AN EARRING WITH WINGED GENIUS - former Kofler-Truniger collection Roman, 1st–2nd century AD. Gold and almandine garnet. With double twisted gold wire with beaded gold wire in the middle, decorated with a winged genius or Eros, crowned by a rosette with an almandine garnet set in a wreath of flowers. Ø 2.4 cm. Total weight 4.3 g. Slightly dented and corroded. Provenance: - Purchased from Archimandrite Nicolas Karam, Beirut, August 9, 1952 (according to index card). - Collection Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne (inv. no. K725B). - Swiss private collection, Lucerne, acquired from the above in ca. 1974. - By inheritance in the same Swiss family, Lucerne. Exhibited: Kunsthaus Zurich, Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne, June 7–August 2, 1964, No. 433 (with exhibition catalog). Literature: Kunsthaus Zürich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, p. 45, No. 433 (without ill.) * 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.