Showing Athena killing a Giant. Excellent condition, vivid original colors. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.

Very nice decoration with dark red painting. Delicate piece of ancient art from an old German private collection. Acquired 1976- 78 at a London art gallery.

From the collection of the viniculture historian Friedrich von Bassermann-Jordan. Worth the exhibition in a museum.

Extraordinary condition, painting excellently preserved, vivid colors. From the collection of the archeologist Prof. Fremersdorf, director of the Romano-Germanic Museum in Cologne between 1923 and 1959.

Typical head vessel from the Eastern Mediterranean. The glass flask has the shape of two Medusa heads back to back.

Impressive pottery with turquoise glaze and black paint. From 13th century Iran. With a letter from the Royal Victoria and Albert Museum.

Perfectly preserved, worth the exhibition in a museum, decorated with Medusa head. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.

Nicely preserved, 6th century BC. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.

Very unusual shape, probably imitation of bronze vessels with their attached handles. From an old German private collection. Acquired 1976-78 at a London art gallery.

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.

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

Magnificent pottery of the Nazca with polychrome paint. It shows two condors. This piece comes with a copy of a TL report from 1984.

8th century BC, richly decorated. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.

Absolutely perfect, worth the exhibition in a museum. Glossy black slip, only very minor wear, unavoidable for a 2700 years old vase.

In the succession of the Baltimore Painter. Worth the exhibition in a museum, painting in excellent condition with brilliant colors.

From the old British educational lending collection Wakefield Education Resource Service. Very nicely preserved.

Showing swans, lions and panthers. Very rare in this size. Ex collection Ulfert Wilke, founder of Iowa Art Museum.

Beautiful vessel from the golden age of the Moche culture. It shows a blind Shaman with a rattle in his hand. 200 to 400 AD, including TL analysis.

The hoplite is bidding farewell to his mother, a touching scene showing the humans behind all military symbolics. From the collection of Prof. Dahn, acquired at Spink & Sons (London) in 1953.

Bronze paterae with preserved handle are very rare, especially in this condition. Beautiful patina.

The elegant stone vase is made of wonderful banded alabaster. 5th to 6th dynasty, Old Kingdom.

This wonderful bowl of banded stone was probably used for ritual purposes. From the Early Dynastic Period or Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt.

The stone pot was used for Kohl, the eye cosmetic of the ancient Egyptians. Nicely polished stone surface. From the 2nd Millenium BC.

The small stone pot was used for Kohl, the eye cosmetic of the ancient Egyptians. Black remains of the substance are still preserved on the inside. From the time between Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom.

Nice stone vessel and rare type from the Middle Kingdom. Timelessly elegant shape.

Perfume bottle with pattern on mold-blown body. An aperture made it easy to dispense the precious content drop by drop. Made in the Roman province Syria in the 3rd to 4th cent. AD.

Characteristic type of vessel for the Mycenaean civilization in Bronze Age Greece. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC. From the inventory of an old educational lending collection.

Impressive piece in very good condition. The frieze shows birds and rams. From an old German private collection, acquired in a London gallery between 1976 and 1978.

From the Greek colonies of Southern Italia, Magna Graecia. 4th - early 3rd century B.C. Ex London private collection, acquired in the 1960s.

Elegant vessel of the late Moche culture. Wonderful geometrical decoration in near perfect condition.

From an old German collection, acquired in 1976 - 1978 in a London art gallery. Late corintian, third quarter 6th century B. C.

From an old German private collection, acquired December 1965 at Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany.

Imposing piece of painted pottery from Middle Bronze Age Western Iran. Early 2nd Millenium BC.

The bowl or dish is decorated with painted circles and a spiral. Cypro-Archaic period.

The imposing vessel shows not just a jaguar but a transformed shaman in his animal form. It was made in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica between 800 and 1200 AD and used for funeral purposes in the Guanacaste region.

Ancient oil vessel with high foot. Acquired in 1965 at Hermann Zirkel Gallery in Cologne.