Vessels - Special - 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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Anatolian clay pot with lid
The Bronze Age vessel rests on three legs and has a lid with a conical handle. Circa 2500 to 2000 BC.
Price: on requestMochica stirrup vessel as a shamanImposing Peruvian vessel shaped like a priest on a podest with rich adornments. Circa 100 to 500 AD. With documents form the 1980ies.
Price: on requestPainted Bronze Age jugThe clay jug is decorated by an impressively well preserved geometric design. From Bronze Age Anatolia.
Price: on requestSpouted jug of the Yortan cultureThe large jug has a spherical body, decorated with two stylized arms and hands. From Bronze Age Anatolia.
Price: on requestRoman glass bottle with handleNice and relatively large bottle from the late Roman imperial period. Probably from the Roman province Judaea.
Price: on requestEastern Roman glass bottle with thread decorationA product from the Roman province of Palaestina. The high-quality glass was created in the 6th to early 7th centuries, when the Eastern Roman Empire was thriving and the Byzantine Empire took shape.
Late Roman glass vessel with thread decorationA product from the province of Palaestina or Syria. The high-quality glass was created in the 4th or early 5th century, a time of upheaval for the Roman Empire.
Römisches TöpfchenGeborgen in den Jahren 1966 bis 1981 in Zusammenarbeit mit lokalen Archäologen. Neuss, das römische Novaesium, war eine frühe römische Gründung in der Provinz Germania Inferior und ist somit eine der ältesten Städte Deutschlands.
Price: on requestStirrup vessel as a water birdPlastically shaped vessel from the Peruvian Chimú culture, showing a water bird. From the 15th century. With TL report from 1979.
Roman lentoid glass flaskThe flat bottle has a discoid body with a very long neck. Probably from the Roman province Judaea.
Price: on requestVictorian ink bottleThe vessel is made of beautiful, turquoise glass. From the collection of Moshe Dayan.
Price: on requestTerra Sigillata bowl from the Rhineland with hares and birdsFound near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
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 requestMesopotamian stone vesselHeavy and high quality vessel from Bronze Age of Mesopotamia, reminescent of similar Egyptian stone vessels. Ex Christie's.
Price: on requestSquare bottle of thick glassSmall ancient glass flask, like they are found along the old trade routes of the Islamic world. Such bottles were used around 1000 years ago to transport precious oils and other liquids.
Roman glass mosaic bowlNice little bowl with an abstract colourful design. Dating to the early Roman Imperial period. With Italian export permit.
Stone beaker of the Jiroft cultureHigh quality chlorite vessel from the Kerman province in Iran. From the 3rd millennium BC.
Elamite 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 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 requestCypriot milk bowlThe hemispherical pottery bowls of this type were a successful export good of Late Bronze Age Cyprus. They are nicely decorated with bands of hatch-patterns.
Roman 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 requestRoman bowl of colourful ribbon glassThe bowl was made in mosaic glass technique. It is truely a work of art and a showpiece for the glass production in the Roman core region during the Early Imperial period.
Glass bottle with nub decorationThe pear-shaped glass comes from the late Roman or early Byzantine period. Presumably from the Eastern Roman province of Palaestina.
Price: on requestLate Roman glass flaskFlat bottle with double handle from the Eastern Mediterranean. Made between the 3rd and 6th century.
Price: on requestRoman marbled glass bowlA beautiful vessel and great example for the high quality glass production during the Early Roman Imperial period. From the 1976 catalogue Muenzen und Medaillen.
Beaker of the Nazca cultureTall and slender vessel from the pre-Columbian Nazca culture. The polychrome painting shows abstract patterns, as well as abstracted animals and faces.
Price: on requestBeaker of the Nazca cultureElegant vessel of the pre-Columbian Nazca culture. The polychrome painting is of high artistic quality and shows a mask.
Price: on requestRichly painted pottery in the Nazca styleA magnificent modern product imitating the style of the pre-Columbian Nazca culture. It depicts a deity, a hybrid creature of mythical beast and human.
Price: on requestBowl of the Nazca cultureWith polychrome abstract depiction of people and masks, possibly a deity. Wonderful vessel from the Nazca Golden Age.
Price: on requestBowl of the Nazca cultureWith polychrome abstract depiction of people and masks, possibly a deity. Nice vessel from the Nazca Golden Age.
Price: on requestLarge Roman legionary tile from the RhinelandFound 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 requestAthenian kantharos from old German private collectionOverall very well preserved. From the German private collection Dr. Dietrich, acquired 1966.
Price: on requestImpressive large Etruscan bucchero Oinochoe from old German private collectionExcellent condition. 6th century BC. From the German private collection Dr. Dietrich, acquired 1964 from a Berlin latin teacher.
Price: on request