BELT ORNAMENT - former Kofler-Truniger collection Probably Lombard, 7th/8th century AD. Gold chased with applied gold filigree wires and granulation decoration. Rectangular base shape. L 5.2 cm, H 3.1 cm. Total weight 13.6 g. Slightly bent, dented, and scuffed. Provenance: - Auction Dr. Jacob Hirsch Lucerne, December 7, 1957, lot 113 (illustrated). - Collection Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne (inv. no. K723S), acquired at the above auction. - 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. 608h (with exhibition catalog). Literature: Kunsthaus Zurich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, p. 64, No. 608h, plate 47. * 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.