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Lotto 1037* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - giovedì, 18. settembre 2025, 13h30

LARGE EARRING - former Kofler-Truniger collection

Late Antiquity, ca. 7th century AD.
Gold wire and gold sheet (gold ca. 86%). Ring-shaped bow. Geometric braided decoration with pearl friezes and granulation decoration.
H 7 cm, L 5,2 cm. Total ca. 31 gr. H 7 cm, L 5.2 cm. Total ca. 31 gr.
Minor dents, partly slightly bent. Minimal encrustation. Losses to the wire mesh.

Provenance:
- Former collections of Ludwig Marx, Mainz, and Albert Sieck, Munich.
- Auction Dr. F. X. Weizinger & Co., Munich, October 28–31, 1918, lot 1000, Ill. 34.
- Probably auction Theodor Fischer, Lucerne, June 13–17, 1950, lot 801 (acquired June 17, 1950, according to index card).
- Collection Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne (inv. no. K727), 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, E. and M. Kofler-Truniger Collection, Lucerne, June 7–August 2, 1964, No. 607 (with exhibition catalog).

Literature:
Kunsthaus Zürich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, p. 64, No. 607 (as Byzantine, without illustration)

CHF 1 500 / 2 500 | (€ 1 550 / 2 580)

Venduto per CHF 2 125 (incl. premio)