ID 1472699
Lot 18 | A COPTIC BRONZE VOTIVE TEMPLE WITH MUSICIANS
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm). high
Provenance
Ernst (1899-1989) and Marthe (1918-1999) Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne, acquired by 1963 (Inv. no. K659).
Werke Ägyptischer Kunst, Auktion 46, Münzen & Medaillen, Basel, 28 April 1972, lot 154.
with Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, 1977 (The 5th Exhibition of Kokusai Bijutsu, no. 15).
with Münzen & Medaillen, Basel and Max Knöll, Geneva.
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1987; thence by descent to the current owner.
Literature
Koptische Kunst: Christentum am Nil, Essen, 1963, pp. 272-273, no. 174.
K. Wessel, ed., Koptische Kunst: Christentum am Nil, Zurich, 1963, p. 64, no. 154.
Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, Zurich, 1964, p. 52, no. 495, pl. 41.
Exhibited
Essen, Villa Hügel and Zurich, Kunsthaus, Koptische Kunst: Christentum am Nil, May 1963-January 1964.
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, 7 June-2 August 1964.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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