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

Perfectly preserved. Found 1967 in the sea in Croatia, exported with permit of the local authorities.

Nicely preserved. Found 1967 in the sea in Croatia, exported with permit of the local authorities.

Turquoise glass jug from the late Roman Imperial period. From the Heckmann collection.

Fine and beautifully decorated glass pitcher from Roman Palestine, probably from an ancient workshop in what is now Jalamah. Around 500 AD.

Flat bottle with double handle from the Eastern Mediterranean. Made between the 3rd and 6th century.

The pear-shaped glass comes from the late Roman or early Byzantine period. Presumably from the Eastern Roman province of Palaestina.

Small bronze pot with a bulbous body an high handle. It was probably used as an incense burner. From the collection of the historian Friedrich von Bassermann-Jordan (1872-1959).

Small bowl painted with abstract shapes. From the Classic period of the Maya civilization.

Perfume bottle with pattern-blown body. An aperture made it easy to dispense the precious content drop by drop. From the Late Roman period.

Perfectly preserved glass vessel with globular body. Made in the Eastern Mediterranean during late Roman Imperial times.

Table 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.

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.

Delicate bowl dating to the 3rd to 4th century AD. Perfect condition. From the professor Ritschel collection.

A marvelous example for Early Islamic glass after the conquest of the Levant, during Umayyad rule. A glass from the professor Ritschel collection.

Ampulla of Saint Menas, a late-third-century Egyptian Roman soldier who was martyred for his Christian faith. From the collection of Prof. Dilling, acquired in the early 1900s.

Ampulla of Saint Menas, a late-third-century Egyptian Roman soldier who was martyred for his Christian faith. From the collection of Prof. Dilling, acquired in the early 1900s.

Flask with voluminous body from the Late Roman period. A piece from the professor Ritschel collection.

Small bowl dating to the 2nd to 4th century AD. Perfect condition. From the professor Ritschel collection.

Very rare type of vessel from the 4th to 5th century AD. From the professor Ritschel collection.

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

Nicely preserved, large amphora with attractive marine patina. Acquired in the 1980s from Helmut Liebert Antiquities in Krefeld, Germany.

Interesting cylindrical vessel with rich decoration. From antiquity or early Middle Ages.

Flask with voluminous body from the Late Roman period. A piece from the professor Ritschel collection.

Very nice and richly decorated vessel from the Eastern Mediterranean. Ex professor Ritschel collection.

Nicely preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. Attractive marine patina. Found in Sezze area (Latium).

Perfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.

Nicely preserved amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.

Perfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.

Elegant vessel made by the precolumbian Nazca culture. The outside is decorated by a polychrome szene of geometric patterns and abstractions of animals and faces.

The body is creatively shaped as a bird man. A wonderful testimony to the last bloom of the Mochica culture before its collapse.

Perfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. Attractive marine patina.

Possibly produced in Hispania Baetica. From a very old German collection

Tränenförmiger Körper mit sehr dünnem, filigran gearbeiteten Hals. Körper durch vier seitliche Mulden dekoriert. Schöne, intensiv-grüne Farbgebung, eindrucksvolle Patina.

Diverse Keramik- und Gefäßtypen, römische Antike - Spätantike.

Diverse Keramik- und Gefäßtypen, römische Antike - Spätantike.