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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 Muse
The goddess of art is engraved with rich details. She is sitting on a chair with the backrest shaped like a swan head.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with two theater masksThe intaglio shows two masks joint on the rear side. It is an interesting document of the Roman theatrical culture.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio from rare dichroic glassThe lower half of the intaglio is intact and shows a woman in a long dress. Truely special about the piece is the blue reflecting glass that turns violet when light is passing through it.
Price: on requestEgyptian fingerring from the Amarna periodMade of colourful turquoise fayence. Two fully modelled crocodiles adorn the plate. Perfect preservation including original black paint.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet of AnubisThe amulet from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt was supposed to protect the dead on their way to the afterlife. From a British private museum.
Price: on requestAncient brooch of a fabulous creatureRare Hippocampus brooch with elaborate inlays of multi-coloured glass paste and metal. Great example of the brooch manufacturing of Roman Gaul during the mid 1st cent. AD.
Price: on requestRoman horse fibulaSkillfull bronze fibula in horse shape. The type was used in Central Europe during the later Principate.
Price: on requestRoman fibulaAncient roman fibula of the kraeftig profilierte fibula type. The piece is a beautiful example of this common type of fibulae during roman imperial times.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with two facing headsThis special motive for Roman engraved gems often featured two Roman citizens or man and wife. It is an interesting example of its kind made from beautiful orange glass.
Price: on requestRoman gem with portrait of a Roman girlBeautifully engraved gemstone made of purple glass. It shows the rare motive of a woman wearing a theater mask.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet of a hareThis type of amulet was popular in the Late Dynastic Period of Ancient Egypt. It should endow its wearer with fertility and rapidity of movement. The piece was exhibited in an early 20th century private museum.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet of a falconThe falcon in Egyptian art can be a depiction of the god Horus or symbolize the soul of the pharao. Falcon amulets are known from the earliest times in Egyptian history. However this speicmen dates to the Late Dynastic Period of Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet of ShuGod of the air and the sun. The highly stylized figurine shows the ancient Egyptian god on his knees, the arms raised towards the sun. From a British private museum.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet of ThothIbis headed god of knowledge and writing. 26th to 30th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. From a British private museum.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet of TaweretIt shows the goddess of childbirth in the form of a pregnant hippopotamus. The amulet from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt should exert a protective function. From a British private museum.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet of AnubisThe amulet from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt was supposed to protect the dead on their way to the afterlife. From a British private museum.
Price: on requestCeltic fibula from the famous Hattatt collectionFibula from the La Tène II period. Found in Celtic Carnuntum. The piece is published in the standard work "Iron Age and Roman Brooches".
Price: on requestRare plate brooch with millefiori enamelBrooch from Roman Imperial time, found in Roman Britain. It is an extremely rare and interesting type. The brooch is published in Richard Hattatt's standard work "Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts" and discussed in detail.
Price: on requestEgyptian faience ring showing Bes and TaweretThe finger ring with its scene on the plate must have served a protective function for an expectant mother. New Kingdom, approx. 1550 to 1070 BC.
Price: on requestAncient intaglio with head of a Black AfricanEngraved gem of beautiful pink glass. The portrait head has dreadlocks and a strongly characterized face. Intaglio from Roman times.
Price: on requestDouble spiral pendant from Bronze Age Central EuropeTypical decorative element of a wealthy woman's dress in the European Middle Bronze Age. Several of these spiral pendants were worn around the waist. Similar to belt mounts or charms. 1500 to 1200 BC.
Price: on requestRoman Intaglio with helmeted bustWorkmanship of highest artistic quality. Detailed portrait of a young military wearing a Corinthian helmet. Roman Republican to early Roman Imperial. Made from beautiful violet glass imitating amethyst.
Price: on requestRömische KniefibelKaiserzeitliche Fibel vom Typ der Kniefibeln. Variante mit ungedeckter Spiralhalterung der Feder. 2. Jh. n. Chr. 44mm lang.
Price: on requestÄgyptischer Skarabäus mit Knotenmuster12. bis 18. Dynastie des Alten Ägypten, ca. 2000 v. Chr. bis 1300 v. Chr. Die Stempelfläche trägt ein Knotenmuster mit ästhetischer oder mutmaßlich magischer Funktion.
Price: on requestPhrygische Bronzefibel aus der EisenzeitEtwa 8. Jh. v. Chr. bis 7. Jh. v. Chr. Fibel mit halbkreisförmigem Bügel. Kunstvolle Gestaltung, Nadel original erhalten und noch beweglich.
Price: on requestEisenzeitliche Bronzefibel aus dem östlichen MittelmeerraumReich verzierte Bronzefibel. Die Oberseite ist mit einem komplexen Muster aus Linien und Voluten verziert. Nadel original erhalten und noch beweglich.
Price: on requestEisenzeitliche Bronzefibel aus dem östlichen MittelmeerraumGroße und reich verzierte Fibel, ein früher eisenzeitlicher Typ. Die Oberseite ist mit einem komplexen Muster aus Linien und Voluten verziert. Nadel original erhalten und noch beweglich.
Price: on requestPaar antiker Goldohrringe aus römischer KaiserzeitSehr gut erhaltene, aufwendig produzierte Schmuckstücke. Gold, kunstvoller, hohl gefertigter Körper mit massivem Bügel.
Price: on requestZentralanatolische BogenfibelBügel mit fünf kugelartige Zierkörper. Die Nadel ist mit einer Wickelung am Fußende befestigt. 7. bis 6. Jh. v. Chr.
Price: on requestMassive levantinische BronzefibelEisenzeitliche Fibel, etwa 8. - 5. Jh. v. Chr. Vollständig intakt, Nadel noch voll beweglich. Schöne Patina. Aus alter deutscher Privatsammlung.
Price: on requestAnatolische Bronzefibel mit schöner PatinaEisenzeitliche Fibel, etwa 8. Jh. v. Chr. bis 7. Jh. v. Chr. Vollständig intakt und in sehr gutem Zustand mit original erhaltener Nadel. Aus alter deutscher Privatsammlung.
Price: on requestPhrygische Dreieckfibel aus ZentralanatolienAufwendig gestaltet, mit komplett erhaltener Nadel. Mitte 8. Jh. v. Chr. bis 7. Jh. v. Chr. Aus alter deutscher Privatsammlung.
Price: on requestPaar römischer Ohrringe aus GoldMit aussergewöhnlich gut erhaltenen türkisen Schmucksteinen. Die Ohrringe sind heute noch tragbar wie vor zwei Millenia. Aus einer alten britischen Sammlung.
Price: on requestByzantinischer Fingerring aus SilberByzantinischer Fingerring aus Silber mit eingeritzten Buchstaben, vermutlich Initialen. Nahezu perfekt erhalten. Ringinnendurchmesser 20mm. Ringplatte 13mm x 14mm. 2013 in einem Auktionshaus erworben. Zuvor in einer deutschen Privatsammlung. In diese erworben 1996.
Price: on requestRömischer Ring aus SilberRömische Kaiserzeit, möglicherweise aus der keltischen Provinz oder Provinznähe. Ringband geht nahtlos in die Ringplatte über. Theoretisch auch heute noch als Amulett oder Fingerring tragbar. Innendurchmesser 17mm bis 18mm.
Price: on request