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.-
Mesopotamian cylinder seal with sun godThe seal from Old Babylonian times is superbly engraved and shows a scene with the Babylonian sun god Shamash who is known from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
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Old Babylonian cylinder sealThis Old Babylonian seal with a worship scene is made from lapis lazuli, a very rare choice for this period.
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Rare cylinder seal with Old Babylonian and Old Assyrian engravingsThis seal from Old Babylon has been reworked in Old Assyrian style, probably in Anatolia or Northern Syria. It tells a story of political and cultural diversity in the ancient Near East.
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Old Babylonian cylinder seal for IpqatumStunning historical document with three columns of cuneiform inscription naming the original owner and the Babylonian storm god Adad.
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Old Babylonian Cylinder Seal for Aham-arshiFantastic private seal with a rare depiction of the god Amurru. 1900 to 1600 BC.
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Roman intaglio with aphroditeRing stone made of lovely orange glass paste. Roman Republican to Imperial.
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Ancient intaglio from yellow glass pasteThe scene shows a standing goddess with cornucopia. Beautiful piece of jewellery dating to Roman Republican or Imperial times.
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Roman intaglio with DionysusVery nice and rare depiction of the god of winemaking and wine, joy, grape-harvest, of fertility, ritual madness and religious ecstasy.
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Roman intaglio with FaustulusThe intaglio shows a bearded man resting on his cane. It might be a depiction of Faustulus. According to Roman mythology the foster father of Romulus and Remus.
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Roman intaglio with young manOval shaped ring stone made of lovely yellow glass paste. Quality work from Roman times.
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Roman intaglio with the muse ClioThe quality work is made of blue glass paste. It shows the muse of history with her attribute the parchment scroll.
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Roman gold pendant with glass pasteThe piece of jewellery could be a big earring or the central piece of a necklace. Dating to Late Roman Imperial times.
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Old Babylonian cuneiform tabletClay tablet with cuneiform administrative or legal text. Dating to the reign of Ammi-Ditana, a king of the first dynasty of Babylon.
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Old Babylonian cuneiform tabletLarge clay tablet with cuneiform administrative text from Ur III to Old Babylonian times.
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Old Babylonian cuneiform tabletInteresting small clay tablet with cuneiform legal text from Old Babylonian times.
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Old Babylonian cuneiform tabletVery nicely preserved clay tablet with cuneiform administrative text from Old Babylonian times.
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Old Babylonian cuneiform tabletVery nicely preserved clay tablet with cuneiform legal text from Old Babylonian times.
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Hittite beak-spouted ewerImposing vessel with well preserved paint. It shows geometric figures and sun wheel. From the 2nd millenium BC.
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Elamite cylinder seal for Aham-LurshiEngraved in fine detail and well preserved. Scene with three gods. Three columns of cuneiform inscription name the owner Aham-Lurshi. Approx. 1900 to 1600 BC.
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Neo-Assyrian cylinder sealWonderful seal with winged hybrid beasts. It was made in the Neo-Assyrian Empire, the first real empire in history.
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Egyptian ushabti for Somtus-tefnachtThe mummiform funerary figurine dates to the Late Period of ancient Egypt, 26th to 31st dynasty. It is remarkable that it probably originates from the burial of two brothers, Somtus-tefnacht and Somtus-tefnacht.
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Egyptian ushabti for Somtus-tefnachtThe mummiform funerary figurine dates to the Late Period of ancient Egypt, 26th to 31st dynasty. It is remarkable that it probably originates from the burial of two brothers, Somtus-tefnacht and Somtus-tefnacht.
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Elamite cylinder seal for Shuk-KukuFantastic seal carved out of amethyst. It shows his owner Shuk-Kuku with the goddess Ninsianna. Five columns of Elamite cuneiform inscription frame the scene.
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Egyptian palette of the Middle KingdomWorkpiece of an artisan for grinding materials. A very similar grinding palette was found in Abydos. From the inventory of the Falmouth Museum.
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Egyptian funerary figurine for Nefer-hotepInteresting ushabti from Memphis dating to the late 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom. The owner was an official from the Temple of Ptah.
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Large jug from Bronze Age CyprusImposanter Krug vom Ende des 3. Jt. v. Chr. 39cm Höhe, 23cm Durchmesser. Publiziert in der Ausstellung Werke der griechischen Antike, Kulturhistorisches Museum Bielefeld, als Nr. 85.
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Roman terracotta jarFound between 1978 and 1984 in the area of the limes forts Pförring, Eining, Pfünz, Kösching and Weißenburg. Perfectly preserved.
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Roman marble portrait, possibly Traianus DeciusExtraordinarily preserved marble head. Comparable in quality with portraits of Roman emperors on exhibition in large museums. Either a portrait type not yet surely attributed to Traianus Decius, or a private portrait of the Decius era imitating the official imperial portraits.
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Etruscan Olla decorated with stylized butterfliesVery nicely preserved piece from an old German private collection, acquired in the 1950s. Coming with an ArtLoss certificate
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Decorated etruscan oinochoePerfectly preserved piece from an old German private collection, acquired in the 1950s. Coming with an ArtLoss certificate
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Large etruscan oinochoe with snakesVery interesting and rare decoration, showing 3 snakes. Impressively preserved, from an old German private collection, acquired in the 1950s. Coming with an ArtLoss certificate
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Large etruscan oinochoe with big catsVery interesting and rare decoration, showing 3 large cats of prey chasing each other. Impressively preserved, from an old German private collection, acquired in the 1950s. Coming with an ArtLoss certificate
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Perfectly preserved Apulian pelikeFrom the collection of Prof. Dr. Schmid, acquired 1977 at the Aloys Faust Gallery, Cologne. With ArtLoss Certificate.
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Villanova culture urn found at TarquiniaPerfectly preserved, beautifully decorated piece. From an old German private collection, in Germany since the 1970s.
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