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 glass pitcher
Turquoise glass jug from the late Roman Imperial period. From the Heckmann collection.
Price: on requestLarge red-figure Apulian phialeExcellent condition, very well preserved decoration. Ex Herbert A. Cahn (1915- 2002), Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel, acquired in the 1950s - 1960s.
Price: on requestLarge paleolithic hand axePrehistoric stone tool made of wonderfully banded stone. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a Swiss museum collection. Found in Morocco, North Africa.
Price: on requestLarge Paleolithic hand axePrehistoric stone tool. It was the universal tool of the older Stone age and could be used as a borer or a cutter. From a Swiss museum collection. Found in Foggaret Ezzaouia, Algeria, North Africa.
Price: on requestThree ancient pottery vesselsAn exciting mixed group from the Iron Age to Classical Antiquity. From the collection of Professor Manegold.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with ErosThe skillful work shows the god Eros as a boy. Nice orange glass paste, imitating carnelian.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with birds at water basinThe Roman glass paste shows an interesting scene with a water basin, birds and column.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with cowRoman jewellery insert made of transparent orange glass paste with a white band. The motif is a cow. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestBlack-figure Athenian shoulder LekythosImpressive vase with high-quality painting, showing a king between hoplite warriors and youths. From old German collection, acquired in the early 1970s.
Price: on requestBody of Roman Imperial oil lamp with two nozzlesFrom an old German private collection, acquired in the first half of the 1970s from Oberamtsrat i.R. Hans Ullrich, Stuttgart, Germany.
Price: on requestClay amphoriskos on marble baseFrom the German private collection Dr. Dietrich, acquired 1962 from the collection of Prof. Dr Jochen Bleicken, University of Goettingen.
Price: on requestEgyptian model vessels of a founding ceremonyA group of seven miniature bowls and three miniature vases made of clay. Once filled with offerings and used ritually during a foundation stone laying ceremony. Dating to the Old Kingdom, around 2500 BC.
Price: on requestThree neolithic arrowheads from EgyptThe Stone Age points are finely crafted. From a 100 year old museum collection.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with galleyThe skillful work shows a Roman galley with rowers. It is a very rare depiction for an ancient glass paste.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with lionNice depiction of a lion on an orange glass paste from the Roman period.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with suckling horseRoman jewellery insert made of dark glass paste. It depicts a horse with a foal. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestAnglo-Saxon gilt bow broochA find from the Isle of Wight from the Migration Period. Beautiful testimonial of the settlement of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons.
Price: on requestGroup of Italic brooches and artefactsExciting group of 17 bronze objects. These include an Italian serpentine fibula with large disc head, three early Etruscan brooches, and a bronze sheet with a decorative head.
Price: on requestRed-figure Apulian lekythosVery good condition, intact and not restored. From an old German private collection, acquired before 1982.
Price: on requestAthenian floral band cupBeautiful kylix in excellent condition. Acquired 2022 at Jean-David Cahn AG, Basel, Switzerland. Ex Swiss private collection Prof. Hans Dahn (1919-2019), Lausanne. Acquired April 07, 1954.
Price: on requestPhoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestPhoenician eye beadPolychrome glass bead with stylized elements of a face as protection against the evil eye. Produced in Carthage or the Phoenician homeland, 4th to 3rd century BC.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet of a Bes maskProtective amulet in the form of a mask of the god Bes made of turquoise faience with black applications. Nice specimen from the 26th dynasty of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian amulet of BesProtective amulet with dwarf god Bes. A typical specimen for its kind from Ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestRoman glass bottleThe small glass vessel with a spherical body shows beautiful violet reflections and violet-brown transmissions. From the third century.
Price: on requestNeolithic axe headA Stone Age tool from Aalborg in Denmark. Nicely polished and impressive workmanship.
Price: on requestNeolithic axe headNicely crafted Stone Age tool made of jadeite. From southern France.
Price: on requestBrooch from Roman BritainA rare mixture of cicada fibula and trumpet fibula, from the 2nd century. Found on the Isle of Wight.
Price: on requestMesopotamian cylinder sealThe marble seal bears a fight scene with lions. From the Early Dynastic or Akkadian period in the later 3rd Millennium BC.
Price: on requestLarge very well preserved Roman Terra Sigillata plate from the RhinelandFound 1971 near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany, an early Roman foundation and with this one of the oldest cities in Germany.
Price: on requestNicely preserved LydionEast Greek ointment vessel from the 6th century B.C. From an old German private collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Price: on requestOctavian denarius from Wishanger hoardShowing bust of Venus and Octavian in military dress. Found 2021 in East Hampshire, UK. The hoard is a very impressive proof of the fact that coins were in circulation for up to several centuries in the Roman era.
Price: on requestTerra cotta idol from SyriaCharacteristic figure for the Bronze Age in the region that is today northern Syria. Dating to the 3rd or early 2nd Millennium BC.
Price: on requestRoman plate broochBeautiful example with orange and turquoise enamel. A find from 2nd century Roman Britain.
Price: on requestEarly Etruscan fibulaThe early Etruscan bronze brooch is characterized by its artistically decorated bow. A find from northern Italy.
Price: on requestEarly Etruscan sanguisuga fibulaThe early Etruscan bronze brooch is characterized by its artistically decorated bow. From the collection of Professor Alder-Kissling.
Price: on request