Palaeolithic - Recent acquisitions - Lehrsammlung - 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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Neolithic axe head from Luetzow in Northern Germany
Nice polished axe from brown flint. It was found more than 100 years ago near the town of Luetzow.
Price: on requestNeolithic sickle from Northern GermanySmall crescent-shaped blade made of beautiful grey flint. This tool represents an intermediate state within the radical transition from Neolithic to Bronze Age.
Price: on requestNeolithic sickle from Northern GermanyCrescent-shaped blade made of beautiful grey flint. This tool represents an intermediate state within the radical transition from Neolithic to Bronze Age.
Price: on requestAncient gold ring with maskThe fingerring is of peculiar workmanship and displays a central grotesque mask. A piece of jewellery from the Roman era.
Price: on requestElegant roman glass beakerSpherical small glass from Roman Imperial times. From the professor Ritschel collection.
Price: on requestEgyptian lioness amuletFantastic example of Egyptian miniature art in stone. The amulet dates to the Late Period and should give its owner strength or protection.
Price: on requestTwo Greek leaden sling bulletsAlmond shaped lead bullets of a slinger. They were part of the equipment of a Greek army from the late 5th to the 2nd century BC.
Price: on requestTwo Greek leaden sling bulletsAlmond shaped lead bullets of a slinger. They were part of the equipment of a Greek army from the late 5th to the 2nd century BC.
Price: on requestSmall terracotta ushabtiSimple funerary figurine from the 22nd to 25th dynasty of ancient Egypt. Part of a group of three figures that are said to be from the same grave.
Price: on requestGolden 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.
Price: on requestSidonian perfume bottleGlass from Sidon with a decorative relief of amphorae and other vessels. A phoenician production from the 1st century AD.
Price: on requestEgyptian wooden ushabtiWonderful figurine from the 18th dynasty of ancient Egypt. It has an interesting provenance and exhibition record.
Price: on requestNeolithic chisel from Northern GermanyElegantly shaped chisel with two polished sides. Made of grey flint. Approx. 3400 to 2400 BC.
Price: on requestUshabti of the 22nd dynastyRemarkable Egyptian funerary statuette made of green faience with black paint. Probably from Tanis and made during the 22nd dynasty.
Price: on requestEgyptian ushabti for Nisi-ta-udjat-achetInteresting figurine made of green faience with black paint. A typical funerary statuette from the Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian ushabti for Horus-in-ChemmisFunerary statuette made of turquoise faience with black paint and cute name inscription.
Price: on requestEgyptian ushabtiFunerary statuette made of turquoise faience with black paint. 21st dynasty of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestSmall shabtiNice turquoise faience figurine with black paint. From the 22nd to 25th dynasty of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestSmall Egyptian ushabtiFunerary statuette from the Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt. Orange-brown clay with green faience.
Price: on requestCeltic neck ringOpen ring made of solid bronze. The torc is from Gaul or Central Europe and dates to the 4th or 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestFaience statuette of nursing IsisIsis is shown seated with infant Horus. Hieroglyphs on the back side pillar.
Price: on requestDagger blade made of beautiful flintThe finely worked long blade was found in Luetzow in Northern Germany. The artefact was made towards the end of the Neolithic.
Price: on requestNeolithic axe head from Luetzow in Northern GermanyPolished axe made of beautiful brown flint. It was found more than 100 years ago near the town of Luetzow.
Price: on requestApulian skyphosAus alter deutscher Sammlung. Perfekt erhaltenes, nicht restauriertes imposantes Gefäß.
Price: on requestFour Greek or Scythian arrow headsGroup of four bronze socketed arrowheads, mainly triangular cross-section. Excellent condition, beautiful patina. From an old German collection, acquired in the early 1980s.
Price: on requestNeolithic chisel from Northern GermanyElegantly shaped chisel with two polished sides. Made of dark flint. Approx. 3400 to 2400 BC.
Price: on requestHammer axe of the Single Grave cultureGorgeous axe head made of polished dark rock. Made by the Single Grave culture and found in northern Germany.
Price: on requestSmall axe head from the New Stone AgeCompact stone axe from the 3rd Millenium BC. Found on the Danish island of Moen.
Price: on requestPaleolithic hand axe of Homo ErectusBig hand axe from Niger. Made during the Old Stone Age, around 200,000 years ago. The universal stone age tool could be use as a borer or cutting tool.
Price: on requestMycenaean pottery stirrup jarCharacteristic type of vessel for the Mycenaean civilization in Bronze Age Greece. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC.
Price: on requestFour Greek or Scythian arrow headsGroup of four bronze socketed arrowheads, mainly triangular cross-section. Excellent condition, beautiful patina. From an old German collection, acquired in the early 1980s.
Price: on requestPublished coptic bronze figurine of a sitting womanBetween 1963 and 2009 on exhibition in Vienna, Zurich, Basel and Clermont-Ferrand. Reported to have been found in Middle Egypt. From the famous Prof. Maurice Bouvier collection, acquired in Egypt between 1929 and 1959.
Price: on requestCypriot figure from the archaic periodThe cylindrical figure is made of light brown clay and dates to the cypro-archaic period. It is referred to as Snowman type in archaeological literature.
Price: on requestLarge decorated violin bow fibulaImpressive piece of jewellery because of its size and decoration. From Central Europe, made during Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphoraNicely preserved, large amphora with attractive marine patina. Acquired in the 1980s from Helmut Liebert Antiquities in Krefeld, Germany.
Price: on requestRare hellenistic amphoraNicely preserved, large amphora with attractive marine patina. Acquired in the 1980s from Helmut Liebert Antiquities in Krefeld, Germany.
Price: on request