Roman - Mesolithic - 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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Roman 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.
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Ancient gold ring with maskThe fingerring is of peculiar workmanship and displays a central grotesque mask. A piece of jewellery from the Roman era.
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Elegant roman glass beakerSpherical small glass from Roman Imperial times. From the professor Ritschel collection.
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Roman ribbed glass flaskFantastic and rare type of vessel from the Roman provinces of the Levant. Ex professor Ritschel collection.
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Golden circlet in the shape of a snakeBeautiful piece of gold jewellery from Egypt in Roman Imperial times. Published in the exhibition catalogue of the Basel Museum of Ancient Art.
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Roman glass beakerWell preserved small glass dating to late Roman Imperial times. From the professor Ritschel collection.
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Sidonian perfume bottleGlass from Sidon with a decorative relief of amphorae and other vessels. A phoenician production from the 1st century AD.
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Roman oil lamp with rare panther relief in mirrorVery rare motif. 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.
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Roman glass beakerNice pale green glass dating to Roman Imperial times. From the professor Ritschel collection.
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Late Roman bottle with spiral threadVery nice and richly decorated vessel from the Eastern Mediterranean. Ex professor Ritschel collection.
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Roman glass flaskFlask with voluminous body from the Late Roman period. A piece from the professor Ritschel collection.
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Roman double head flaskRare type of a head vessel with faces of a young man or boy. Gorgeous blue pigmented glass.
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Tall bone pyxisInteresting cylindrical vessel with rich decoration. From antiquity or early Middle Ages.
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Roman transport amphoraNicely preserved, large amphora with attractive marine patina. Acquired in the 1980s from Helmut Liebert Antiquities in Krefeld, Germany.
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Roman oil lamp with stave dancer - parallel in Getty MuseumFrom 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.
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Golden fingerring in the shape of a snakeBeautiful gold ring from Egypt in Roman Imperial times. Published in the exhibition catalogue of the Basel Museum of Ancient Art.
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Golden fingerring in the shape of a snakeBeautiful gold ring from Egypt in Roman Imperial times. Published in the exhibition catalogue of the Basel Museum of Ancient Art.
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Roman glass cupGlass vessel dating to the 1st century AD. Beautiful iridescent patina. From the professor Ritschel collection.
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Large Roman terra sigillata plate with makers markRoman Empire, 2nd century AD, excellently preserved. From and old German collection, acquired in the 1960s - 1970s.
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Egyptian painted panelFantastic testimony to Roman Egyptian painting that has been well preserved in Egypt's dry desert climate. Formerly with Christie's South Kensington.
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Roman terra sigillata bowl with wild boar reliefsRoman Empire, 1st - 3rd century AD, excellently preserved. From and old German collection, acquired in the 1960s - 1970s.
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Roman jar with handleRoman Empire, 3rd century AD, excellently preserved. From and old German collection, acquired in the 1960s - 1970s.
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Roman terra sigillata jarRoman Empire, 1st - 3rd century AD, excellently preserved. From and old German collection, acquired in the 1960s - 1970s.
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Voluminous Roman potFrom an old German private collection, acquired December 1965 at Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany.
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Elegant Roman jar with two handlesFrom an old German private collection, acquired in the 1960s at a Cologne ancient art gallery.
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Elegant Roman jar with one handleFrom an old German private collection, acquired December 1966 at Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany.
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Oil lamp with Mars, piece from same workshop exhibited in Getty Museum in LARare type, very nicely preserved, from an old US-American collection. Ex Christie's.
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Roman oil lamp - Europa and bullFrom 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.
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Roman oil lamp with 10 nozzles, ex Christie'sRare type, very nicely preserved, from an old US-American collection. Ex Christie's.
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North African oil lamp with rare mirror scene, ex Christie'sThe mirror shows the harvest of grapes, a symbol for Autumn in the Ancient Roman iconography. Very nicely preserved, from an old US-American collection. Ex Christie's.
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Roman imperial lamp with erotic scene, ex Christie'sVery nicely preserved, with detailed erotic scene in high relief. From an old US-American collection. Ex Christie's.
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Spherical roman glass jarThe small glass from Roman Imperial times is a jar or beaker. From the professor Ritschel collection.
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Roman glass bottle with handleThe cylindrical vessel has a nice iridescent patina. It was made in the Roman Imperial period.
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Etruscan or Roman plateFrom an old German private collection, acquired December 1966 at Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany.
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Roman terra sigillata plate - found in Andernach GermanyRoman Empire, 2nd century AD. From and old German collection, acquired btw 1905 and 1925.
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Roman terra sigillata plate - found in Friedberg GermanyRoman Empire, 2nd century AD. From and old German collection, acquired btw 1905 and 1925.
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