The bronze braclet is band shaped and has linear engravings on the outer side. Late Iron Age.

The goddess of art is engraved with rich details. She is sitting on a chair with the backrest shaped like a swan head.

The intaglio shows two masks joint on the rear side. It is an interesting document of the Roman theatrical culture.

The 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.

Interesting bronze seal showing a bird and glyphs. From a collection of Iranian ancient artefacts.

Ceramic vessel dating to the transition period between Bronze Age and Iron Age in Central Europe. 1200 to 800 BC. Found in an urnfield in Austria.

Ceramic vessel dating to the transition period between Bronze Age and Iron Age in Central Europe. 1200 to 800 BC. Found in an urnfield in Austria.

Impressive wood relief of an idealized face. Polychrome paint. The mask was part of a sarcophagus lid from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt.

Made of colourful turquoise fayence. Two fully modelled crocodiles adorn the plate. Perfect preservation including original black paint.

Small tablet with drill hole. Cuneiform receipt for bricks or pottery. Very well preserved piece from the late 3rd millenium BC.

Small tablet with well preserved cuneiform engravings. Interesting Bronze Age document from Mesopotamia.

Record of beer and bread rations for laborers. Probably from the Bronze Age city of Umma. The cuneiform tablet was studied and conserved at Yale University.

Nicely preserved piece from a private Columbus (Ohio, USA) collection

Interesting piece, featuring a flying swan. From an old German collection

Interesting shape, perfect condition.

Perfectly preserved votive or funerary cult figurine of a kneeling young woman with two children behind her.

Perfectly preserved piece from the 1st - early 2nd century AD. Found in Ladenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Perfectly preserved piece from the second half of the 2nd century AD. Found in Ladenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Nicely preserved piece. Found in Ladenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Nicely preserved piece. Found in Ladenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Perfectly preserved piece. Found in Ladenburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Nicely preserved piece from the earliest Roman settlement phase

The 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.

Rare 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.

Skillfull bronze fibula in horse shape. The type was used in Central Europe during the later Principate.

Ancient roman fibula of the kraeftig profilierte fibula type. The piece is a beautiful example of this common type of fibulae during roman imperial times.

Big paleolithic hand axe. The universal stone age tool could be use as a borer or cutting tool. Around 500,000 to 200,000 BC.

The stamp side shows a scarab with two uraeus snakes. This scarab is described in the catalogue of Irène Gautier-Vodoz.

This 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.

Beautifully engraved gemstone made of purple glass. It shows the rare motive of a woman wearing a theater mask.

Ancient Egyptian amulet seal with beautiful motive. Six lotus flowers are forming volutes. This scarab is described in the catalogue of Irène Gautier-Vodoz.

The painted clay sculpture shows a stylized horse and rider. The rider figurine from Greece dates to the archaic period.

Ceramic vessel dating to the transition period between Bronze Age and Iron Age in Central Europe. 1200 to 800 BC. Found in an urnfield in Lower Austria.

Small juglet dating to the transition period between Bronze Age and Iron Age in Central Europe. 1200 to 800 BC. Found in an urnfield in Lower Austria.

Ceramic vessel dating to the transition period between Bronze Age and Iron Age in Central Europe. 1200 to 800 BC. Found in an urnfield in Austria.

Two lions are fighting with two buffalos. The balance and detail of the scene is an impressive demonstration of the Akkadian seal engraver's skill. Old Akkadian, around 2300 BC.