof. Hartmann (1862-1946), the founder of the collection, acquired the lamp during his study travels to Italy.
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Etrusco-Corinthian bail amphora from TarquiniaVery well preserved with intense red colors. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
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Black figure Athenian Lekythos of Haimon painterChariot with horses and human figures. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
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Small Mycenaean amphoraElegant vessel with three handles and painting. From the Mycenaean Age around 1300 BC.
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Large white-ground athenian Lekythos - Painter of Athens 1826With TL analysis. Impressive vessel, perfectly preserved delicate painting. Ancient graffito XE on foot.
Predynastic vase decorated with spiralsPainted vessel of the Naqada II culture. Perfect example of the early art of prehistoric Egypt.
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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 perfectly preserved Campanian LekythosVery rare in such condition. From the German generation collection Eichelmann-Hartmann. Prof. Hartmann (1862-1946), the founder of the collection, acquired the lamp during his study travels to Italy.
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Daunian bird askosItalic pottery in the subgeometric style. Made around 500 BC in Apulia. An attractive vessel due to the beautiful painting and the bird shape.
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Mycenaean stirrup jarNicely preserved specimen of this characteristic type of vessel from the Mycenaeans. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC.
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Corinthian aryballos in the form of a ramBeautiful small vessel for perfumed oil from the heyday of Corinthian pottery production, at the beginning of the 6th century BC.
Greek bull askos from SicilyA find from the Greek settlement of Gela in Sicily. Great example of local pottery production in the 5th century BC. The askos offered here was extensively researched and described by Prof. Dr. Isler from the University of Zurich.
Wonderful Apulian kantharos with very rare sceneThe vase shows the fight of Herakles against a centaur, and on the other side a sitting woman with a satyr. Very delicate object, painting of exquisite workmanship for an apulian vase.
Impressive Apulian bell krater with TL certificateImpressive vase showing a young man and a sitting woman, possibly from the workshop of the Truro Painter.
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