Seals - 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.-
Roman intaglio with mythical creature
Roman jewellery insert made of beautifully shimmering blue glass paste. It shows a creature with the front part of a horse.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with bigaThe glass paste shows Nike in a biga. The goddess of victory stands in the chariot, holding the reins and her laurel wreath.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with kneeling personNice light yellow glass paste from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glyptics. Possibly showing a warrior.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with fantastic beastThe dark glass paste depicts an animal composed of two front parts. From the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glass pastes.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with two menAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice violet glass paste and shows a scene between two persons.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with HeraclesThe glass paste is of wonderful blue and green colour with a white band. It shows the young Heracles with his club.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with Eros as child godThe Roman intaglio is made of banded glass paste. It show the god standing with a bowl in one hand. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestSassanian intaglio with griffinPerfectly preserved ring stone made of orange carnelian. It shows a winged hybrid creature with the body of a lion. With inscription in Pahlavi, the Middle Persian script of the Sassanids.
Price: on requestRoman glass paste with bullThe intaglio of yellow orange glass shows a standing bull or ox. From the Professor Brosch collection.
Price: on requestRoman glass paste with young satyrThe ring insert shows a hybrid being standing on tiptoe, pouring from a shouldered amphora. A prime example of Roman glass pastes in almost perfect condition.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with warriors battlingThe glass paste shows four warriors in full military gear. They face each other in battle. A nice piece from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glyptics.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with Calydonian boar huntNice ring insert made of composite glass. Its imprint shows the moment of the mythological boar hunt in which Meleager slays the beast.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder sealMade of beautiful red stone, worked with the drill. From the transitional period between Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age in Mesopotamia.
Price: on requestOld Babylonian cylinder seal with gods and inscriptionScene with sun god Shamash and the Amorite god Amurru. The cuneiform writing names the owner of the seal, a faithful servant of these deities.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio of carnelianThe gem stone from the Late Roman Imperial period is engraved in linear style. It shows a standing person in a cloak.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with the Spartan OthryadesThe glass paste depicts a scene from the battle of the 300. Othryades declares the victory of Sparta. He writes it on the shield of a slain enemy with blood from his own wounds.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with seated manAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice violet glass paste and shows a scene between two persons.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with Hermes and TycheThe ancient intaglio from Roman times shows a scene between the two gods. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestBeautifully banded roman glass pasteThe roman intaglio shows a standing naked god. Wonderful green ring insert with blue and white decorative band.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with satyrBrown glass paste with white decorative band. The piece boosts a high quality depiction of a panther's skin. The upper part missing.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with warrior leaning on helmetInteresting scene formed into an opaque blue glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio of a silenusThe nature spirit is standing naked, depicted with a beard and bald head. Nice orange glass paste.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with lyre playerThe ancient intaglio from Roman times is made of nice orange glass paste. It probably shows Eros as a young god playing the lute.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with young SatyrGlass paste of wonderful light pink color, imitating amethyst. It shows the young Satyr with Panther's skin and mask.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with warriorNice dark red glass paste with strongly convex image side. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with ErosAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nicely patinated glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestMesopotamian stamp seal in bull shapeThe magnificent seal is from the Jemdet Nasr period. The stamp shows quadrupeds and a scorpion. Published in a book about the Epstein collection.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with Eros and dolphinThe Roman intaglio has an interesting scene of Eros as a child, standing on a Dolphin and setting a sail.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with Dionysus and thyrsusThe Roman intaglio of white-banded glass paste shows the god with his typical attribute.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with Odysseus as a beggarThe roman intaglio shows an important scene from the Odyssey in which Odysseus returns home after his long journey. The hero is disguised as a beggar. He wears his pilos hat and is resting his weight on a stick.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with AthenaRoman intaglio made of nice yellow-orange glass paste. It has a great motif, showing the goddess Athena with shield and spear, holding a small Nike on her hand.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with armored warriorBlue opaque glass paste with depiction of a soldier. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with AphroditeThe orange glass paste shows the goddess next to a high column. Her mantled glides down below her hips at her back.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with person on a chairMade of bright orange glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with goddess of victoryThe glass paste features a famous depiction of Victoria writing the names of victors in battle on a large shield. The motif reiterates a 1st century bronze statue.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with child Eros and bowThe glass paste shows the god as a boy, standing with his bow in one hand. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on request