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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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Ming plate from Binh Thuan wreck - ex Christie'sFrom a wreck discovered 2001 in the South China Sea, identified as the Chinese merchant vessel "I Sin Ho". Perfectly preserved.
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Ming bowl from Binh Thuan wreck - ex Christie'sFrom a wreck discovered 2001 in the South China Sea, identified as the Chinese merchant vessel "I Sin Ho". Perfectly preserved.
Price: on request
Ming bowl from Binh Thuan wreck - ex Christie'sFrom a wreck discovered 2001 in the South China Sea, identified as the Chinese merchant vessel "I Sin Ho". Perfectly preserved.
Price: on request
Ming bowl from Binh Thuan wreck - ex Christie'sFrom a wreck discovered 2001 in the South China Sea, identified as the Chinese merchant vessel "I Sin Ho". Perfectly preserved.
Price: on request
Massive bronze lance head from the Holy LandNicely preserved, large piece from an old Massachusetts collection. Acquired from the Archaeological Shop at the Tel Aviv Hilton Hotel, Israel, in 1968 or 1969.
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Long bronze blade from the Holy LandNicely preserved, large piece from an old Massachusetts collection. Acquired from the Archaeological Shop at the Tel Aviv Hilton Hotel, Israel, in 1968 or 1969.
Price: on request
Roman ring with Mercury intaglioNice gold ring with hollow band. The inserted carnelian intaglio shows Mercury, the Roman god of trade.
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Massive bronze panther figurinePerfectly preserved with beautiful dark patina. About 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
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Roman finger ring with imitated agateMassive gold plated finger ring dating to the Late Roman Imperial period. The ring impresses with a particularly nice multi-layer glass gem in red, white and black.
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Egyptian Eye of HorusSmall amulet in form of the Eye of Horus. Popular type of protective amulet from Ancient Egypt.
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Egyptian Eye of Horus with empty spacesSmall amulet in form of the Eye of Horus. Popular type of protective amulet from Ancient Egypt.
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Egyptian Eye of HorusSmall amulet in form of the Eye of Horus. Popular type of protective amulet from Ancient Egypt.
Price: on request
Massive bronze panther figurinePerfectly preserved with beautiful dark patina. End of 2nd to 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
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Hittite bronze zebu figurineMassive, perfectly preserved figurine with beautiful dark patina. End of 2nd to early 1st millenium BC. Ex Karl Kress auction 147 (May 5th 1969) Nr. 54.
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Bronze zebu figurine with pedestalNicely preserved bronze figurine. About 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
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Hittite bronze zebu figurineMassive, perfectly preserved figurine with beautiful dark patina. Second to early first millenium BC. Ex Karl Kress auction 147 (May 5th 1969) Nr. 57.
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Zebu lying on altar, massive bronzePerfectly preserved with beautiful dark patina. About 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
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Massive hellenistic bronze goat figurinePerfectly preserved with beautiful dark patina. Probably hellenistic. Ex Karl Kress auction 182 (March 23-25 1982) Nr. 218.
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Massive scythian silver figure of a deerPerfectly preserved, elaborated piece of art, produced by the nomadic tribes of Scythian cultures.
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Massive bronze figurine of a lying ramNicely preserved animal figurine. End of 2nd to 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
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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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Cylinder seal from Old Assyrian trade outpostWonderful example for the style of the Old Assyrian trade colonies in Anatolia. Well-known from Kültepe Level II. It shows a fighting scene between hero and bull man. Around 1900 BC.
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Old Assyrian cylinder seal from AnatoliaInteresting seal with religious scene. From an Old Assyrian trade outpost in Anatolia. It shows a god on a throne with goat feet.
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Canaanite scarabLocal levantine production during the 13th to 15th dynasty of Egypt. With an export permit from the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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Canaanite scarabLocal levantine production during the 13th to 15th dynasty of Egypt. With an export permit from the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Price: on request
Roman glass bowlThe nice bowl is made of pale blue green glass. It dates to the late Roman Imperial period.
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Roman glass flaskThe big ancient glass is a nice example of the production of the eastern Roman provinces. Ex Sotheby's auction 1970, previously in the Nancy Cunard collection.
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Mesopotamian cylinder sealThe long seal is engraved with a highly stylized scene in linear design. A quadruped is reared by a lion. From Early Bronze Age of Mesopotamia.
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Cylinder seal from the Uruk periodSeal of beautiful white marble. It shows a frieze of highly stylized water creatures.
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Greek guttos with Triton on sea monsterFrom the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors. Very nicely preserved, interesting unusual piece.
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Juglet from Iron Age IIThis vessel from the Holy Land was made between construction and destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. From the well-known Dr. Steve Adler collection.
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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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