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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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Large perfectly preserved Magna Graecia Lekythos
Very rare in such condition. 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 requestBlack figure Athenian Lekythos of Haimon painterChariot with horses and human figures. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Price: on requestSmall Mycenaean amphoraElegant vessel with three handles and painting. From the Mycenaean Age around 1300 BC.
Price: on requestLarge white-ground athenian Lekythos - Painter of Athens 1826With TL analysis. Impressive vessel, perfectly preserved delicate painting. Ancient graffito XE on foot.
Price: on requestFour Greek or Scythian arrow headsGroup of four bronze socketed arrowheads, three with triangular cross-section and one leaf-shaped. Excellent condition, beautiful patina. From an old British collection, acquired before 1980.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved lid of a red figure apulian lekanisWorth the exhibition in a museum. Brilliant colors, fully preserved. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Price: on requestLarge perfectly preserved Campanian LekythosVery rare in such condition. 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 requestAlmost extremely fine Alexander the Great bronzeEarly posthumous issue, about 323 - 310 BC. Beautiful dark patina. Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. Auction 154, 1987.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved red figure apulian lekanisWorth the exhibition in a museum. Brilliant colors, fully preserved. From an old German collection, acquired 1964.
Price: on requestGreek fish plate from Newark MuseumAthenian or Greek colony in Southern Italy. Almost perfectly preserved, intense patina. Since 1954 in the collection of the Newark Museum of Art, USA.
Small black glaze OinochoeMagna Graecia, Greek colony in Southern Italy. Very well preserved, glossy metallic glaze. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Price: on requestAncient ladle with bird head terminalElegant long bronze ladle, from the Greek or Etruscan culture. 5th to 4th century BC.
Price: on requestAlexander the Great Drachm - Lampsacus mintEarly posthumous issue. The reverse shows Zeus Aetophoros anthroned, mouse in field.
Price: on requestDaunian bird askosItalic pottery in the subgeometric style. Made around 500 BC in Apulia. An attractive vessel due to the beautiful painting and the bird shape.
Price: on requestCleopatra VII. hemiobol with nicely preserved portraitBronze worth 40 Drachmai, Alexandria mint, 51 - 30 BC: Great portrait of the famous last Ptolemaic queen. After her death Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire.
Richly decorated Gnathia ware oinochoeVery well preserved incl. original painting. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Price: on requestItaliote Oinochoe imitating corinthian potteryImpressive condition for a vessel of this size. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Price: on requestDaunian jug with high handleItalic pottery in the subgeometric style. Made around 500 BC in Apulia. Handled vessels of this type are an guiding form in Apulian archaeology.
Price: on requestTheatre mask of a slaveExpressive life-size clay mask from Hellenistic Greece. It depicts the character of the slave from the New Comedy, i.e. a theatre style that developed with the Hellenistic period.
Griechisches GoldohrringpaarWunderschöne antike Ohrringe aus Gold. Griechische Zeit.
Price: on requestGriechisch-römische GoldohrringeDie griechisch-römischen Ohrringe besitzen kunstvolle Granularien. Das Paar ist mehrfach publiziert.
Price: on requestGraeco-Roman earrings with gemstoneMatching pair of jewellery made of gold with gemstones of red garnet. From an ancient workshop in Egypt or the Levant.
Price: on requestExceptionally well preserved, very rare Demetrios III. tetradrachmExtremely fine, uncirculated piece. Very rare, especially in this condition.
Price: on requestMycenaean stirrup jarNicely preserved specimen of this characteristic type of vessel from the Mycenaeans. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC.
Price: on requestDriking cup of the Troy typeSo-called Depas Amphikypellon from around 2500 BC. The famous type of drinking vessel from Troy as described in Homer's Iliad.
Price: on requestCypriot Lekythos with black slipVery well preserved incl. original slip. From the collection of the German actress Lotti Huber, found during excavations in Cyprus in the 1950s.
Price: on requestMycenaean seal with griffinA wonderful and rare example of the Bronze Age Greek art of engraving stones. It shows a fantasy creature with lion body and bird of prey head. Mid-2nd Millennium BC.
Price: on requestHellenistic gold diademMagnificent head-dress in the shape of a pediment from the time of Alexander the Great. Embossed with a floral decoration, supplemented by birds and grasshoppers. This piece has been published in a 1965 standard work on hellenistic gold jewellery.
Head 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 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 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 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 requestCorinthian aryballos with dancersPerfectly preserved incl. original painting. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Price: on requestHellenistic tragic mask of a young manTypical wide open mouth and circular eye openings. Nicely preserved. From a German private collection, acquired between 1980 and 1985.
Price: on requestAncient ladle with donkey head terminalElegant long bronze ladle, from the Greek or Etruscan culture. 5th to 4th century BC.
Price: on request