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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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Hellenistic terra cotta horse protome
About 4th - 3rd century B.C., a very similar figurine is on exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. From the old German private collection H. Deikner, acquired prior to 1980.
Price: on requestCeltic coin - Iceni tribeEast Anglia mint, reported to have been found in Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire.
Price: on requestHellenistic or Roman marble torsoFrom an old German private collection, acquired 1962. Impressive piece.
Price: on requestHellenistic-Roman clay figurine of a standing womanVery nice condition. From German private collection, acquired 1985 from Aloys Faust, Cologne.
Price: on requestRare 8 Reales cob coinLima, struck 1717 under Philipp V. Very fine, nice quality and preservation for a cob coin. Also known as piece of eight or pirate money.
Price: on requestEgyptian ushabtiInteresting funerary statuette made of mint green faience with black painting. From the Ptolemaic era of Ancient Egypt, incorporating features of earlier periods.
Price: on requestClay head of a woman, possibly KybeleHellenistic. Very good condition, nice surface details. From a German private collection, acquired between 1980 and 1985.
Price: on requestAugustus denarius from Wishanger hoardFound 2021 in East Hampshire, UK. Revers showing Gaius and Lucius, the sons of M. Agrippa. The hoard is a very impressive proof of the fact that coins were in circulation for up to several centuries in the Roman era.
Price: on requestBronze Age bracelet with incised decorationThe jewellery was made in Europe during the 2nd millennium BC. Nice, dark patina.
Price: on requestNeo-Assyrian cylinder sealSeal made of wonderful pink Amethyst. It shows an offering scene with gods. From the Dr. Foster collection.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with two menAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice violet glass paste and shows a scene between two persons.
Price: on requestSword from the European Bronze AgeWonderfully preserved bronze weapon from the Late Bronze Age around 1200 BC. Of the Reutlingen type, made in the region of today's Germany or surrounding countries.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with fantastic beastThe dark glass paste depicts an animal composed of two front parts. From the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glass pastes.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with bullPrime example of Roman glass pastes with a perfectly sharp depiction of a bull ready to fight.
Price: on requestMesopotamian stone vesselHeavy and high quality vessel from Bronze Age of Mesopotamia, reminescent of similar Egyptian stone vessels. Ex Christie's.
Price: on requestRoman plate broochOval bronze brooch with a setting for a glass insert. From the Roman imperial period. Published in two stardard works on ancient brooches by Richard Hattatt.
Price: on requestRoman crossbow broochVery nice specimen with niello inlays and remains of the original gilding. From the mid 4th century AD. Published in two stardard works on ancient fibulae.
Price: on requestBird brooch from Roman BritainNice fibula in the shape of a stylized water bird. A find from Britain and probably also a local Roman provincial production.
Price: on requestElamite horse rhytonFascinating clay vessel in the shape of a horse from the Neo-Elamite period, around 700 BC. A TL analysis report is included with the piece.
Price: on requestLarge Hellenistic clay figurine of a standing womanExcellently preserved example of fine Hellenistic artistry. Ex Bonhams, ex renowned Joseph Klein collection, New York, USA.
Price: on requestEtruscan scarab with athletesMiniature work of art of the highest quality, a flagship of late Etruscan glyptics. Made of shimmering orange carnelian. Published several times and with provenance dating back to the 19th century.
Price: on requestDecorated ancient glass braceletThe bangle is made of turquoise glass and beautifully decorated in white and blue. A product from the eastern Mediterranean coast.
Price: on requestRoman glass bracelet with beautiful decorationThe small bangle from the 4th century is decorated with polychrome glass layers on the outside. Made in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Price: on requestSasanian stamp seal with emblemPerfectly preserved seal made of noble green jasper. The piece is from the period of Sasanian rule in the Near East.
Price: on requestRoman glass paste with two animalsThe intaglio is made of beautiful violet glass. It shows two animals facing each other.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with dogThe ring insert made of beautiful orange glass paste shows a standing dog that looks up with a raised paw.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with ravenAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice orange glass paste. Well preserved depiction.
Price: on requestEgyptian stone bowlThis wonderful and relatively large bowl of banded stone was probably used for ritual purposes. From the Early Dynastic Period or Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian alabaster bowl from LuxorThe small stone vessel is an offering bowl for libation. From the collection of Egyptologist Professor Wiedemann. 12th to 18th dynasty of Ancient Egypt
Price: on requestEgyptian green stone vesselThe stone vessel is made of beautiful green serpentine. From the collection of Egyptologist Professor Wiedemann. Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian ushabtiWell-preserved funerary statuette made of mint green faience. From the Late Period of Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with kneeling personNice light yellow glass paste from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glyptics. Possibly showing a warrior.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with bigaThe glass paste shows Nike in a biga. The goddess of victory stands in the chariot, holding the reins and her laurel wreath.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with mythical creatureRoman jewellery insert made of beautifully shimmering blue glass paste. It shows a creature with the front part of a horse.
Price: on requestRoman legionary tile from the RhinelandLEG XVI (Gallica), 43 - 70 AD. Found 1966 till 1981 near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany. Novaesium was an early Roman foundation and with this is one of the oldest cities in Germany.
Price: on requestRoman glass jugletThe small jug with a pear-shaped body is outstanding due to the strongly iridescent patina and the dark coating on the outside. From the Late Roman Imperial period.
Price: on request