About ArtAncient
At ArtAncient, we specialize in remarkable objects that span from the formation of the Solar System to late antiquity, aiming to uncover, study, and place them in extraordinary collections. Based in London, we are dedicated to research and rediscovery, aiming to tell the remarkable story of each piece that comes into our care. We assess condition, authenticity, and provenance, providing an all-round approach to the object. From sculptural meteorites to important works of ancient art, each object is carefully researched and thoroughly documented. Our aim is to provide t...Read More
Established in 20071stDibs seller since 2014
Associations
LAPADA - The Association of Arts & Antiques Dealers
International Confederation of Art and Antique Dealers' Associations
The British Antique Dealers' Association
VAT ID
GB948983253
Featured Pieces
Rare Fossilised Posterior Tooth from Prehistoric Shark, Megalodon
Located in London, GB
An exceptionally rare and extremely large posterior tooth that once lined the mouth of the infamous prehistoric shark, the Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon). This example, complete ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Prehistoric Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
High Contrast Black Shorl Tourmaline on Snowy Cleavelandite Matrix
Located in London, GB
A beautifully formed black Schorl crystal on a snowy Cleavelandite Matrix. The central Tourmaline with striated sides and an intense black, glassy lustre, rises from a matrix of spar...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Pakistani Minimalist Natural Specimens
Materials
Tourmaline, Other
Pink Stilbite Bowtie Formation on Green-Grey Sparkling Stalactites
Located in London, GB
A remarkable mineral specimen from the famed Jalgaon location in India, and once belonging to one of the greatest art collections of the 20th century, the Sheikh Al Thani Collection....
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Indian Space Age Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Exhibited and Published Palaeolithic Flint Handaxe, 700000-30000 BC
Located in London, GB
A finely worked exhibited and published hand axe, expertly fashioned from a flint core and representing one of the earliest forms of human technology. This elegant bifacial tool, cha...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier French Prehistoric Antiquities
Materials
Stone
Small Sculptural Iron Meteorite Fragment from the 1947 Sikhote-Alin Fall
Located in London, GB
A beautifully preserved fragment from the famed Sikhote-Alin meteorite, which fell to Earth on 12 February 1947 in the largest recorded meteorite fall in history.
Entering the atmo...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Russian Space Age Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron
Stone Tool Created by Neanderthal Man with Cream-Blue Cloud-Like Patina
Located in London, GB
A beautifully preserved Neanderthal stone tool, crafted by our early ancestors from a piece of flint. Sleek and streamlined, with a beautifully variegated patina on one side and a mo...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier French Prehistoric Antiquities
Materials
Stone
Neolithic Axe Head with Cream-Grey Patina from Suffolk, England
Located in London, GB
A well-preserved and particularly fine example of the sophisticated Neolithic axes produced in the British Isles during this period.
As one of the long...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier British Prehistoric Antiquities
Materials
Stone
Exceptionally Large Golden Pyrite Cube on Marlstone Matrix
Located in London, GB
An exceptional pyrite specimen with large, lustrous crystals of superb quality, beautifully composed on its original marlstone matrix, from the renowned Mina Ampliación in Spain.
Py...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Spanish Minimalist Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Pyrite
Triceratops Bone with Predation Marks from Tyrannosaur, Late Cretaceous
Located in London, GB
A fossilised rib bone of the herbivorous dinosaur, Triceratops, beautifully preserved, with exceptional bone quality and the remarkably preserved bite marks of the infamous scavenger...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Prehistoric Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Monumental Ancient Egyptian Limestone Sarcophagus Lid, Ptolemaic Period
Located in London, GB
The upper part of a monumental anthropoid limestone sarcophagus, finely carved and preserving several hieroglyphs from a spell for immortality from the Book of the Dead. The lid depi...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Mounted Objects
Materials
Limestone
Remarkably Well-Preserved Fossilized Leaf from 50 million years ago
Located in London, GB
A well-preserved fossilised leaf from the Green River Formation, the famed freshwater lake system of prehistoric Wyoming. Widely regarded by collectors and researchers alike as one o...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Minimalist Natural Specimens
Materials
Other
Polished Seymchan Meteorite Sphere with Olivine Crystals in Iron Matrix
Located in London, GB
A magnificent iron sphere carved from the renowned Seymchan pallasite meteorite, discovered in the Hekandue River in the Russian Far East. This sculptural example reveals the distinc...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Space Age Natural Specimens
Materials
Iron
