ID 1360638
Lot 53 | A PAIR OF GREEK GOLD AND ENAMEL EARRINGS
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
MAGNA GRAECIA, HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Each: 1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm.) long
Provenance
with Dr. Jacob Hirsch (1874-1955), New York.
Ernst Kofler-Truniger (1903-1990) and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1918-1999), Luzern, acquired from the above by 1955 (Inv. no. K 731 F).
Private Collection, Luzern, acquired from the above circa 1974; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
Literature
K. Schefold, Meisterwerke griechischer Kunst, Basel and Stuttgart, 1960, p. 314, 317, no. 591.
Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, Zurich, 1964, p. 43, no. 408, pl. 31.
Exhibited
Basel, Kunsthalle, Meisterwerke griechischer Kunst, 19 June-13 September 1960.
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, 7 June-2 August 1964.
| Medium: | Gold |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Hellenistic period |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Earrings, ear jewellery |
| Medium: | Gold |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Hellenistic period |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Greece, Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Earrings, ear jewellery |
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