Recent acquisitions - 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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                     Pair of ancient gold earrings Pair of ancient gold earringsInteresting specimen with coil-like biconical cylinder and blue beads. From the first centuries AD, made in the eastern Mediterranean. Price: on request Roman intaglio with Heracles Roman intaglio with HeraclesAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice violet glass paste. It shows a standing hero, very likely Heracles. Price: on request Roman intaglio with man in mantle Roman intaglio with man in mantleAn orange coloured piece depicts a standing male figure holding an object next to the body. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems. Price: on request Roman intaglio with Hermes and Tyche Roman intaglio with Hermes and TycheThe ancient intaglio from Roman times shows a scene between the two gods. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems. Price: on request Hellenistic earring with animal head Hellenistic earring with animal headGold jewellery with plastically modeled head of a bird of prey or dolphin. The elaborate gold sheet head is typical for hellenistic earrings. Price: on request Large Roman bronze fibula Large Roman bronze fibulaA brooch of the so-called Kraeftig Profiliert type. From the Roman Imperial period. An impressive piece made of beautifully dark patinated bronze. Price: on request Two Neolithic stone tools from Egypt Two Neolithic stone tools from EgyptThe Stone Age saw and the slender blade are finely worked. From a 100 year old museum collection. Price: on request Paleolithic hand axe Paleolithic hand axeSmall prehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a 100 year old museum collection. Price: on request   Mochica stirrup vessel of a dignitary Mochica stirrup vessel of a dignitaryImposing Peruvian vessel shaped like a man with cloak in his hands. Circa 100 to 500 AD. Exhibited multiple times and published.  Wonderful Apulian kantharos with very rare scene Wonderful Apulian kantharos with very rare sceneThe vase shows the fight of Herakles against a centaur, and on the other side a sitting woman with a satyr. Very delicate object, painting of exquisite workmanship for an apulian vase. Price: on request Extremely fine Julius Caesar denarius - elephant trampling on horned snake Extremely fine Julius Caesar denarius - elephant trampling on horned snakeWell centered, beautiful tone. The reverse shows the emblems of the pontificate. Price: on request Large Terra Sigillata bowl from the Rhineland decorated with plants Large Terra Sigillata bowl from the Rhineland decorated with plantsFound in October 1965 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 request Roman intaglio with standing person Roman intaglio with standing personAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice orange-brown glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems. Price: on request Roman intaglio with seated man Roman intaglio with seated manAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice violet glass paste and shows a scene between two persons. Price: on request Roman intaglio with the Spartan Othryades Roman intaglio with the Spartan OthryadesThe glass paste depicts a scene from the battle of the 300. Othryades declares the victory of Sparta. He writes it on the shield of a slain enemy with blood from his own wounds. Price: on request Islamic glass flask Islamic glass flaskSlender glass flask from the Golden Age of Islam. With a nicely shaped handle and a wonderful, subtle patina. Ex-Sotheby's.  Roman medallion with Artemis Roman medallion with ArtemisThe piece of gold jewellery could be worn as a pendant on the ear or on a necklace. The relief shows a most famous cult statue, the Ephesian Artemis. The medallion was made between the 1st and 3rd century. Price: on request Roman intaglio of carnelian Roman intaglio of carnelianThe gem stone from the Late Roman Imperial period is engraved in linear style. It shows a standing person in a cloak. Price: on request Near Eastern bronze sword Near Eastern bronze swordDouble-edged blade of a Bronze Age sword, the hilt missing. From the middle of the 2nd Millennium BCE. Price: on request Neolithic axe head Neolithic axe headFinely crafted tool from the New Stone Age of Europe. A specimen of the thin butted type. Price: on request Roman glass flask Roman glass flaskFlask with voluminous body and base ring from the Late Roman period. A piece from the Dr. Teubner collection. Price: on request Akkadian cylinder seal with hero Akkadian cylinder seal with heroThe cylindrical seal boosts a hero protecting two horned animals from attacking lions. A nice symmetrical composition by the seal engraver. Old Akkadian, around 2300 BC. Price: on request Roman intaglio with young satyr Roman intaglio with young satyrNice white-banded, orange-brown glass paste. It shows the spirit of nature in extasy. Price: on request Very fine tetrobol from Histiaia in Euboia Very fine tetrobol from Histiaia in EuboiaObverse: Wreathed head of nymph Histiaia right, reverse: Nymph Histiaia seated on galley right. Price: on request Published Greek figurine of a pantheress Published Greek figurine of a pantheressThree-dimensional figurine with high level of detail, very nicely preserved. Around 300 BC, Magna Graecia. Published, from the Leo Mildenberg collection. Price: on request Roman glass rod Roman glass rodThe object had a function as a distaff, a tool for spinning. Particularly noteworthy is the beautiful spiral decoration and the complete preservation of the fragile material. From the Roman Imperial period. Price: on request Paleolithic hand axe Paleolithic hand axePrehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a Swiss museum collection. Found in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Price: on request Impressive Apulian bell krater with TL certificate Impressive Apulian bell krater with TL certificateImpressive vase showing a young man and a sitting woman, possibly from the workshop of the Truro Painter. Price: on request Large Terra Sigillata bowl from the Rhineland with relief decoration Large Terra Sigillata bowl from the Rhineland with relief decorationFound 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 request Judaea - Prutah from year 3 of first Jewish War - ex Kuenker Judaea - Prutah from year 3 of first Jewish War - ex KuenkerFine to very fine condition, beautiful patina. Amphora and vine leaf, Paleo-Hebrew insciprios "year 3" and "The freedom of Zion". Price: on request Nicely decorated Megarian bowl Nicely decorated Megarian bowlPerfectly preserved incl. the decoration with leaf bands and blossom medallion in high relief. Price: on request Celtic coin - Iceni tribe Celtic coin - Iceni tribeEast Anglia mint, reported to have been found in Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire. Price: on request Phoenician eye bead Phoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC. Price: on request Phoenician eye bead Phoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC. Price: on request Phoenician eye bead Phoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC. Price: on request
 
