Lot Essay
Birds appear in the enamel work of several surviving Fatimid pendants, including examples in the British Museum, London (acc.no.1981,0707.2) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc.no.30.95.37).
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PROPERTY FROM A SWISS FAMILY COLLECTION
A FATIMID ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANT
PROBABLY CAIRO, EGYPT, 11TH CENTURY
Details
A FATIMID ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANT
PROBABLY CAIRO, EGYPT, 11TH CENTURY
Of crescent shape, the enamel plaque with a green and red bird on an azure ground, set into a gold mount, in a border of S-shaped wires, small granules along the edges, eight suspension loops around the outside, the reverse finely worked with filigree
1 1⁄8 x 7/8in. (2.8 x 2.1cm.)
PROBABLY CAIRO, EGYPT, 11TH CENTURY
Of crescent shape, the enamel plaque with a green and red bird on an azure ground, set into a gold mount, in a border of S-shaped wires, small granules along the edges, eight suspension loops around the outside, the reverse finely worked with filigree
1 1⁄8 x 7/8in. (2.8 x 2.1cm.)
Provenance
Ernst Kofler-Truniger (1903-1990) and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1918-1999), Luzern (Inv. no. K 726J)
Private Collection, Luzern, acquired from the above circa 1974; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
Private Collection, Luzern, acquired from the above circa 1974; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
Literature
Sammlung E. und M. Kofler Truniger, Luzern, Zürich 1964, p.114, no.1100
Exhibited
Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, Kunsthaus Zurich, 7 June-2 August 1964, no.1095
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