Mesoamerica - Sold - Egypt and North Africa - 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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Maya pottery bowlFlat bowl painted with mythical creatures. From the Classic period of the Maya civilization. Stunning object with lively colours.
Price: on request
Bowl of the Chancay cultureThin-walled pottery bowl with abstract painting. The pre-Columbian art of the Chancay seems simple at first, but radiates an elegance that still seems modern today.
Price: on request
Bowl of the Chancay cultureFlat pottery bowl with abstract painting. The pre-Columbian art of the Chancay seems simple at first, but radiates an elegance that still seems modern today.
Price: on request
Gourd shaped bowl of the Chimú cultureElegant bowl with shiny black surface. Precolumbian pottery of the 10th to 15th century.
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Large ceremonial knife of the Sican cultureThe so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The knife certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD.
Price: on request
Bowl of the Chancay cultureThin-walled pottery bowl with abstract painting. The pre-Columbian art of the Chancay seems simple at first, but radiates an elegance that still seems modern today.
Price: on request
Ceremonial knife of the Sican cultureThe so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The knife certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD.
Price: on request
Bowl of the Chancay cultureThin-walled pottery bowl with abstract painting and plastic animal head handles. The pre-Columbian art of the Chancay seems simple at first, but radiates an elegance that still seems modern today.
Price: on request
Small ceremonial knife of the Sican cultureThe so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The knife certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD.
Price: on request
Bowl of the Chancay cultureFlat pottery bowl with abstract painting. The pre-Columbian art of the Chancay seems simple at first, but radiates an elegance that still seems modern today.
Price: on request
Maya civilization pottery bowlSmall bowl painted with abstract shapes. From the Classic period of the Maya civilization.
Price: on request
Bowl of the Chancay cultureFlat pottery bowl with abstract painting on the inside. The pre-Columbian art of the Chancay seems simple at first, but radiates an elegance that still seems modern today.
Price: on request
Ceremonial knife of the Sican cultureThe so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The Tumi certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD.
Price: on request
Exceptionally well minted 8 Reales coinPotosi, Bolivia, ca. 1st half 17th century AD. This type of coins is also known as cob coins, pieces of eight or pirate money
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Ceremonial knife of the Sican cultureThe so-called Tumi was a weapon to cut the throats of humans and animals in ritual sacrifices. The knife certainly fulfilled an additional representative function in the afterlife. From the period of the Sican's cultural florescence during the 10th to 12th centuries AD.
Price: on request
8 Reales, also known as cob coin, piece of eight or pirate moneyPotosi, Bolivia. Very fine, nice quality and preservation for a cob coin. This type of coins is also known as pieces of eight or pirate money
Price: on request