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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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Bowl of the Ica culture
Colourfully painted pottery made by the precolumbian Ica culture. Nicely decorated by five rows of ornamentation. Around 1000 AD.
Price: on requestPalstave axehead with triangle decorationExtremely well preserved piece from a Bronze Age hoard found in Manston, UK. 1400 to 1150 BC. This axe belongs to a very rare type.
Price: on requestRoman glass flaskFlask with voluminous body from the Late Roman period. A piece from the professor Ritschel collection.
Price: on requestEgyptian falcon amuletic sealThe seal has the shape of the Horus falcon. Late Period of Ancient Egypt. Coming from the famous Matouk collection.
Price: on requestEgyptian terra cotta head of BesNice figurine from Ancient Egyptian times. It shows the dwarf god with a crown.
Price: on requestAthenian black-figure LekythosSo-called "warrior's fare well" group. An almost identical piece which surely originates from the same workshop is exhibited in Tuebingen, another very similar piece is at the Antikenmuseum Basel. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.
Price: on requestRoman oil lamp with personification of AfricaProduced in the workshop of Marcus Novius Iustus between 120 and 180 A.D. The province Africa is shown as a woman with exposed breast wearing a Pharaonic headdress between elephant tusks. From an old German collection, acquired before 1979 at Galerie fuer antike Kunst Karl Heinz Zuehlsdorf, Cologne.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with NikeThe motive is moulded into the dark blue opaque glass paste. It shows the goddess of victory Nike.
Price: on requestShabti for Ly-hotep-em-mutStunning Egyptian funerary figurine from the time of the 22nd dynasty. Formerly in the Rolls-Royce family collection.
Price: on requestEgyptian frog amuletNice small figurine of a frog dating to the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. From the famous collection of Fouad S. Matouk.
Price: on requestNeolithic daggerNicely worked flint dagger of type III. Sprove on the Danish Island of Moen was the find spot. 1700 to 1500 BC.
Price: on requestRoman indented beakerGlass beaker with pitting. A popular type across the whole roman empire. Mid 1st to 2nd cent. AD.
Price: on requestRoman cooking pot of the Herodian typeLarge vessel from Roman Imperial times. Most finds are known from the Roman province Iudaea.
Price: on requestVery large Athenian SkyphosProbably Athenian, about 2nd half 5th - 4th century B.C. Very well preserved, especially for a pottery vessel of this size. Acquired 1973 at Axel G. Weber, Cologne, Germany.
Price: on requestRare Trajanus SestertiusThe reverse of this coin depicts Trajan's acclamation by the troops as imperator for the ninth time, which occurred during the campaigns on the eastern frontier. Rome mint, 115 A.D.
Price: on requestDecorated vesselFound in Southern Germany. From the well documented Hugo Rehorik collection.
Price: on requestLarge decorated bowlFound in Southern Germany. From the well documented Hugo Rehorik collection.
Price: on requestRoman factory lampFound in Southern Germany. From the well documented Hugo Rehorik collection.
Price: on requestRoman Terra Sigillata bowlFound in Southern Germany. From the well documented Hugo Rehorik collection.
Price: on requestRoman Terra Sigillata bowlFound in Southern Germany. From the well documented Hugo Rehorik collection.
Price: on requestCanaanite oil lampShallow bowl with high rim pinched to form single wick-rest, convex underside. From 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.
Price: on requestSmall hellenistic pot with handlesGlobular pot with two handles, decoration painted in red-brown and black. Acquired 1973 at Axel G. Weber, Cologne, Germany. Said to have been found at the shores of Asia Minor.
Price: on requestLarge Roman terra sigillata plateDiameter over 25 cm. Roman Empire, 1st century AD, excellently preserved. Acquired 1980 at Aloys Faust Gallery, Cologne, Germany.
Price: on requestVoluminous Roman terra sigillata jugGlobular jug with slightly conical neck and flat handle. Very well preserved, minimal wear, the original slip is mainly preserved. Acquired 1972 at Axel G. Weber Gallery, Cologne, Germany.
Price: on requestVoluminous Roman terra sigillata bottleTear-shaped bottle with ring-shaped base. A wide thin discus separated the body from the high cylindrical neck. Perfect condition, no damages. Acquired 1976 at Axel G. Weber Gallery, Cologne, Germany.
Price: on requestRoman bowl found in CologneA very similar piece found in Trier which possibly originates from the same workshop is published in Gose, Gefäßtypen der Römischen Keramik im Rheinland. Acquired 1971 from Axel G. Weber Gallery, Cologne, Germany. Said to have been found in Cologne.
Price: on requestRoman oil lamp with nymph or goddessVery well preserved, minimal wear. The original slip is largely preserved and protected by a thick patina. From 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.
Price: on requestRoman oil lamp with cornucopiaeEarly Claudian till end of first century A.D. Impressively preserved mirror relief. From 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.
Price: on requestGreek skyphos: Italic imitation of Proto-Corinthian or Laconian potteryAbout late 7th - 6th century B.C. From 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.
Price: on requestShabti for Djed KhonsuExceptional funerary statuette from Deir el-Medina. Third Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestAppliqué of the Horus Son ImsetyBeautiful turquoise fayence from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. From the Toledo Museum of Arts collection, acquired in 1924 from the famous antiquities dealer R. H. Blanchard.
Price: on requestPalstave axehead with decorationExtremely well preserved piece from a Bronze Age hoard found in Manston, UK. 1400 to 1150 BC.
Price: on requestPalstave axehead with triangle decorationExtremely well preserved piece from a Bronze Age hoard found in Manston, UK. 1400 to 1150 BC. This axe belongs to a very rare type.
Price: on requestCeltic bracelet of the La Tène cultureImpressive and solid bronze jewellery from the Early La Tène period, 450 to 250 BC. Found in Southern Germany.
Price: on requestEnsemble of Hellenistic gold jewelleryGroup of a necklace with amphora shaped pendants, a lunula amulet and a pair of earrings with discoid rosettes and amphoras. Belonging to a burial around 300 BC. With well documented 19th century provenance.
Price: on requestEgyptian fayence statuette of TothFigurine of of highest artistic quality. From the 29th or 30th dynasty of Ancient Egypt.
Price: on request