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Lot 1027* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - jeudi, 18. septembre 2025, 13h30

AN AMPHORA EARRING - former Kofler-Truniger collection

Roman, probably Phoenician, 2nd–1st century BC.
Gold. In the form of a finely chiseled vase with two handles. Divided in the middle with two blackish glass flows in the shape of a hemisphere and an inserted beige-colored disc.
H 3.2 cm.
Bow incomplete. Minimal dents to the base of the vase. Minimal chips to the beige disc.

Provenance:
- Purchased from Archimandrite Nicolas Karam, Beirut, August 9, 1952 (according to index card).
- Collection of Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne (inv. no. K725C), acquired from the above.
- Swiss private collection, Lucerne, acquired from the above in ca. 1974.
- By inheritance in the same Swiss family collection, Lucerne.

Exhibited:
Kunsthaus Zurich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, No. 415 (with exhibition catalog).

Literature:
Kunsthaus Zürich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, p. 43, No. 415 (without ill.).

For a pair of similar earrings with an additional rosette, see Aleksandr Ivanovich Nélidov and Ludwig Pollak: Klassisch-Antike Goldschmiedearbeiten im Besitze Sr. Excellenz A. J. von Nelidow. Leipzig 1903, p. 234 (plate XI, fig. 220) or in the Benaki Museum: Greek Jewellery from the Benaki Museum Collections. Athens 1999, p. 174, fig. 119.

CHF 1 000 / 1 400 | (€ 1 030 / 1 440)

Vendu pour CHF 1 000 (frais inclus)
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