ID 1404700
Los 21 | AN IMPRESSIVE FATIMID GOLD FILIGREE EARRING
Schätzwert
£ 30 000 – 40 000
PROBABLY CAIRO, EGYPT, 11TH CENTURY
The hollow body of crescent shape, with fine filigree work forming scrolling arabesques within a border of small 's' shaped elements, in a border of powder-granulated domes with five suspension loops around the edge, the sides and reverse worked with similar filigree, the interior hollow with supporting bar across the middle, with loops at the two points of the crescent moon, one with a pin
1 ¾ x 1 5/8in. (4.4 x 4.2cm.)
Provenance
Ernst Kofler-Truniger (1903-1990) and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1918-1999), Luzern (Inv. no. K 726G).
Private Collection, Luzern, acquired from the above circa 1974; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
Literature
Sammlung E. und M. Kofler Truniger, Luzern, Zürich 1964, p.131, no. 1096
Exhibited
Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, Kunsthaus Zurich, 7 June-2 August 1964, no.1096
| Kunst Stil: | Fatimiden-Dynastie (909-1171) |
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| Herkunftsort: | Ägypten, Afrika |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Schmuck, Waffen und Rüstungen |
| Kunst Stil: | Fatimiden-Dynastie (909-1171) |
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| Herkunftsort: | Ägypten, Afrika |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Schmuck, Waffen und Rüstungen |
| Adresse der Versteigerung |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Vereinigtes Königreich | |
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