ID 1404676
Lot 24 | A FATIMID ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANT
Valeur estimée
£ 12 000 – 18 000
PROBABLY CAIRO, EGYPT, 11TH CENTURY
Of crescent shape, the enamel plaque with a red, yellow, and blue quatrefoil design comprising a split palmette on a green field, set into a gold mount, in a border of S-shaped wires, the interstices nielloed, small granules along the edges, the points of the crescent supporting an empty gemstone mount, with six suspension loops around the outside, the reverse finely worked in filigree
1 1/8 x 1in. (2.9 x 2.4cm.)
Provenance
Ernst Kofler-Truniger (1903-1990) and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1918-1999), Luzern (Inv. no. K 726H II)
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.1090
Exhibited
Sammlung E. und M. Kofler Truniger, Luzern, Kunsthaus Zurich, 7 June-2 August 1964, no. 1090
| Style artistique: | Dynastie fatimide (909-1171) |
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| Lieu d'origine: | Egypte, Afrique |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Bijoux, Armes et armures |
| Style artistique: | Dynastie fatimide (909-1171) |
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| Lieu d'origine: | Egypte, Afrique |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Bijoux, Armes et armures |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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