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.-
Extremely rare Augustus aureusNot in RIC, BMC or Cohen. This coin is published in Calico, Bahrfeldt, Banti/Simonetti. Published as part of the Manuel Vidal Quadras y Ramón collection (Nr. 2942) in 1892. Sold in Etienne Bourgey December 1913 auction in Paris.
Price: on request
Ensemble of Hellenistic gold jewelleryGroup of a necklace with amphora shaped pendants, a lunula amulet and a pair of earrings with discoid rosettes and amphoras. Belonging to a burial around 300 BC. With well documented 19th century provenance.
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Imposing ushabti of Psamtik-mery-PtahFrom an early 19th century excavation in Saqqara. Psamtik-mery-Ptah was superintendent or admiral of the royal fleet during the reign of Amasis II and waged war at sea against king Nebuchadnezzar II after his troops famously invaded the Holy Land and conquered Jerusalem.
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Roman marble Isis statue - ex Christie's New YorkThe surface is excellently preserved. The knot above the breast clearly identifies the statue as Isis. Acquired in 1975 at Galerie Carrefour, Pierre Vérité, Paris. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.
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Large white-ground athenian Lekythos - Painter of Athens 1826With TL analysis. Impressive vessel, perfectly preserved delicate painting. Ancient graffito XE on foot.
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Canopic jar of ImsetyEgyptian Late Period canopic jar with a lid in the shape of a human head, representing the Horus son Imsety. The piece stands out by the expressive face and by the original painting.
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Roman Republic - 60 gold asses - one of the best known specimenBearded head of Mars, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. The reverse shows an eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Perfectly centered. Exported from Italy with permit of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali.
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Published funerary relief of Hermes from PalmyraGrabrelief eines bärtigen Mannes aus Palmyra mit Inschrift, diese besagt „Bildnis des Hermes. Wehe!“. Museales Stück.
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Großer rotfiguriger HenkelkraterHellroter Ton mit schwarzem Überzug, Details in weißer Bemalung ausgearbeitet. Museal erhalten. Glänzender Überzug, perfekt erhaltene Bemalung. Imposantes Stück.
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Published Krater attributed to the Nicholson painterImpressive, very large and perfectly preserved vase with thermoluminescence expertise.
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Large Roman mosaic of a capricorn huntVery large, perfectly preserved polychrome mosaic from a Jerusalem collection.
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Roman marble portrait of a goddessRoman Imperial copy of a classical Greek original. Coming with an Art Loss certificate.
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Serapis marble bust from Joachim Menant collectionFamous egyptologist who excavated in Alexandria in the 19th century. Acquired in Egypt during this time, since then and until 2016 in the Menant family collection. With Art Loss certificate.
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Large Roman funerary stela with high reliefThe elaborate high relief shows the deceased resting on a kline, pointing to a tabula ansata which originally carried a painted inscription. Roman Empire, 2nd century AD. Ex Galerie Cahn, Basel.
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Large black-figure athenian skyphos with parallel in a museumVery impressive, cicely preserved large vase. Painted with women dancing between sphinxes. An almost identical piece is on exhibition at the Musee National Rodin in Paris.
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Etruscan scarab with PrometheusThe highest quality work of miniature art shows how Prometheus has just formed the first human from clay. A showpiece of late Etruscan glyptics made of beautiful carnelian.
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Roman marble torso of a youthFrom an important Swiss private collection. Very impressive, excellently preserved piece.
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Decorative disc of the Amlash cultureGold sheet artfully crafted in the repoussé technique, with a relief depicting reclining ibexes. Possibly the decoration of a sword pommel. Exhibited and published by the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1970s.
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Egyptian ushabti of the Royal Scribe Hor-maa-kheruThe Egyptian funerary figurine dates to the reign of Pharaoh Amasis II, towards the end of the 26th Dynasty. Excavated in Saqqara in the mid-19th century. Shown in a 1979 Sotheby's catalogue.
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