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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A COPTIC BRONZE VOTIVE TEMPLE WITH MUSICIANS
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A COPTIC BRONZE VOTIVE TEMPLE WITH MUSICIANS
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1⁄8 in. (15.5 cm). high
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1⁄8 in. (15.5 cm). high
Provenance
Ernst (1899-1989) and Marthe (1918-1999) Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne, acquired by 1963 (Inv. no. K659).
Werke Ägyptischer Kunst, Auktion 46, Münzen & Medaillen, Basel, 28 April 1972, lot 154.
with Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, 1977 (The 5th Exhibition of Kokusai Bijutsu, no. 15).
with Münzen & Medaillen, Basel and Max Knöll, Geneva.
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1987; thence by descent to the current owner.
Werke Ägyptischer Kunst, Auktion 46, Münzen & Medaillen, Basel, 28 April 1972, lot 154.
with Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, 1977 (The 5th Exhibition of Kokusai Bijutsu, no. 15).
with Münzen & Medaillen, Basel and Max Knöll, Geneva.
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1987; thence by descent to the current owner.
Literature
Koptische Kunst: Christentum am Nil, Essen, 1963, pp. 272-273, no. 174.
K. Wessel, ed., Koptische Kunst: Christentum am Nil, Zurich, 1963, p. 64, no. 154.
Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, Zurich, 1964, p. 52, no. 495, pl. 41.
K. Wessel, ed., Koptische Kunst: Christentum am Nil, Zurich, 1963, p. 64, no. 154.
Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, Zurich, 1964, p. 52, no. 495, pl. 41.
Exhibited
Essen, Villa Hügel and Zurich, Kunsthaus, Koptische Kunst: Christentum am Nil, May 1963-January 1964.
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, 7 June-2 August 1964.
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, 7 June-2 August 1964.
Brought to you by
Hannah Fox Solomon
Head of Department, Specialist