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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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Female figure from ElamMold-made clay figure, a fertility idol or erotic image from the Middle Elamite period, 1500 to 1100 BC.
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Apulian skyphosAus alter deutscher Sammlung. Perfekt erhaltenes, nicht restauriertes imposantes Gefäß.
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Four 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.
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Neolithic chisel from Northern GermanyElegantly shaped chisel with two polished sides. Made of dark flint. Approx. 3400 to 2400 BC.
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Hammer axe of the Single Grave cultureGorgeous axe head made of polished dark rock. Made by the Single Grave culture and found in northern Germany.
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Small axe head from the New Stone AgeCompact stone axe from the 3rd Millenium BC. Found on the Danish island of Moen.
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Paleolithic 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.
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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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Mycenaean 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.
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Four 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.
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Published 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.
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Cypriot 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.
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Large 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.
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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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Rare hellenistic amphoraNicely preserved, large amphora with attractive marine patina. Acquired in the 1980s from Helmut Liebert Antiquities in Krefeld, Germany.
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Published coptic bronze figurine of a musicianBetween 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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Cypriot oinochoeNice orange jug with geometrical decorations. From the cypro-archaic period.
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Cypriot jug with incised decorationTypical Red Polished ware from Middle Bronze Age Cyprus, around 2000 BC.
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Cypriot stemmed bowlNice small vessel with well-preserved painted decorations. From Cyprus towards the end of the geometric period and the beginning of the archaic period.
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Cypriot bowlThe bowl or dish is decorated with painted circles and a spiral. Cypro-Archaic period.
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Luristan bronze daggerBronze weapon originating from the Luristan region during Iron Age. A beautiful crescent shaped decoration is above the handle.
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Luristan bronze dagger with crescent decorationBronze weapon originating from the Luristan region during Iron Age. A beautiful crescent decorates both sides of the blade.
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Luristan bronze dagger with grip insertBronze weapon originating from the Luristan region during Iron Age. Note the grip insert in this dagger otherwise comprised of a single piece of bronze.
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Published coptic bronze figurine of a horseReported to have been found in Tuna in Middle Egypt. Between 1963 and 2009 on exhibition in Vienna, Zurich, Basel and Clermont-Ferrand. From the famous Prof. Maurice Bouvier collection, acquired in Egypt between 1929 and 1959.
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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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Canaanite oil lamp found in HebronFrom the private collection of Baidun family, in which the lamp was since the 1950s or earlier. Said to have been found in Hebron.
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Beaker of the Bell Beaker cultureThe voluminous body has the typical shape of vessels from the Bell Beaker culture. It has been made during the transitioning period between Stone Age and Bronze Age.
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Small storage vessel from Early Bronze AgeThe elegant vessel could be stringed and suspended to protect its content from animals. From Early Bronze Age Europe.
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Bronze Age bowl with handleThe simple dish is made of coarse clay and originated in Bronze Age Europe.
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Cult vessel of the Yortan cultureWonderful double vessel with incised decoration. From the Early Bronze Age of Western Anatolia.
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Cypriot bowlVery nice pottery plate painted with circles and accentuations. Cypro-Archaic period.
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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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