Ornaments - 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.-
Hellenistic or Roman marble torso
From an old German private collection, acquired 1962. Impressive piece.
Price: on requestFragment of a Hellenistic or Roman reliefVery finely worked depiction of a woman with long hair. From the German private collection Dr. Dietrich, acquired in the 1950s from an antiquities gallery in Cologne, Germany.
Price: on requestBronze bird from Late AntiquityFinial 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 requestRoman glass applique with faceStriking cobalt blue glass, once decorating a 1st century glass vessel. From the Roman city of Novaesium.
Price: on requestBronze ornaments with goddess of victoryMatching pair of appliques that were once soldered to a Roman vessel. They show the goddess of victory, Victoria.
Price: on requestViking stirrup mountOpenwork bronze plate from the 11th century. It was once attached to a horse harness strap. The beautiful decorations are typical of the art of the Vikings.
Price: on requestRoman bronze Amor figurine - ex BonhamsVery well preserved, nice polychrome patina. Mounted on a very nice modern marble base.
Price: on requestPublished Etruscan mirror with Dionysian sceneSubject of extended scientific analysis, one of only about 34 known specimen. High quality work, excellent condition. Described by Prof. Jucker as "small piece of art". From an old Swiss private collection. Overall in exceptional condition with thoroughly worked details.
Price: on requestRoman bronze Serapis applique - ex BonhamsPerfectly preserved, worked with high level of detail, beautiful polychrome patina. Loosely mounted on a very nice modern marble base.
Price: on requestJama-Coaque roller stampClay roller stamp with relief of plants to be applied as skin decoration. This tool was used in the early phase of the ecuadorian Jama-Coaque culture.
Price: on requestJama-Coaque roller stampClay roller stamp with relief of stylized plants used to apply skin decoration. This tool is from the early phase of the ecuadorian Jama-Coaque culture.
Price: on requestEgyptian mummy cartonnage from ThebesChest and leg piece of a mummy cartonnage from the ptolemaic period. Covered with polychrome paintings giving an interesting insight into ancient Egyptian funerary rituals.
Price: on requestAppliqué of the Horus Son ImsetyWonderful bichrome faience from the 30th dynasty or slightly later. Deaccessioned from an old museum lending collection.
Price: on requestRoman bronze lock barMassive piece shaped as a herm, with great patina. From a German private collection, acquired in the early 1980s.
Price: on requestEtruscan or Roman antefix - Silen headVery well preserved, with traces of dark red painting. 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 bronze theater maskMassive piece with great patina. 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 bronze figurine of a horseBeautiful massive figurine, perfectly preserved, great patina. With modern 925 silver base.
Price: on requestBronze figurine of a deer or stagNicely preserved massive bronze figurine. End of 2nd - 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
Price: on requestMassive Lorestan ibex-shaped bronze pendantVery nicely preserved figurine with strong patina. End of 2nd to 1st millennium BC, Iron Age. Ex Karl Kress auction 182 (March 23-25 1982) Nr. 216.
Price: on requestMassive Lorestan bronze pendant shaped as an ibexEnd of 2nd to 1st millennium BC, Iron Age. Perfectly preserved figurine with beautiful patina.
Price: on requestMassive bronze figurine of a lying ramNicely preserved animal figurine. End of 2nd to 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
Price: on requestMassive scythian silver figure of a deerPerfectly preserved, elaborated piece of art, produced by the nomadic tribes of Scythian cultures.
Price: on requestMassive bronze panther figurinePerfectly preserved with beautiful dark patina. About 1st half 1st millenium BC. Iron Age culture, Western Asia.
Price: on requestRoman bronze theater mask with eye inlaysImpressive massive piece with great dark patina. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.
Price: on requestRoman bronze figurine of a jumping dogVery realistic and detailed ancient piece of art. Perfectly preserved, nice patina.
Price: on requestRoman bronze bull on pedestalVery realistic and detailed ancient piece of art. Perfectly preserved, nice patina.
Price: on requestRoman bronze dove figurineVery realistic and detailed ancient piece of art. Perfectly preserved, nice patina.
Price: on requestCentral part of a mummy cartonnagePolychrome painted panel depicting the four sons of Horus and a representation of Kheper-Ra. The collar is resembling the falcon wing of Horus.
Price: on requestLarge Roman mosaic of a capricorn huntVery large, perfectly preserved polychrome mosaic from a Jerusalem collection.
Price: on requestRoman marble inscribed stele with funereal sceneImpressive and very fine preserved piece from an old British collection.
Price: on requestAphrodite with erots, hellenistic - romanPerfectly preserved votive or funerary cult figurine of a kneeling young woman with two children behind her.
Price: on request