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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.

Items 5149-5184 of 5193

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  1. Buy Sumerian brick
    Sumerian brick with royal inscription

    Clay tile from the temple of Eridu, donated around 2040 BC. Dedicated by Amar-Sin, king of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Studied for a research project in 1983.

  2. Roman glass bottle with double handles
    Roman glass bottle with handles

    The glass impresses with its elegant shape. Made in one of the Roman glass factories in the eastern Mediterranean during the Late Imperial period.

    Price: on request
  3. Buy Roman glass vessel with knobs
    Roman glass vessel with knobs

    A rare and impressive vessel type from a late Roman glass factory in the Levant. Dating from the 3rd to 4th century.

    Price: on request
  4. Glass plate
    Roman glass plate

    Square plate made of thin glass, with beautiful iridescence.

  5. Römische Weinamphore mit schönem Meeresbewuchs
    Roman wine amphora with nice sea encrustation

    Very impressive vessel in an excellent condition. Found 1967 in the sea in Croatia, exported with permit of the local authorities.

    Price: on request
  6. Roman amphora with nice sea encrustation
    Roman amphora with nice sea encrustation

    This type was used for the transportation of wine and fish sauce (Muria). Found 1967 in the sea in Croatia, exported with permit of the local authorities.

  7. Roman bronze phallus amulet
    Roman bronze phallus amulet

    Apotropaic amulet to protect agains the evil eye. From an old Swiss private collection, acquired in the 1970s - 1980s.

    Price: on request
  8. Large Roman legionary roof tile produced by Legio VI Victrix 70 - 104 A.D.
    Large Roman legionary roof tile produced by Legio VI Victrix 70 - 104 A.D.

    Excellently preserved, extremely rare for an object of this size. Found 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.

  9. Tanagra figurine with partially preserved polychrome painting
    Tanagra figurine with partially preserved polychrome painting

    Beautiful, elaborately crafted statuette from the 4th - 3rd century BC. From the old German private collection of H. Deikner, acquired prior to 1980.

    Price: on request
  10. Fragment of a Roman clay head
    Fragment of a Roman clay head

    Very good condition, nice surface details. From a German private collection, acquired in the 1950s.

  11. Buy ancient roman intaglio
    Roman intaglio with billy goat

    The Roman ring insert is made of orange glass paste that imitates carnelian. It depicts a horned quadruped.

    Price: on request
  12. Buy ancient roman intaglio
    Roman intaglio with young man and shield

    Light orange glass paste showing a young man holding his round shield to the side.

    Price: on request
  13. Buy ancient roman intaglio
    Roman intaglio

    Nice orange, translucent glass paste, imitating carnelian. From the Professor Brosch collection of ancient gems.

    Price: on request
  14. Buy ancient roman intaglio
    Roman intaglio

    Bright green glass paste with standing figure. From the Professor Brosch collection of ancient gems.

    Price: on request
  15. Buy spindle shaped Roman glass unguentarium
    Spindle shaped Roman unguentarium

    A tall and slender glass vessel made of almost colourless glass. Similar finds from the 4th century are known from the Balkans and Cyprus.

  16. Buy Roman glass
    Roman glass

    Beautifully iridescent turquoise-green glass in a cylindrical shape. From the Roman Imperial period.

  17. Buy Roman glass beaker
    Roman glass beaker

    Rare cup made of almost colourless, slightly turquoise glass. From the 2nd to 4th century AD.

  18. Jerusalem oil lamp of Herodian shape from Adler collection
    Jerusalem oil lamp of Herodian shape from Adler collection

    Lamp from a type dating to the lifetime of Jesus Christ. From the famous Judge Dr. Steve Adler collection. Exported from Israel with IAA permit Nr. 53397.

  19. Marcus Aurelius denarius
    Marcus Aurelius denarius

    Rome mint, 172 - 173 A.D. The reverse shows Aequitas with scales and cornucopiae.

    Price: on request
  20. Roman bronze bust of a woman from the estate of Prof. G. Retzius (1842 - 1919)
    Roman bronze bust of a woman from the estate of Prof. G. Retzius (1842 - 1919)

    Ex Hoving & Winborg auction September 29, 1917. Consigned from the estate of Prof. Gustaf Retzius, a well-known and internationally honored professor of anatomy. Most recently owned by Herbert Cahn (1915–2002), one of the most important dealers in ancient coins and works of art of his time, as well as a passionate researcher in the fields of ancient numismatics and classical archaeology.

  21. Buy Minoan seal
    Rare zoomorph Minoan seal

    Extremely rare ivory stamp seal in the shape of a monkey. Made by the Minoans of Bronze Age Crete. The piece has been studied and published in the canonical Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean seals in 1988.

  22. Buy Minoan bead shaped seal
    Minoan seal from the Palace Period

    A beautiful serpentine seal with three engraved surfaces, worn like a bead. It dates from the Old Palace Period of Crete, around 1800 BC. The piece has been studied and published in the canonical Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean seals in 1988.

    Price: on request
  23. Buy Minoan shell-shaped seal
    Minoan shell-shaped seal

    An early seal from Bronze Age Crete. The stamp surface is shaped like a shield and features floral decoration. The piece has been studied and published in the canonical Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean seals in 1988.

    Price: on request
  24. Etrusco-italic votive head
    Etrusco-italic votive head

    About 4th - 3rd century B.C., finely worked. From the old German private collection H. Deikner, acquired prior to 1980.

  25. Three Roman pottery vessels from the Rhineland
    Three Roman pottery vessels from the Rhineland

    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 request
  26. Interesting large byzantine handle jug with nice sea encrustation
    Interesting large byzantine handle jug with nice sea encrustation

    Impressive vessel with distinct maritime aesthetics. Found 1967 in the sea in Croatia, exported with permit of the local authorities.

  27. Roman Terra Sigillata mortarium from El Djem in Tunisia
    Roman Terra Sigillata mortarium from El Djem in Tunisia

    Very good condition. From the old German private collection Scheubert. Bernd Scheubert was internationally known as the "Tunisia painter".

  28. Roman oil lamp with running dog
    Roman oil lamp with running dog

    Exceptionally well-preserved, with a running dog in high relief on the mirror. From a very old German family collection, acquired between 1925 and 1935. The find region is known to be Tunisia.

    Price: on request
  29. Roman bronze mount shaped as a female face
    Roman bronze mount shaped as a female face

    Perfect condition. Found in 2018 in Kent, UK, registered in the Portable Antiquities Scheme under no. PAS KENT-04964F. Export licensed by the Arts Council England in October 2021.

    Price: on request
  30. Roman intaglio with locust
    Roman intaglio with locust

    The gemstone made of red-orange carnelian shows a locust with two ears of corn.

  31. Roman intaglio with bust
    Roman intaglio with bust

    The gemstone made of yellow-orange carnelian shows a male portrait bust.

  32. Roman intaglio
    Roman intaglio

    Beautiful gemstone made of orange carnelian. From the Professor Brosch collection of ancient gems.

  33. Buy pair of Egyptian bronze eyes
    Pair of Egyptian bronze eyes

    These bronze eyes with stone inlays were mounted on a sarcophagus during the 21st to 30th dynasties. A popular but rare object, they are sometimes referred to as mummy eyes.

  34. Buy alabaster Canopic jar lid
    Canopic jar lid of the 18th dynasty from museum collection

    Egyptian canopic jar lid in the shape of a human head, dating to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. The high quality alabaster piece came to the Cincinnati Art Museum in 1888 and was part of the museum collection for more than 100 years.

  35. Greek Terracotta figurine of a sitting woman
    Greek Terracotta figurine of a sitting woman

    From the old German private collection of H. Deikner, acquired prior to 1980.

  36. Byzantine amphora with nice sea encrustation
    Byzantine amphora with nice sea encrustation

    Very good condition. Found 1967 in the sea in Croatia, exported with permit of the local authorities.

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