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Lot 5559* - ibid157 Bijoux antiques de la collection Kofler-Truniger - online only - mardi, 31. mars 2026, 13h00

A LOT COMPRISING A PAIR OF BOW-SHAPED FIBULAE AND TWO BOW-SHAPED FIBULAE

Visigothic, 6th century AD. Found in Castiltierra, Spain.
Bronze/copper, partly set with yellowish glass stones. Five profiled buttons with semicircular cells, profiled bows, and lozenge-shaped or downward-tapering footpieces. The central fields feature geometric and spiral decorations.
The pair: L 13.2 cm, W 6.2 cm; L 13.8 cm, W 5.2 cm; and L 11 cm, W 5.2 cm.

Provenance:
- The Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger Collection (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne before 1964 (Inv. Nos. K9500U; K9500V & K9500W).
- 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, Nos. 625; 630 & 631 (with Exhibition Catalogue).

Literature:
- Hans Zeiss: Die Grabfunde aus dem spanischen Westgotenreich — Germanische Denkmäler der Völkerwanderungszeit. Vol. 2, Berlin 1934, plate 5, fig. 1 (only Inv. No. K9500V).
- Kunsthaus Zurich (ed.): The E. and M. Kofler-Truniger Collection, Lucerne. Exhibition Catalogue, 7 June to 2 August 1964, p. 66, Nos. 625; 630 & 631 (without ill.).

According to the index card, the pair of fibulae on offer (Inv. No. K9500U) is identical in design to a piece from Castiltierra in the Reinhardt Collection, illustrated in: Archivo esp. de arqueol. Vol. 59, 1945, p. 136, fig. 5d (not verified).

Conditionreport:
- Heavily corroded<br>- Severe verdigris<br>- Some glass stones missing<br>- Pins missing

CHF 600 / 1 000 | (€ 620 / 1 030)

Vendu pour CHF 625 (frais inclus)