ID 1404729
Lot 22 | A FATIMID ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANT
Valeur estimée
£ 20 000 – 30 000
PROBABLY CAIRO, EGYPT, 11TH CENTURY
Of crescent shape, the enamel plaque with a red, yellow, and blue quatrefoil rosette on a green field with a scrolling vine, 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 plain
1 ¼ x 1 1/8in. (3.1 x 2.8cm.)
Provenance
Ernst Kofler-Truniger (1903-1990) and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1918-1999), Luzern (Inv. no. K 726H)
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.1093
Exhibited
Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, Kunsthaus Zurich, 7 June-2 August 1964, no.1093
| 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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