Portraiture and sculpture - Bronze 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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Five Egyptian amulets of BesProtective amulets or figurines with dwarf god Bes. A cross-section of various designs from Ancient Egypt.
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Terra cotta idol from SyriaCharacteristic figure for the Bronze Age in the region that is today northern Syria. Dating to the 3rd or early 2nd Millennium BC.
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Egyptian amulet of BesProtective amulet with dwarf god Bes. A typical specimen for its kind from Ancient Egypt.
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Egyptian amulet of a Bes maskProtective amulet in the form of a mask of the god Bes made of turquoise faience with black applications. Nice specimen from the 26th dynasty of ancient Egypt.
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Luristan bronze standard with master of animalsBronze finial from Iron Age Northern Iran. Decorated by stylized panthers and a janus headed hero or god. Possibly a teraphim, a house god, as referred to in the Old Testament.
Stone head of a goddess, probably Aphrodite, with expertise from Getty MuseumFrom US private collection Crowley. Examined 1977 by the Curator of Antiquities of the J. Paul-Getty-Museums, Dr. Jiri Frel.
Hellenistic clay figurine of a standing manPossibly Heracles. Nice condition. From German private collection, acquired between 1980 and 1985 at the auction house Exner, Schwarzer Bär, Hannover, Germany.
Face of a hellenistic clay figurine of a bearded man, probably ZeusVery nice condition. From German private collection, acquired between 1980 and 1985 at the auction house Exner, Schwarzer Baer, Hannover, Germany.
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Roman bone toy dollTall and intricately carved bone figurine portraying a stylized woman. From the 2nd century AD.
Large clay figure of Aphrodite Anadyomene typeVery impressive, 27 cm high elegant figure. The goddess is rising from the sea, setting her foot on a stone and leaning on a high column.
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Etruscan votive head of a young ladyNicely preserved. Very impressive, large and heavy object. Ex G. Hirsch Nachf. Auktion 168, 1990.
Hellenistic clay figurine of a standing womanSouth Italian, following conception of Tanagra figurines. From a Swiss private collection, acquired in the early 1980s.
Roman face urn from the RhinelandRare complete preservation incl. the original lid. 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.
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Roman cooking pot from the Rhineland with known finding date and spotFound June 1967. Rare in this condition with original lid and exactly known finding details. 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.
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Egyptian amulet of BesProtective amulet of the dwarf god Bes made of turquoise faience. Nice specimen from Ptolemaic or Roman Egypt.
Egyptian amulet of a Bes maskProtective amulet in the form of a mask of the god Bes made of turquoise faience. Nice specimen from Ptolemaic Egypt.
Stylized Bes maskHighly stylized miniature mask of the god Bes from ancient Egypt. Stone with nice texturing.
Roman bronze feline from the Rhineland with known finding yearProbably a lion. Found 1968 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.
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