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Lot 1002* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - Thursday, 18. September 2025, 01.30 PM

CLOISONNÉ GOLD BUTTON - former Kofler-Truniger collection

Probably Achaemenid, 6th–4th century BC (?).
Gold and cloisonné technique. Round, slightly domed shape with pearl wire frame. Stylized star or flower pattern inlaid with carnelian, glass paste, and stones. Eyelet on the back.
Ø 2.1 cm.
Losses to the inlays.

Provenance:
- Collection of Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne before 1964 (inv. no. K711H).
- Swiss private collection, Lucerne, acquired from the above in ca. 1974.
- By inheritance in the same Swiss family collection, Lucerne.

Exhibited:
Kunsthaus Zurich, E. and M. Kofler-Truniger Collection, Lucerne, June 7–August 2, 1964, No. 383 (with exhibition catalog).

Literature:
Kunsthaus Zürich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, p. 40, No. 383 (without ill.).

See a similar button from the former Ishigura Collection at Christie's New York (June 13, 2000, lot 412).

CHF 3 000 / 4 000 | (€ 3 090 / 4 120)

Sold for CHF 3 000 (including buyer's premium)