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.

Square plate made of thin glass, with beautiful iridescence.

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

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.

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.

Nicely preserved, rare shape. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.

LEG VI (Victrix), 70 - 104 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.

Typical and popular glass vessel type from the Roman Imperial period. From the Heckmann collection.

Small bowl made of pale turquoise glass, from the Roman Imperial period. Acquired in 1974 at the antiquities gallery Neuhaus.

Fragments of Roman pottery. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.

Beautiful turquoise glass with incised decorative grooves. From the 1st or 2nd century AD.

Very nicely preserved. From an old German private collection, acquired in the early 1950s.

LEG 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.

Impressive ensemble, nicely preserved. Ex Mara Scotoni-Coppetti collection, inspected and restored at the Archaeological Institute of the University of Zurich in 1981.

Perfume bottle with pattern-blown body. An aperture made it easy to dispense the precious content drop by drop. Made in the Roman province Syria in the 3rd cent. AD.

Excellent condition, body and even the fragile handle undamaged. Ex October 30th, 1983 auction Pierre Yves Clavel, Marseille, France, Lot Nr. 83.

Nice little bowl with mosaic glass eyes on blue and green background. Exhibited and published in the 1980ies. Made in the early Roman Imperial period in the province of Syria.

A beautiful vessel and great example for the high quality glass production during the Early Roman Imperial period. From the 1976 catalogue Muenzen und Medaillen.

The 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.

Nice little bowl with an abstract colourful design. Dating to the early Roman Imperial period. With Italian export permit.

Distinctive vessel in the shape of a monkey. Typical Peruvian flask made circa 100 to 500 AD. With documents form the 1980ies.

A colourful ancient glass from the early 1st century. Made in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Beautiful small vessel for perfumed oil from the heyday of Corinthian pottery production, made around 600 BC.

Small vessel from the golden age of the Moche culture. It is shaped like a falcon with painted on details. Including certificate from 1984.

Imposing Peruvian vessel shaped like a man with cloak in his hands. Circa 100 to 500 AD. Exhibited multiple times and published.

Beautiful small vessel for perfumed oil from the heyday of Corinthian pottery production, at the beginning of the 6th century BC.

Nice and small vessel with a strong patina. It is not a classical type of alabastron and retains a few mysteries.

Athenian or Greek colony in Southern Italy. Almost perfectly preserved, intense patina. Since 1954 in the collection of the Newark Museum of Art, USA.

The barbotine decoration is masterly made and excellently preserved. Absolutely worth the exhibition in a museum. A similar piece is on exhibition in the British Museum in London. Ex Vienna Schönbrunn Gallery, acquired 1986. With TL analysis.

Probably Cypriot. Very large, impressive vessel in excellent condition. From the Swiss collection W. Rosenbaum (1894 - 1984).

Impressive jar from the 1st or 2nd century AD. Great condition for ancient glass of this size. 26cm high.

The brown glass with a decorative wave pattern imitates the shape of a Greek metal or pottery hydria, but without the handles at the sides. A nice example for the early glass production in Greek to Hellenistic times.

Colourful example from the beginning of glass manufacturing in ancient Greece. Glass vessels like this were manufactured on the island of Rhodos during the 5th and 4th century BC.

Colourful example from the beginning of glass manufacturing in ancient Greece. Glass vessels like this were manufactured on the island of Rhodos during the 5th century BC.

From an old Swiss collection, btw 1986 and 2001 on loan at the archeologic collection of the University of Zürich.