Lotto 5614* - ibid157 Gioielli antichi dalla collezione Kofler-Truniger - online only - martedì, 31. marzo 2026, 13h00
GOLD AND BEAD NECKLACE AND EARRINGS FEATURING AN EAGLE
Late Byzantine, probably Byblos, ca. 10th/11th century AD.
The necklace is made of gold filigree wires with a triangular pendant with a bead border and a bead in the center, and two small crescent-shaped filigree pendants. Above the triangular pendant is a gold filigree cross set with a central almandine garnet and surrounded by a bead border. Chain made of fine gold rod segments with eyelets. The pendant earrings are in silver in the shape of a stylized eagle fibula and are set with beads and a bead wreath on gold hooks.
Necklace: H ca. 15.8 cm. Earring: H approx. 5.5 cm.
Provenance:
- The Collection of Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne before 1964 (inv. no. K726D).
- Schweizer Privatbesitz, Luzern, ca. 1974 von obigem erworben.
- durch Erbschaft in gleichem Schweizer Familienbesitz, Luzern.
Exhibited:
Literature:
Based on Kofler-Truniger's index card, the renowned art historian and expert on Byzantine art Prof. Marvin Chauncey Ross (1904–1977) dates the set to the 10th/11th century. He cites an earring from the Dumbarton Oaks collection, which was found in Constantinople, as a comparison for the eagle pendant earrings on offer.
Conditionreport:
- Wing of the eagle broken<br>- Losses to the beads<br>- Necklace and earrings possibly assorted<br>- Gold rubbed and tarnished<br>- Gold hooks of the earrings possibly supplemented CHF 800 / 1 200 | (€ 820 / 1 240)
Venduto per CHF 750 (incl. premio)