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Lot 5513* - ibid157 Antique jewellery from the Kofler-Truniger Collection - online only - Tuesday, 31. March 2026, 01.00 PM

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Hellenistic, 2nd–1st century BC.
Square, hollow gold sheet, covered with gold-wire ornaments and decorated with gold granulations. Probably part of a necklace.
2.9 × 0.6 × 0.7 cm. Total weight ca. 1.6 g.

Provenance:
- Purchased from Zagos Yorgi, Istanbul (according to the index card).
- The Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger Collection (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne before 1964 (Inv. No. K710H).
- Swiss private collection, Lucerne, acquired from the above ca. 1974.
- By inheritance in the same Swiss family, Lucerne.

Exhibited:
Kunsthaus Zurich, The E. and M. Kofler-Truniger Collection, Lucerne, 7 June to 2 August 1964, No. 417 (with Exhibition Catalogue).

Literature:
Kunsthaus Zurich (ed.): The E. and M. Kofler-Truniger Collection, Lucerne. Exhibition Catalogue, 7 June to 2 August 1964, p. 43, No. 417 (without illustration)

Conditionreport:
- Small dents, cracks, holes, and losses on ornaments

CHF 400 / 600 | (€ 410 / 620)

Sold for CHF 375 (including buyer's premium)