Featured Objects - 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 marble Isis statue - ex Christie's New York
The 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.
Price: on requestExtremely fine Caesar Denarius with beautiful patinaWith this coin type, Caesar puts himself and gens IVLIA into one line with the divine mythical heroes of ancient Greece. Perfectly centered, almost uncirculated coin.
Price: on requestVery fine Nero AureusThis coin type celebrates the failing of the "Pisonian Conspiracy" and emphasizes the divine protection for emperor Nero. Impressive portrait, condition slightly better than very fine.
Price: on requestLarge Roman Terra Sigillata bowlDelicate, perfectly preserved pottery bowl from an old German private collection, acquired in 1979. Reported to have been found in El Djem, Tunis.
Price: on requestAttic black figure cup with warriorsImpressive piece in very good condition. The frieze shows riders framed by several persons. From an old German private collection, acquired in a London gallery between 1976 and 1978.
Price: on requestMelon bracelet from the Hallstatt periodThe massive bronze bracelet was found in Mintraching, Germany. The piece is published in an archeological report. Around 600 BC.
Price: on requestRoman bronze figurine of a horseBeautiful massive figurine, perfectly preserved, great patina. With modern 925 silver base.
Price: on requestLarge Egyptian Shabti made of AlabasterStunning funerary statuette from the 19th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Marvelous provenance and publications in numerous catalogues.
Price: on requestPair of Achaemenid gold braceletsFantastic example of the gold jewellery of the first Persian Empire. Late 6th to 5th cent. BC.
Price: on requestElamite 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.
Price: on requestRoman 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.
Price: on requestPerfectly preserved Apulian pelikeFrom the collection of Prof. Dr. Schmid, acquired 1977 at the Aloys Faust Gallery, Cologne. With ArtLoss Certificate.
Price: on requestVillanova culture urn found at TarquiniaPerfectly preserved, beautifully decorated piece. From an old German private collection, in Germany since the 1970s.
Price: on requestPublished etruscan hydria or amphora1969 on exhibition in the Stadtsparkasse Gelsenkirchen, published in the exhibition catalogue. Perfectly preserved, from an old German private collection, acquired in the 1970s at Galerie Hermanns, Munich. Coming with an ArtLoss certificate
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandPerfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestRoman transport amphora found at Cabrera islandPerfectly preserved, large amphora from the Mediterranean sea. From an old German collection.
Price: on requestGold earrings with Nike pendantsGreek hellenistic earring pair made of gold and emerald. Beautiful jewellery with granulated rosettes, emerald beads and plastic Nike statuettes. Including material analysis report.
Price: on requestBronze statuette of OsirisThe figurine is in exceptional condition with a nice patina. Late Dynastic period of Ancient Egypt, 664 to 332 BC.
Price: on requestNeo-Assyrian cylinder seal with hunting sceneThe glazed clay seal depicts a hunter with large bow pursuing a caprid. A description and dating by assyriologist Prof. Mayer-Opificius is present.
Price: on requestNeo-Assyrian cylinder seal with preserved bronze settingFantastic and rare example for a cylinder seal in its original setting. From the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III in the 8th cent. BC.
Price: on requestImpressive Roman imperial bronze oil lampBeautiful patina, very well preserved. With large leaf-shaped handle. Dating to 1st - 2nd century AD.
Price: on requestBabylonian carnelian cylinder sealPrime example made of beautiful orange carnelian. Highly detailed engraved scene with king offering to the weather god Hadad. First half of 2nd Millenium BC.
Price: on requestGreek bronze olpePerfectly preserved, massive piece with beautiful dark patina, 6th-5th century BC. With ArtLoss Certificate.
Price: on requestPerfectly centered Domitian aureusReverse showing cornucopiae, in field COS IIII. Almost extremely fine, Rome 76-77 AD
Price: on requestRare Markus Antonius fouree denariusMint moving with Antonius. 42 BC, the year which has seen the 2nd triumvirat and the death of Caesar's murderer Brutus. Great cabinet patina, very rare in this condition.
Price: on requestMuseumswürdiger Glockenkrater aus dem 4. Jh. v. Chr.Auf der einen Seite Komposition aus sitzendem jugendlichem Dionysos und einem stehenden Mädchen, auf der anderen Seite zwei Manteljünglinge. Perfekt erhalten.
Price: on requestAttische rotfigurige Schale mit KampfszeneIm Tondo Kampfszene: Ein Krieger geht zu Boden, von der Lanze des anderen getroffen. Möglicherweise Darstellung des Kampfes zwischen Achilles und Hektor.
Price: on requestGladiatorenlampe aus der römischen Kaiserzeit - Fund aus DeutschlandMuseales Stück. Erhabenes Spiegeldekor mit feinen Details, tiefer, gut lesbarer Stempel. Fund aus Region der Limeskastelle Pförring, Eining, Pfünz, Kösching und Weißenburg.
Price: on requestMuseal erhaltener apulischer Glockenkrater mit Thermolumineszenz-GutachtenGroßes Gefäß zur Mischung von Wasser und Wein. Mit figürlicher Darstellung auf jeder Seite. Unbeschädigt.
Price: on requestAntike Münzform für Falschgeld - Fund aus NorthamptonshireGefunden in Pitchley, UK, am 1. Januar 2008. Der Fund ist mit PAS Nummer dokumentiert und wissenschaftlich untersucht. Von außerordentlicher Seltenheit.
Price: on requestApulischer KolonettenkraterMuseal erhalten. Nicht verrieben, perfekt erhaltene weiße Bemalung. Aus dem britischen Auktionshaus Bonhams, zuvor in britischer Sammlung P. Adie.
Price: on requestPublished funerary relief of Hermes from PalmyraGrabrelief eines bärtigen Mannes aus Palmyra mit Inschrift, diese besagt „Bildnis des Hermes. Wehe!“. Museales Stück.
Price: on requestVery large scarab pendantSteatit mit Fayence an der Oberfläche. 26. bis 31. Dynastie des Alten Ägypten, Spätzeit. Museumswürdig, ex Bonhams, davor Sammlung Lady Hamilton.
Price: on requestIulius Caesar sestertius - piece of art by Giovanni da CavinoWunderful portrait, great patina. Massive, nicely centered piece from Renaissance Italy.
Price: on requestExtremely rare and perfectly preserved Didius Julian denarius from and old collectionSehr selten, der RIC listet lediglich 4 Typen des Didius Julianus in Silber. Erhabenes, sehr ausdrucksstarkes Portrait. Aus Generationensammlung.
Price: on request