A PAIR OF LARGE BOW BROOCHES - former Kofler-Truniger collection Probably Spain, Visigothic, early 6th century AD. Brass/copper alloy. Seven profiled knobs on a semi-circular cell with stepped- and ray decoration, profiled bow with central ridge and shield-shaped base with cross decoration. L 18.2 cm. Heavily corroded. Remnants of glass inserts. Provenance: - Collection of Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne before 1955 (inv. no. K723K). - Swiss private collection, Lucerne, acquired from the above in ca. 1974. - By inheritance in the same Swiss family collection, Lucerne. Exhibited: Kunsthaus Zurich, Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne, June 7–August 2, 1964, No. 621 (with exhibition catalog). Literature: Kunsthaus Zürich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, p. 65, No. 621, with ill. plate 48. According to Kofler-Truniger's index card, Prof. Joachim Werner from the University of Munich saw this pair of brooches on June 20, 1955. * The full tax is charged on this item marked *, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.