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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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Roman glass insert for a fingerring
Banded glass imitating natural agate. The piece was once inserted into jewellery from the Roman Imperial period.
Price: on requestNeo-Assyrian stamp sealThe octagonal seal shows two hybrid creature around a tree of life. It originates from the Neo-Assyrian culture of the 8th to 7th cent. BC.
Price: on requestEarly flat axe from JudeaTrapezoidal axe head from Early Bronze Age. The piece was found in Judea.
Price: on requestBlack figure Athenian Bowl Skyphos with panthersDelicate piece of ancient art from an old German private collection. Acquired 1976- 78 at a London art gallery.
Price: on requestLarge Hellenistic bottle from ApuliaExcellent condition for a vessel of this size. From an old German private collection. Acquired at a German antiquities gallery in 1978.
Price: on requestFour Greek or Scythian arrow headsGroup of four bronze socketed arrowheads with triangular cross-section. Excellent condition, beautiful patina. From an old British collection, acquired before 1980.
Price: on requestEgyptian mummy cartonnageCentral piece of a mummy cartonnage from the ptolemaic period. Covered with polychrome paint giving an interesting insight into ancient Egyptian funerary rituals. Probably originating from Akhmim in Upper Egypt.
Price: on requestRare Athenian feeding flask found in AthensPerfectly preserved ancient baby feeding vessel. Found in a 3rd century BC tomb in Athens.
Price: on requestCampanian red figure Hydria with thermoluminescence analysisFrom the workshop of the Branicki painter, 330 - 320 BC, Cumae. Impressive large vase in very nice condition.
Price: on requestVery large red figure neck amphora with thermoluminescence analysisAbsolutely exceptional condition for a vase of this size (46cm), worth the exhibition in a museum. Original painting mainly preserved. From an old German collection, acquired prior to 1983 from the antiquities dealer Helmut Liebert, Krefeld, Germany.
Price: on requestNicely preserved black glaze HydriaVery high quality, excellently preserved for a vase of this size. From the German generation collection Eichelmann-Hartmann. Prof. Hartmann (1862-1946), the founder of the collection, acquired the lamp during his study travels to Italy.
Price: on requestRare Tacitus print by Hieronymus Froben, Basel 1544The only 1544 print currently offered on the market. Attractive and rare 16th century print, published in the workshop Froben. Impressive folio in very good condition, thoroughly printed. Beautiful large wood- and metal-cut initials.
Price: on requestStirrup vessel of a shamanBeautiful vessel from the golden age of the Moche culture. It shows a blind Shaman with a rattle in his hand. 200 to 400 AD, including TL analysis.
Price: on requestPannonian trumpet broochWell preserved Roman silver fibula with curved bow. The type is from the Pannonian provinces of Rome and dates to the 2nd century.
Price: on requestVery large etrusco-corinthian Olpe with animals - ex Galleria Fallani in RomeShowing swans, lions and panthers. Very rare in this size. Ex collection Ulfert Wilke, founder of Iowa Art Museum.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarab with pharaoAmulet seal with pharao and servant on the underside. Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestMessapian column kraterExcellently preserved for a vessel of this size. From the collection of Alvin M. Cohen, artist and Washington Post Art Director.
Price: on requestVery fine Hadrianus DenariusThe reverse shows Genius performing a sacrifice. Ex Münz-Cabinet Berlin auction 1985.
Price: on requestJama-Coaque roller stampClay roller stamp with relief of stylized plants used to apply skin decoration. This tool is from the early phase of the ecuadorian Jama-Coaque culture.
Price: on requestJama-Coaque roller stampClay roller stamp with relief of plants to be applied as skin decoration. This tool was used in the early phase of the ecuadorian Jama-Coaque culture.
Price: on requestIncredible corinthian miniature aryballos with animalsHighly detailed, perfectly preserved work of art, showing swan, boar, deer and griffin. Worth the exhibition in a museum.
Price: on requestDecorated Boeotian Kylix from TanagraLarge cup, very nicely decorated, great overall impression. Acquired at Charles Ede Gallery in London in 1977.
Price: on requestApulian red figure SkyphosVery nicely preserved, delicate piece of ancient art. Ax German private collection, acquired in Rome in the 1970s.
Price: on requestBlack figure Athenian Lekythos - Chariot with horsesThe human figures possibly represent amazons. Perfectly preserved piece of ancient art from an old German private collection. Acquired ca. 1976 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.
Price: on requestEtruscan Oinochoe from "Phantom Group" - Found in TarquiniaA vase from the same group is on exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in NYC. Very good condition. From an old German collection, acquired in the late 1950s.
Price: on requestPair of Roman gold earringsThe gold bodies are decorated with portrait busts made of black and white layered onyx. The jewellery was made in the 2nd century AD in the Danube provinces of the Roman Empire.
Price: on requestLate Corinthian Skyphos found at Dionysos Temple in AthensFrom the old British educational lending collection Wakefield Education Resource Service. Very nicely preserved.
Price: on requestRoman Hercules Farnese figurine - ex Sotheby'sPerfectly preserved, beautiful dark green patina, worth the exhibition in a museum.
Price: on requestVery large greatly preserved red figure apulian lekanisIn the succession of the Baltimore Painter. Worth the exhibition in a museum, painting in excellent condition with brilliant colors.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarab with tree of lifeAmulet seal with tree of life on the underside. Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestCorinthian Skyphos with three dogsDelicate piece of ancient art from an old German private collection. Acquired 1978 at Charles Ede Gallery, London.
Price: on requestLarge erfectly preserved early Etruscan Bucchero OinochoeAbsolutely perfect, worth the exhibition in a museum. Glossy black slip, only very minor wear, unavoidable for a 2700 years old vase.
Price: on requestAthenian Geometric Kylix with aquatic birds8th century BC, richly decorated. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Price: on requestRoman marble Isis statue - ex Christie's New YorkThe surface is excellently preserved. The knot above the breast clearly identifies the statue as Isis. Acquired in 1975 at Galerie Carrefour, Pierre Vérité, Paris. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.
Price: on requestRoman bronze Serapis applique - ex BonhamsPerfectly preserved, worked with high level of detail, beautiful polychrome patina. Loosely mounted on a very nice modern marble base.
Price: on requestNicely preserved Skyphos from Magna GraeciaDelicate piece of ancient art from an old German private collection. Acquired 1978 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London.
Price: on request