AN IMPRESSIVE FATIMID GOLD FILIGREE EARRING

Lot 21
01.05.2025 11:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 21 | AN IMPRESSIVE FATIMID GOLD FILIGREE EARRING
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£ 30 000 – 40 000
AN IMPRESSIVE FATIMID GOLD FILIGREE EARRING
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
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