Byzantine - Photo gallery
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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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.
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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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Roman bronze figurine of a horseBeautiful massive figurine, perfectly preserved, great patina. With modern 925 silver base.
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Roman bronze figurine of a horseBeautiful massive figurine, very well preserved, great dark green patina.
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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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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.
Price: on request
Roman gold earring with pearlsFine specimen from the eastern provinces during late Roman Imperial times. From the collection of the orientalist N. Giron.
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Roman gold earringFine specimen from the eastern provinces during late Roman Imperial times. From the collection of the orientalist N. Giron.
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Large Roman cinerary urnImpressive jar from the 1st or 2nd century AD. Great condition for ancient glass of this size. 26cm high.
Mummyform Near Eastern idolThe unusual bronze figurine is an idol from Anatolia or the Near East. Around 1000 BC.
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Near Eastern bronze idolThe unusual bronze figurine is a Near Eastern idol. Possibly a god or priest. 2nd Millenium BC.
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Anatolian bronze idolThe bronze figurine is a nail idol that can be attributed to the Hittite culture. Late 2nd Millenium BC.
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Egyptian Eye of Horus, New KingdomSmall amulet in form of the Eye of Horus. Popular type of protective amulet from Ancient Egypt.
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Melon bracelet from the Hallstatt periodThe massive bronze bracelet was found in Mintraching, Germany. The piece is published in an archeological report. Around 600 BC.
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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 HorusSmall 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.
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Scarab with magic formulaThe stamp shows the anra formula in a cartouche. The amulet should thus serve a magic or ritual purpose for its owner.
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Roman bronze figurine of a horse with baseBeautiful massive figurine, very well preserved, great dark green patina.
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Bronze figurine of a horse from Roman eraBeautiful small figurine, very well preserved, great green patina.
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Roman bronze figurine of a horsemanBeautiful massive figurine, very well preserved, great dark green patina.
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