Jewellery - 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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Roman intaglio with dancing MaenadThe high quality work shows a dancing Maenad with her head thrown back in ecstasy. Beautiful yellow glass.
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Roman intaglio with warriorThe high quality glass paste shows a naked warrior with speer and shield with emblem. Roman Republican to Roman Imperial times.
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Roman intaglio with interesting sceneThe scene is moulded in great detail into the orange brown glass paste. It shows a young man holding a so-called aplustre.
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Egyptian falcon amuletNice small figurine of a falcon dating to the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. From the famous collection of Fouad S. Matouk.
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Egyptian crocodile amuletNice small depiction of a crocodile dating to the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. From the famous collection of Fouad S. Matouk.
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Horse bit from LuristanDelightful artefact attesting the dawn of horse breeding in Western Iran during the 8th century BC. Highly stylized horses form the cheek pieces.
Roman square shaped glass pasteThe turquoise glass paste has two standing warriors as a motive. Simple work dating to Roman Imperial times.
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Roman intaglio with two warriorsThe scene shows two warriors in a conversation. The glass imitates natural stone with a white inclusion.
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Egyptian Eye of Horus of turquoise fayenceSmall amulet in form of the Eye of Horus. Popular type of protective amulet from Ancient Egypt.
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Scarab mounted in a gold ringThe fantastic piece of jewellery is from the Third Intermediate Period of Ancient Egypt, probably dating to the Nubian Kushite rule of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty.
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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.
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Egyptian Eye of Horus made of lapis lazuliSmall amulet in form of the Eye of Horus. Popular type of protective amulet from Ancient Egypt.
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Egyptian falcon amuletic sealThe seal has the shape of the Horus falcon. Late Period of Ancient Egypt. Coming from the famous Matouk collection.
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Roman intaglio with NikeThe motive is moulded into the dark blue opaque glass paste. It shows the goddess of victory Nike.
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Egyptian frog amuletNice small figurine of a frog dating to the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. From the famous collection of Fouad S. Matouk.
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Appliqué 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.
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Celtic bracelet of the La Tène cultureImpressive and solid bronze jewellery from the Early La Tène period, 450 to 250 BC. Found in Southern Germany.
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Ensemble 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.
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Ancient intaglioA scene with a young man is moulded into dark blue glass. Insert stone dating to Roman Imperial times.
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Neck ring of the Urnfield cultureThis bronze ring is an early variant of a torc. The piece of jewellery was found in Southern Germany and dates to the Late Bronze Age.
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Socketed axe head from Southern GermanyA typical bronze tool of the late Urnfield culture or early Hallstatt culture. It was found near Regensburg in Southern Germany by a voluntary archaeologist.
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Bow fibula of the Urnfield cultureExcessively rare brooch type from Late Bronze Age in Bavaria. It is known from the Urnfield period hoard of Reisen near Munich in Germany. This piece has been found near Regensburg, Germany.
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Roman intaglio with two warriorsExtremely nice sparkling blue glass paste. The scene is similar to a Roman interpretation of the Homeric epics.
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Roman intaglioNice orange glowing glass paste imitating carnelian. Gemstone from Roman times.
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Roman intaglioIntaglio made of vibrant blue glass paste. Dates to Roman Republic until Roman Imperial times.
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Roman intaglio with Eros childSlightly oval gemstone made of orange brown glasspaste imitating Carnelian. Dating to Roman times.
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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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Small Eye of Horus from ptolemaic periodSmall amulet in form of the Eye of Horus. Popular type of protective amulet from Ancient Egypt.
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Egyptian heart amulet from a museum collectionOne of the most popular Egyptian amulet types. From the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Late Period of Ancient Egypt.
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Ancient gold ring with maskThe fingerring is of peculiar workmanship and displays a central grotesque mask. A piece of jewellery from the Roman era.
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Egyptian lioness amuletFantastic example of Egyptian miniature art in stone. The amulet dates to the Late Period and should give its owner strength or protection.
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Golden circlet in the shape of a snakeBeautiful piece of gold jewellery from Egypt in Roman Imperial times. Published in the exhibition catalogue of the Basel Museum of Ancient Art.
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Celtic neck ringOpen ring made of solid bronze. The torc is from Gaul or Central Europe and dates to the 4th or 3rd century BC.
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Large decorated violin bow fibulaImpressive piece of jewellery because of its size and decoration. From Central Europe, made during Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age.
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