A FATIMID ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANT

Lot 23
01.05.2025 11:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 23 | A FATIMID ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANT
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
A FATIMID ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANT
PROBABLY CAIRO, EGYPT, 11TH CENTURY
Of crescent shape, the enamel plaque with a green and red bird on an azure ground, set into a gold mount, in a border of S-shaped wires, small granules along the edges, eight suspension loops around the outside, the reverse finely worked with filigree
1 1/8 x 7/8in. (2.8 x 2.1cm.)




Provenance

Ernst Kofler-Truniger (1903-1990) and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1918-1999), Luzern (Inv. no. K 726J)
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.114, no.1100



Exhibited

Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, Kunsthaus Zurich, 7 June-2 August 1964, no.1095
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