Portraiture and sculpture - Sold - 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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Massive Lorestan bronze pendant shaped as an ibexEnd of 2nd to 1st millennium BC, Iron Age. Perfectly preserved figurine with beautiful patina.
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Massive Lorestan ibex-shaped bronze pendantVery nicely preserved figurine with strong patina. End of 2nd to 1st millennium BC, Iron Age. Ex Karl Kress auction 182 (March 23-25 1982) Nr. 216.
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Massive Lorestan bronze pendant shaped as a birdEnd of 2nd to 1st millennium BC, Iron Age. Perfectly preserved figurine with beautiful patina.
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Bronze votive figurine of a bullNicely preserved bronze figurine. 2nd - 1st half 1st millenium BC. Bronze or Iron Age, Western Asia, probably Hittite.
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Bronze figurine of a deer or stagNicely preserved massive bronze figurine. End of 2nd - 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
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Bronze figurine of a horseNicely preserved massive bronze figurine. 2nd - 1st half 1st millenium BC. Western Asia.
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Roman bronze figurine of a horseBeautiful massive figurine, perfectly preserved, great patina. With modern 925 silver base.
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Roman bronze figurine of a horseBeautiful massive figurine, very well preserved, great dark green patina.
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Mummyform Near Eastern idolThe unusual bronze figurine is an idol from Anatolia or the Near East. Around 1000 BC.
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Near Eastern bronze idolThe unusual bronze figurine is a Near Eastern idol. Possibly a god or priest. 2nd Millenium BC.
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Anatolian bronze idolThe bronze figurine is a nail idol that can be attributed to the Hittite culture. Late 2nd Millenium BC.
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Roman bronze figurine of a horse with baseBeautiful massive figurine, very well preserved, great dark green patina.
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Bronze figurine of a horse from Roman eraBeautiful small figurine, very well preserved, great green patina.
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Roman bronze figurine of a horsemanBeautiful massive figurine, very well preserved, great dark green patina.
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Egyptian ibis amuletNice figurine of an ibis dating to the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. From the famous collection of Fouad S. Matouk.
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Small bronze amulet of a dogA nice amulet from Ancient Egypt. The rare depiction shows a crouching canid with alert head and ears. A piece from the famous Fouad Matouk collection.
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Egyptian falcon amuletNice small figurine of a falcon dating to the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. From the famous collection of Fouad S. Matouk.
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Egyptian crocodile amuletNice small depiction of a crocodile dating to the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. From the famous collection of Fouad S. Matouk.
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Roman statue of a sitting manImpressive piece, possibly the funerary statue of a poet or a philosopher. From the collection of Prof. Ritschel, Salzburg, Austria, president of the local museum association, author of over 50 history books, decorated many times for his achievements.
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Egyptian falcon amuletic sealThe seal has the shape of the Horus falcon. Late Period of Ancient Egypt. Coming from the famous Matouk collection.
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Egyptian terra cotta head of BesNice figurine from Ancient Egyptian times. It shows the dwarf god with a crown.
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Egyptian frog amuletNice small figurine of a frog dating to the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. From the famous collection of Fouad S. Matouk.
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Egyptian fayence statuette of TothFigurine of of highest artistic quality. From the 29th or 30th dynasty of Ancient Egypt.
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Very high herm with bust of DionysosAn almost identical, however less well preserved herm in on exhibition in the J. Paul Getty Museum. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
Very large figure of Aphrodite or Venus AnadyomeneVery impressive, 42 cm high figure. The goddess is rising from the sea, holding her tresses and accompanied by an Eros standing on a vase and a dolphin. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
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Large terra cotta figure of Aphrodite or Venus AnadyomeneVery impressive, 27 cm high figure. The goddess is rising from the sea accompanied by a dolphin, holding her tresses and leaning on a high herm. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
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Head of Aphrodite with rich diademSo-called "oriental Aphrodite". Face and head dress are worked with a very high level of detail and excellently preserved. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
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Hellenistic female headThe face is worked with a very high level of detail and is excellently preserved. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
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Greek protome from Archaic periodProbably used for votive purposes and thus showing a goddess, or as an apotropaic (protecting) object in funerary context. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
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Published coptic bronze figurine of a standing 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.
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Egyptian terra cotta figurine of BesNice figurine from the Ptolemaic period. It shows the dwarf god with a leonine mask and stuck out tongue.
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Egyptian lioness amuletFantastic example of Egyptian miniature art in stone. The amulet dates to the Late Period and should give its owner strength or protection.
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Egyptian bronze statuette of a lion goddessFantastic bronze figurine with a human female body and a lioness head. A nice example of ancient Egyptian art from the famous Matouk collection.
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Egyptian fayence figurine of a baboonVery nice depiction of the Egyptian god Thoth as a crouching baboon with discoid and crescent moon. Ex Christie's.
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Naturalistic frog figureLively depiction from the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. Beautiful multi-coloured stone.
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Faience statuette of nursing IsisIsis is shown seated with infant Horus. Hieroglyphs on the back side pillar.
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