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Lotto 5572* - ibid157 Gioielli antichi dalla collezione Kofler-Truniger - online only - martedì, 31. marzo 2026, 13h00

PYRAMID-SHAPED EARRING

Byzantine, 5th–10th century AD.
Gold. Suspended from a ring, pyramid-shaped granulation spheres with the apex tilted downwards, above a sphere with granulations.
L 3.1 cm. Total weight 3.9 g.

Provenance:
- The Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger Collection (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne before 1964 (Inv. No. K8891M).
- 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, No. 451 (with Exhibition Catalogue).

Literature:
Kunsthaus Zurich (ed.): The E. and M. Kofler-Truniger Collection, Lucerne. Exhibition Catalogue, 7 June to 2 August 1964, p. 46, No. 451 (without illustration)

Comparable earrings from Kamunta in the Caucasus, found together with coins from the Byzantine period, are housed in the Simon Janashia State Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi, see G. Radde: Die Sammlungen des Kaukasischen Museums. 1902, p. 21 and plate on p. 85.

CHF 600 / 800 | (€ 620 / 820)

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