Worth the exhibition in a museum. Completely intact, including the handles, one piece on bottom restored in antiquity. Found 1967 in the sea in Croatia, exported with permit of the local authorities.

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.

Voluminous vessel, the trefoil mouth is stylized to a bird's head. Decorated with various geometric elements and patterns.

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.

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.

Excellent condition, very well preserved decoration. Ex Herbert A. Cahn (1915- 2002), Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, acquired in the 1950s - 1960s.

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.

Nice small biconical vessel from the Eastern Mediterranean. Dating to the Late Bronze Age.

So-called Bilbil jugs of the Base Ring I ware. A testament to the opium trade of the late Bronze Age.

Elegant stone vase made of beautifully marbled calcite alabaster. From between the 1st and 3rd dynasty of ancient Egypt.

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.

Good example of high quality Sassanid craftsmanship. Acquired at Sotheby's in 1981.

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.

Good example of high quality Sassanid craftsmanship. Acquired at Sotheby's in 1981.

Magnificent example of Sassanid craftsmanship of the highest quality. With a gilded bas-relief of a dancing woman in the tondo. Ex Sotheby's.

Elegant vessel from Crete, shaped like a bird's nest, possibly a container for ointments. Dating to the late Minoan period around 1500 BC.

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.

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

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.

The hemispherical pottery bowls of this type were a successful export good of Late Bronze Age Cyprus. They are nicely decorated with bands of hatch-patterns.

High quality chlorite vessel from the Kerman province in Iran. From the 3rd millennium BC.

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

Small ancient glass flask, like they are found along the old trade routes of the Islamic world. Such bottles were used around 1000 years ago to transport precious oils and other liquids.

Plastically shaped vessel from the Peruvian Chimú culture, showing a water bird. From the 15th century. With TL report from 1979.

A product from the province of Palaestina or Syria. The high-quality glass was created in the 4th or early 5th century, a time of upheaval for the Roman Empire.

A product from the Roman province of Palaestina. The high-quality glass was created in the 6th to early 7th centuries, when the Eastern Roman Empire was thriving and the Byzantine Empire took shape.

Very nice piece of art from Late Antiquity. Decorated by a relief and a partial gilt. Ex Sotheby's.

The so-called Kandila perfectly illustrates why the abstract Bronze Age art of the Cyclades still fascinates us today. The parallels to modern art are unmistakable. The masterpiece comes from Elie Borowski's inventory.

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

Impressive cosmetic vessel with large handle and nice spiral trailing decoration. A Palestinian type from the Late Roman or Early Byzantine period.