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Lotto 1041* - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - giovedì, 18. settembre 2025, 13h30

A PAIR OF LARGE BOW BROOCHES - former Kofler-Truniger collection

Probably Spain, Visigothic, early 6th century AD.
Brass/copper alloy. Seven profiled knobs on a semi-circular cell with stepped- and ray decoration, profiled bow with central ridge and shield-shaped base with cross decoration.
L 18.2 cm.
Heavily corroded. Remnants of glass inserts.

Provenance:
- Collection of Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne before 1955 (inv. no. K723K).
- 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. 621 (with exhibition catalog).

Literature:
Kunsthaus Zürich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, p. 65, No. 621, with ill. plate 48.

According to Kofler-Truniger's index card, Prof. Joachim Werner from the University of Munich saw this pair of brooches on June 20, 1955.

CHF 1 000 / 1 400 | (€ 1 030 / 1 440)

Venduto per CHF 1 000 (incl. premio)