LOT COMPRISING BELT FITTINGS WITH SILVER AND BRASS INLAY - former Kofler-Truniger collection Suisse romande / Eastern France, Merovingian, 7th century AD. Metal with silver and brass inlay and round bronze appliqués. Decorated with intricately intertwined braided bands. Three-piece belt set L total 16.7 cm, W 5 cm. Fitting piece 5.9 × 5.6 cm. Single belt loop L 10.7 cm. Heavily corroded. Losses to the silver inlay. Provenance: - Collection of Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1918–1999 & 1918–1999), Lucerne before 1964 (inv. nos. K8060L, K8061D & K8060M). - Swiss private collection, Lucerne, acquired from the above in 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. 652, 653 & 659 (with exhibition catalog). Literature: Kunsthaus Zürich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, p. 67, No. 652, 653 & 659 (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.