AN AMPHORA EARRING - former Kofler-Truniger collection Roman, probably Phoenician, 2nd–1st century BC. Gold. In the form of a finely chiseled vase with two handles. Divided in the middle with two blackish glass flows in the shape of a hemisphere and an inserted beige-colored disc. H 3.2 cm. Bow incomplete. Minimal dents to the base of the vase. Minimal chips to the beige disc. Provenance: - Purchased from Archimandrite Nicolas Karam, Beirut, August 9, 1952 (according to index card). - Collection of Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne (inv. no. K725C), acquired from the above. - Swiss private collection, Lucerne, acquired from the above in ca. 1974. - By inheritance in the same Swiss family collection, Lucerne. Exhibited: Kunsthaus Zurich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, No. 415 (with exhibition catalog). Literature: Kunsthaus Zürich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, p. 43, No. 415 (without ill.). For a pair of similar earrings with an additional rosette, see Aleksandr Ivanovich Nélidov and Ludwig Pollak: Klassisch-Antike Goldschmiedearbeiten im Besitze Sr. Excellenz A. J. von Nelidow. Leipzig 1903, p. 234 (plate XI, fig. 220) or in the Benaki Museum: Greek Jewellery from the Benaki Museum Collections. Athens 1999, p. 174, fig. 119. * 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.