LOT COMPRISING TWO FOUR-PIECE BELT BUCKLES WITH SILVER INLAYS - former Kofler-Truniger collection Suisse romande / Eastern France, Merovingian, late 7th century AD. Metal with silver inlays and round bronze appliqués. Decoration in the form of intricately intertwined braided bands. L 28 cm, W 8 cm and L 22 cm, W 6 cm. Heavily corroded. Silver inlays partially lost. Bronze applications with losses and cracks. Provenance: - Collection of Ernst and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1918–1999 & 1918–1999), Lucerne before 1964 (inv. no. K8060C & K8060G). - 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. 643 & No. 647 (with exhibition catalog). Literature: Kunsthaus Zürich (ed.): Collection E. and M. Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne. Exhibition catalog, June 7–August 2, 1964, p. 65, No. 643 & 647, with ill. plate 51. * 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.