Late Antiquity - Ceramics and clay - Recent acquisitions - Sold antiquities
Archive of sold antiquities
All artefacts sold in our gallery are fully documented in our online archive and database. Being a specialist ancient art dealer, preserving also the more recent history of each and every piece sold in our shop is at our heart. That is particularly useful for artefacts that changed owners in the meantime. Information that may have been lost in the process can be easily restored from our archives. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need further information about ancient items that have been sold in our gallery. We can help you with reconstructing the history of ownership for those items. All information about our customers will be kept confidential, of course.-
Bronze bird from Late Antiquity
Finial in the shape of a bird, probably once the head of a rod or distaff. From the Late Roman or Early Byzantine period.
Price: on requestMaya civilization pottery bowlSmall bowl painted with abstract shapes. From the Classic period of the Maya civilization.
Price: on requestAmphora with beautiful marina patinaTable amphora, or vessel for transport of particularly precious goods. The beautiful dense marine patina makes this vase a true eye-catcher. From the Austrian collection of Prof. Ritschel, carrier of the Large Cross of Honor of the Austrian Republic and many other prizes and honors.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphoraNicely preserved, large amphora with attractive marine patina. Acquired in the 1980s from Helmut Liebert Antiquities in Krefeld, Germany.
Price: on requestLate antique oil lamp with round bodyPossibly from Israel area. Excellent condition. From the collection of Prof. Ritschel, Salzburg, decorated many times, for example in 1995 when the Republic of Austria awarded its Decoration for Science and Art.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at SezzeNicely preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. Attractive marine patina. Found in Sezze area (Latium).
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandPerfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandNicely preserved amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandPerfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestBeaker of the Nazca cultureElegant vessel made by the precolumbian Nazca culture. The outside is decorated by a polychrome szene of geometric patterns and abstractions of animals and faces.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandPerfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. Attractive marine patina.
Price: on requestEgyptian frog lamp from very old German collectionThe frog lamps developed in Egypt close to Abydos. For the Egyptians, the frog symbolized birth and resurrection, this symbolism was also adapted by the early Christians. From the German collection Becker, in this for 3 generations.
Price: on requestRoman oil lamp with head of a Taurus as handleRare type with plastic handle and large cross on base.
Price: on requestNorth African oil lamp with floral motifDark clay with partially preserved dark glaze. Nicely preserved, from an old collection.
Price: on requestNorth African oil lamp - very rare typeDark clay with partially preserved dark green glaze, very rare transition type. Nicely preserved, from an old German collection.
Price: on requestLate Roman discus type oil lampInteressantes, museal erhaltenes Stück. Bei Herstellung an einer Seite eingekniffen. Mit starker Sandpatina.
Price: on requestLate Roman oil lamp from South Israel with maker's stampLeicht herausgezogene Schnauze, radiales Liniendekor auf Schulter. Exzellente Erhaltung, Rußspuren.
Price: on requestLate Samaritan oil lampZwischen Füll- und Brennloch leicht eingetiefter Kanal. Mit Tannenzweig - und Liniendekor.
Price: on requestTransjordan oil lampHellroter Ton. Auf der Schulter radiales Strichdekor. Schnauze mit erhabenen Dreiecken dekoriert. Perfekt erhalten. Mit Rußspuren.
Price: on requestTransjordan oil lampHellroter Ton. Schräg stehender Zapfengriff, darauf drei Furchen. Auf der Schulter radiales Strichdekor. Perfekt erhalten.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved ampulla of Saint MenasFrühchristliche Pilgerflasche mit Darstellung des Heiligen Menas. Aus der sehr alter US-Amerikanischer Sammlung des Pharmakologen Prof. Dilling, erworben in den frühen 1900er Jahren. Als Kauf- oder Fundort ist Alexandria überliefert.
Price: on request