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 mythical creature
Roman jewellery insert made of beautifully shimmering blue glass paste. It shows a creature with the front part of a horse.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with bigaThe glass paste shows Nike in a biga. The goddess of victory stands in the chariot, holding the reins and her laurel wreath.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with kneeling personNice light yellow glass paste from the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glyptics. Possibly showing a warrior.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with dogThe ring insert made of beautiful orange glass paste shows a standing dog that looks up with a raised paw.
Price: on requestRoman glass bracelet with beautiful decorationThe small bangle from the 4th century is decorated with polychrome glass layers on the outside. Made in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Price: on requestDecorated ancient glass braceletThe bangle is made of turquoise glass and beautifully decorated in white and blue. A product from the eastern Mediterranean coast.
Price: on requestLarge Hellenistic clay figurine of a standing womanExcellently preserved example of fine Hellenistic artistry. Ex Bonhams, ex renowned Joseph Klein collection, New York, USA.
Price: on requestBird brooch from Roman BritainNice fibula in the shape of a stylized water bird. A find from Britain and probably also a local Roman provincial production.
Price: on requestRoman crossbow broochVery nice specimen with niello inlays and remains of the original gilding. From the mid 4th century AD. Published in two stardard works on ancient fibulae.
Price: on requestRoman plate broochOval bronze brooch with a setting for a glass insert. From the Roman imperial period. Published in two stardard works on ancient brooches by Richard Hattatt.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with bullPrime example of Roman glass pastes with a perfectly sharp depiction of a bull ready to fight.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with fantastic beastThe dark glass paste depicts an animal composed of two front parts. From the Professor Brosch collection of ancient glass pastes.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with two menAn ancient intaglio from Roman times made of nice violet glass paste and shows a scene between two persons.
Price: on requestBronze Age bracelet with incised decorationThe jewellery was made in Europe during the 2nd millennium BC. Nice, dark patina.
Price: on requestClay head of a woman, possibly KybeleHellenistic. Very good condition, nice surface details. From a German private collection, acquired between 1980 and 1985.
Price: on requestEgyptian ushabtiInteresting funerary statuette made of mint green faience with black painting. From the Ptolemaic era of Ancient Egypt, incorporating features of earlier periods.
Price: on requestHellenistic-Roman clay figurine of a standing womanVery nice condition. From German private collection, acquired 1985 from Aloys Faust, Cologne.
Price: on requestHellenistic or Roman marble torsoFrom an old German private collection, acquired 1962. Impressive piece.
Price: on requestHellenistic terra cotta horse protomeAbout 4th - 3rd century B.C., a very similar figurine is on exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. From the old German private collection H. Deikner, acquired prior to 1980.
Price: on requestRoman legionary tile from the RhinelandLEG XVI (Gallica), 43 - 70 AD. Found 1966 till 1981 near the Roman city of Novaesium, today's Neuss in Germany. Novaesium was an early Roman foundation and with this is one of the oldest cities in Germany.
Price: on requestExtremely fine Geta denariusThe obverse shows the emperor standing left in military attire, holding spear and branch. Wonderful dark patina
Price: on requestVictorian ink bottleThe vessel is made of beautiful, turquoise glass. From the collection of Moshe Dayan.
Price: on requestRoman Kraeftig Profilierte fibulaFibula with noble green patina. An import from mainland Europe to Roman Britain. From the 1st century AD. Published in two stardard works on ancient brooches by Richard Hattatt.
Price: on requestTrumpet brooch with Celtic decorationsUnusual and rare variant of high importance, published several times. Beautiful silver inlays on the bow showing tendrils in Celtic style. From the 1st century.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with HeraclesThe glass paste is of wonderful blue and green colour with a white band. It shows the young Heracles with his club.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio made of beautiful glass pasteThe piece from the Professor Brosch collection shows a standing woman. Wonderful violet colour.
Price: on requestRoman intaglio with Eros as child godThe Roman intaglio is made of banded glass paste. It show the god standing with a bowl in one hand. From the Professor Brosch collection of engraved gems.
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 requestPair of Roman gold earringsThe earrings belong together originally. They are nicely decorated by beads and glass inserts. A beautiful pair of jewellery from the 3rd century.
Price: on requestRömisches TöpfchenGeborgen in den Jahren 1966 bis 1981 in Zusammenarbeit mit lokalen Archäologen. Neuss, das römische Novaesium, war eine frühe römische Gründung in der Provinz Germania Inferior und ist somit eine der ältesten Städte Deutschlands.
Price: on requestDisc brooch from Roman BritainNicely enameled brooch with a Romano-Celtic sunburst design. From the 2nd century AD. Published in two stardard works on ancient brooches by Richard Hattatt.
Price: on requestRoman rosette brooch from ColchesterA nice brooch type from the 1st century with an especially well preserved decorative disc. From the famous Hattatt collection and published in two standard works on ancient brooches.
Price: on requestFlying bird brooch from Roman BritainA local British production from the 2nd century. It is taking up a continental brooch type. From the famous Hattatt collection and published in two standard works on ancient brooches.
Price: on requestTwo Near Eastern weapon pointsGroup of two bronze points for small spears or large arrows from the Bronze or Early Iron Age. With a nice green patina.
Price: on requestSassanian intaglio with griffinPerfectly preserved ring stone made of orange carnelian. It shows a winged hybrid creature with the body of a lion. With inscription in Pahlavi, the Middle Persian script of the Sassanids.
Price: on request