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 Dionysus and thyrsus
The Roman intaglio of white-banded glass paste shows the god with his typical attribute.
Price: on requestNeolithic axe mounted for museum displayThe stone tool is from the European Neolithic. A special feature is the museum-quality custom made shaft which gives a great impression of the tool's former mounting.
Price: on requestHead of Harpokrates - found 1963 at Ras-el-Tin Necropolis, AlexandriaPtolemaic till Roman Egypt, nicely preserved. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestCorinthian aryballos with dancersPerfectly preserved incl. original painting. From an old German collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Price: on requestEgyptian coffin with snakeThe small bronze votive box is modelled on top with a coiled serpent. The artefact was probably made around 400 BC in Naukratis to be devoted to Atum.
Price: on requestSword of the Urnfield culture from a museum collectionWonderfully preserved bronze weapon from the time around 1000 BC. It was made in Central Europe by the Urnfield culture and formed part of a museum collection for almost 70 years.
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 white banded glass pasteThe roman intaglio of dark glass paste with white band shows a standing figure. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with HeraclesThe beautiful violet glass paste shows the hero Heracles with two of his typical attributes, the club and the lion skin.
Price: on requestEgyptian cowroid with pseudo hieroglyphsAmulet seal with papyrus trees and other signs on the bottom side. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestEgyptian cowroid with knot designAmulet seal with interesting top side markings. Second Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt.
Price: on requestRoman gold ring with intaglioThe beautiful finger ring from the Roman Imperial period is set with a carnelian stone. It shows a male portrait head in the linear style.
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 requestMycenaean stirrup jar with decorative bandNicely decorated specimen of this characteristic type of vessel from the Mycenaeans. From the peak of Mycenaean pottery production in the 14th century BC.
Price: on requestSix Roman iron nailsDifferent shapes of nails. Finds from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.
Price: on requestRoman bronze chainFox tail type chain fragment. A Find from the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany.
Price: on requestRoman earrings with garnetMatching pair of jewellery made of gold with red gemstones. From the Roman Imperial period.
Price: on requestCylinder seal with seated godInteresting seal from Mesopotamia during the Akkad III period. It shows worshippers with cups standing before the sky god.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with person on a chairMade of bright orange glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestFragment of a large clay figure - probably ZeusThe face itself is fully preserved with nicely worked details. Mounted on a modern black wooden base.
Price: on requestRoman Terra Sigillata bowl with potters' mark OF AVILLI from the RhinelandFound 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 requestTitus aureus - she-wolf suckling Romulus and RemusThe reverse, showing Roma on shield with she-wolf suckling the twins and two woodpeckers, is copying a 200 years older Republican denarius.
Price: on requestCypriot black-on-red jugVery well preserved incl. original painting. From the collection of the German actress Lotti Huber, found during excavations in Cyprus in the 1950s.
Price: on requestHead of Isis - found 1963 at Ras-el-Tin Necropolis, AlexandriaPtolemaic till Roman Egypt, worked with high level of details and very nicely preserved. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestConoid stamp sealMade from beautiful mottled stone during Iron Age II. The seal is from southern Anatolia or northern Syria and is engraved with a religious scene.
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 requestLarge impressive Terra Sigillata bowl found 1971 in the Rhineland with hunt scenes and Roman eagleFound 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. The decoration shows bears, hares, hounds, a wild boar, eros with hare and a Roman Imperial Eagle.
Price: on requestEgyptian frog lamp from an old German collectionPerfectly preserved, nicely decorated. Found in Tunisia in 1975.
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 requestRoman intaglio with ErosAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice orange glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with young ErosIt shows the god with his upper body leaning forward, the left leg raised and bent. Magnificent orange glass paste with iridescent patina.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with person on a chairMade of bright orange glass paste. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
Price: on requestEarly Italic brooch decorated with beadsThere rare brooch type from northern Italy is based on predecessors from Greece. The piece is from the famous Richard Hattatt collection and is published in two of his works.
Price: on requestLarge Villanovan fibula from the Hattatt collectionImposing bronze brooch of the Italic Iron Age. The piece is published in the standard work "Brooches of Antiquity".
Price: on request