LARGE EARRING - former Kofler-Truniger collection Late Antiquity, ca. 7th century AD. Gold wire and gold sheet (gold ca. 86%). Ring-shaped bow. Geometric braided decoration with pearl friezes and granulation decoration. H 7 cm, L 5,2 cm. Total ca. 31 gr. H 7 cm, L 5.2 cm. Total ca. 31 gr. Minor dents, partly slightly bent. Minimal encrustation. Losses to the wire mesh. Provenance: - Former collections of Ludwig Marx, Mainz, and Albert Sieck, Munich. - Auction Dr. F. X. Weizinger & Co., Munich, October 28–31, 1918, lot 1000, Ill. 34. - Probably auction Theodor Fischer, Lucerne, June 13–17, 1950, lot 801 (acquired June 17, 1950, according to index card). - Collection Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1903–1990 & 1918–1999), Lucerne (inv. no. K727), 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, E. and M. Kofler-Truniger Collection, Lucerne, June 7–August 2, 1964, No. 607 (with exhibition catalog). Literature: Kunsthaus Zürich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, p. 64, No. 607 (as Byzantine, without illustration) * 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.