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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 intaglio with child Eros and bow
The glass paste shows the god as a boy, standing with his bow in one hand. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestEgyptian frog lamp from an old German collectionPerfectly preserved, nicely decorated. Found in Tunisia in 1975.
Price: on requestLarge impressive Terra Sigillata bowl found 1971 in the Rhineland with hunt scenes and Roman eagleFound 1971 near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany. The decoration shows bears, hares, hounds, a wild boar, eros with hare and a Roman Imperial Eagle.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with goddess of victoryThe glass paste features a famous depiction of Victoria writing the names of victors in battle on a large shield. The motif reiterates a 1st century bronze statue.
Price: on requestConoid stamp sealMade from beautiful mottled stone during Iron Age II. The seal is from southern Anatolia or northern Syria and is engraved with a religious scene.
Price: on requestHead of Isis - found 1963 at Ras-el-Tin Necropolis, AlexandriaPtolemaic till Roman Egypt, worked with high level of details and very nicely preserved. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with goddess of victoryThe glass paste features Victoria writing the names of victors in battle on a large shield.
Price: on requestAlmost extremely fine Augustus denarius with nice patinaNice portrait, on reverse Capricorn with cornucopiae and rudder on globe. Colonia Patricia mint, 18 - 16 BC
Price: on requestCypriot black-on-red jugVery well preserved incl. original painting. From the collection of the German actress Lotti Huber, found during excavations in Cyprus in the 1950s.
Price: on requestTitus aureus - she-wolf suckling Romulus and RemusThe reverse, showing Roma on shield with she-wolf suckling the twins and two woodpeckers, is copying a 200 years older Republican denarius.
Price: on requestRoman Terra Sigillata bowl with potters' mark OF AVILLI from the RhinelandFound near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
Price: on requestFragment of a large clay figure - probably ZeusThe face itself is fully preserved with nicely worked details. Mounted on a modern black wooden base.
Price: on requestPhrygian fibula from the Hattatt collectionBronze fibula from Anatolia around the time of King Midas. The piece is published in two standard works and was on loan to the Ashmolean Museum.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with person on a chairMade of bright orange glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestCylinder seal with seated godInteresting seal from Mesopotamia during the Akkad III period. It shows worshippers with cups standing before the sky god.
Price: on requestRoman earrings with garnetMatching pair of jewellery made of gold with red gemstones. From the Roman Imperial period.
Price: on requestStone relief from GandharaWunderful example of the curious symbiosis of greek art and buddhist tradition in the second century. The relief shows a key moment in Buddhas life, when he abandons his life as prince Siddhartha to seek enlightenment.
Price: on requestMycenaean stirrup jar with decorative bandNicely decorated specimen of this characteristic type of vessel from the Mycenaeans. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with AphroditeThe orange glass paste shows the goddess next to a high column. Her mantled glides down below her hips at her back.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with armored warriorBlue opaque glass paste with depiction of a soldier. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with AthenaRoman intaglio made of nice yellow-orange glass paste. It has a great motif, showing the goddess Athena with shield and spear, holding a small Nike on her hand.
Price: on requestRoman gold ring with intaglioThe beautiful finger ring from the Roman Imperial period is set with a carnelian stone. It shows a male portrait head in the linear style.
Price: on requestEgyptian cowroid with knot designAmulet seal with interesting top side markings. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian cowroid with pseudo hieroglyphsAmulet seal with papyrus trees and other signs on the bottom side. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with HeraclesThe beautiful violet glass paste shows the hero Heracles with two of his typical attributes, the club and the lion skin.
Price: on requestRoman white banded glass pasteThe roman intaglio of dark glass paste with white band shows a standing figure. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with Odysseus as a beggarThe roman intaglio shows an important scene from the Odyssey in which Odysseus returns home after his long journey. The hero is disguised as a beggar. He wears his pilos hat and is resting his weight on a stick.
Price: on requestEgyptian coffin with snakeThe small bronze votive box is modelled on top with a coiled serpent. The artefact was probably made around 400 BC in Naukratis to be devoted to Atum.
Price: on requestCorinthian aryballos with dancersPerfectly preserved incl. original painting. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Price: on requestHead of Harpokrates - found 1963 at Ras-el-Tin Necropolis, AlexandriaPtolemaic till Roman Egypt, nicely preserved. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestNeolithic axe mounted for museum displayThe stone tool is from the European Neolithic. A special feature is the museum-quality custom made shaft which gives a great impression of the tool's former mounting.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with Dionysus and thyrsusThe Roman intaglio of white-banded glass paste shows the god with his typical attribute.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with Eros and dolphinThe Roman intaglio has an interesting scene of Eros as a child, standing on a Dolphin and setting a sail.
Price: on requestMesopotamian stamp seal in bull shapeThe magnificent seal is from the Jemdet Nasr period. The stamp shows quadrupeds and a scorpion. Published in a book about the Epstein collection.
Price: on requestBabylonian clay plaque with erotic scenePanel with a religious function in the Old Babylonian Empire. The relief shows a man and a woman during the sexual act, with the woman drinking beer through a straw.
Price: on requestRoman wall paintingThe fresco shows a young man in full military gear. Interpretations include Mars, the god of war, and Brutus, the murderer of Caesar. The impressive piece is an absolute rarity in its outstanding condition and quality.
Price: on request