Stone - 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.-
Cylinder seal from the Uruk period
Seal of beautiful white marble. It shows a frieze of highly stylized water creatures.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder sealThe long seal is engraved with a highly stylized scene in linear design. A quadruped is reared by a lion. From Early Bronze Age of Mesopotamia.
Price: on requestCanaanite scarabLocal levantine production during the 13th to 15th dynasty of Egypt. With an export permit from the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Price: on requestCanaanite scarabLocal levantine production during the 13th to 15th dynasty of Egypt. With an export permit from the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Price: on requestOld Assyrian cylinder seal from AnatoliaInteresting seal with religious scene. From an Old Assyrian trade outpost in Anatolia. It shows a god on a throne with goat feet.
Price: on requestCylinder seal from Old Assyrian trade outpostWonderful example for the style of the Old Assyrian trade colonies in Anatolia. Well-known from Kültepe Level II. It shows a fighting scene between hero and bull man. Around 1900 BC.
Price: on requestRare iranian cylinder sealSeal with mythological creatures in near perfect condition. From the late 3rd Millennium BC.
Price: on requestLarge Egyptian Shabti made of AlabasterStunning funerary statuette from the 19th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Marvelous provenance and publications in numerous catalogues.
Price: on requestEgyptian Eye of Horus made of lapis lazuliSmall amulet in form of the Eye of Horus. Popular type of protective amulet from Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestRoman marble figurine of SalusMarble torso of Salus or Hygeia, the goddess of health, holding a serpent in her arms. From the collection of Dr. Bruno Kirschner, Israel. Exported from Israel with permit of the IAA.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cylinder seal with cuneiform inscriptionWorship scene for a god. Mention of the Babylonian gods of storm, moon and sun in the inscription.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cylinder seal with cuneiform inscriptionWorship scene for a god. Mention of moon god Sîn and Aya, wife to the sun god, in the inscription. 1900 to 1600 BC.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder seal with sun godThe seal from Old Babylonian times is superbly engraved and shows a scene with the Babylonian sun god Shamash who is known from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cylinder sealThis Old Babylonian seal with a worship scene is made from lapis lazuli, a very rare choice for this period.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian Cylinder Seal for Aham-arshiFantastic private seal with a rare depiction of the god Amurru. 1900 to 1600 BC.
Price: on requestElamite cylinder seal for Aham-LurshiEngraved in fine detail and well preserved. Scene with three gods. Three columns of cuneiform inscription name the owner Aham-Lurshi. Approx. 1900 to 1600 BC.
Price: on requestNeo-Assyrian cylinder sealWonderful seal with winged hybrid beasts. It was made in the Neo-Assyrian Empire, the first real empire in history.
Price: on requestElamite cylinder seal for Shuk-KukuFantastic seal carved out of amethyst. It shows his owner Shuk-Kuku with the goddess Ninsianna. Five columns of Elamite cuneiform inscription frame the scene.
Price: on requestEgyptian palette of the Middle KingdomWorkpiece of an artisan for grinding materials. A very similar grinding palette was found in Abydos. From the inventory of the Falmouth Museum.
Price: on requestRoman marble portrait, possibly Traianus DeciusExtraordinarily preserved marble head. Comparable in quality with portraits of Roman emperors on exhibition in large museums. Either a portrait type not yet surely attributed to Traianus Decius, or a private portrait of the Decius era imitating the official imperial portraits.
Price: on requestEarly Old Babylonian cylinder sealCylinder seal made of black rock. It bears a religious scene dating shortly prior to or right at the beginnings of Old Babylonia.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder sealWhite cylinder seal dating to the Akkadian period. A mythological scene is engraved into the cylindrical body.
Price: on requestCylinder Seal from the late Uruk periodSmall seal made of appealing igneous rock. The engraved wave pattern is typical for the late Uruk period of Mesopotamia.
Price: on requestCylinder seal with god of the moon and inscriptionCylindrical seal with religious scene and inscription from the Third Dynasty of Ur. A worshipper is lead to the god of the moon Sin.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder sealSeal made of white stone with depiction of scorpions. Late Uruk to early Jamdat Nasr period.
Price: on requestPaleolithic hand axeThe universal tool of the older Stone age. It could be used as a borer or a cutter. Approx. 500,000 to 200,000 BC.
Price: on requestAxe head from neolithic Northern EuropeThe object is a trapezoid thick-butted thin bladed axe head dating to the Passage Grave Period to Dagger Period. 3200 to 1950 BC.
Price: on requestFinely polished hammer axeThe compact axe head is made of beautiful and polished green-black stone with white veins. Late Neolithic to Copper Age.
Price: on requestSmall battle axe of the Single Grave cultureThe axe head from the younger Stone Age has a compact shape. Axes that have clearly been used as weapons are rare. Most axe types have probably served peaceful purposes.
Price: on requestPolished stone age axe headThe small tool from the younger Stone Age has a nicely polished surface revealing the beautiful black stone it is made of. Approx. 4200 to 2400 BC.
Price: on requestNeolithic chisel of green stoneThe stone age tool of the younger Funnel beaker culture or Single Grave culture is exceptional because if its material. It is made of beautiful finely polished green stone.
Price: on requestNeolithic flint sickleHalfmoon shaped blade with fine edges. Nice and typical example for this neolithic type of tool.
Price: on requestEgyptian scarab for SobekhotepThe back of the scarboid body is shaped like a lying cat. New Kingdom of ancient Egypt, around 1000 BC.
Price: on requestRoman-Egyptian portrait of a young womanExcellent condition, original stucco and painting partially preserved. From an old collection of a Frech engineer. With Art Loss certificate
Price: on requestNeo-Babylonian stamp seal with religious sceneNicely facetted seal made of bright chalcedony. It shows a man in front of the gods Marduk, Nabu and Ishtar. Typical and well documented depiction from the 6th cent. BC.
Price: on requestNeo-Babylonian stamp seal with religious sceneConical seal made of snowy chalcedony. The scene shows a praying man in front of an altar or symbols for the gods Ishtar and Shamash. Canonical piece for an educational collection.
Price: on request