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Lot 1039* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - jeudi, 18. septembre 2025, 13h30

DISC BROOCH - former Kofler-Truniger collection

Merovingian/Frankish, 7th century AD.
Gold medallion with central embossing. Gold filigree wires in an S-shape and inlaid almandine garnets and gray/black cabochons arranged in a circle. Additional decoration featuring three stylized animal heads (1 missing). The back mounted on bronze and fitted with a fastening eyelet. Stamped decoration.
Ø 4.9 cm.
Losses to the almandine garnets and gold decoration. Central cabochon missing. Somewhat bent and dented. Bronze slightly tarnished and rubbed on the back.

Provenance:
- Collection of Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne before 1964 (inv. no. K723/I).
- Swiss private collection, Lucerne, acquired from the above in ca. 1974.
- By inheritance in the same Swiss family collection, Lucerne.

Exhibited:
Kunsthaus Zurich, Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne, June 7–August 2, 1964, No. 608d (with exhibition catalog).

Literature:
Kunsthaus Zurich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, p. 64, No. 608d, plate 46.

See a very similar disc brooch, also from the Kofler-Truniger Collection at Christie's London (auction 2.7.25, lot 70). That example was part of the former Marc Rosenberg Collection (1852–1930) (see auction catalog Hermann Ball & Paul Graupe: Sammlung Marc Rosenberg. Berlin 1929, lot 89 with ill.). A further comparison can be made with an example from the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio (inv. no. 2007.163).

CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)

Vendu pour CHF 6 250 (frais inclus)