CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

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A PAIR OF MEROVINGIAN GOLD AND GARNET EARRINGS
CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3⁄8 in. (3.5 cm.) diam. each

Provenance

Reputedly found in the south of the Drôme, France.
Eugène Chaper (1827-1890) collection, Grenoble.
Ernst Kofler-Truniger (1903-1990) and Marthe Kofler-Truniger (1918-1999), Lucerne (Inv. no. K 727 A), acquired from the above.
Private Collection, Lucerne, acquired from the above circa 1974; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.

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Lot Essay

For a similar pair, cf. Inv. no. BZ.1940.1.6-7 in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and Inv. no. AF518 at the British Museum.

Eugène Chaper (1827–1890) was a prominent French politician and military engineer. In 1862, he became a member of the Académie Delphinale, serving as its president from 1879. A passionate bibliophile, Chaper published numerous works on the subject and maintained an extensive library at his Château d’Eybens. He was the brother of zoologist and paleontologist Maurice Chaper, and the cousin of Jean Casimir-Perier, President of the French Republic.

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