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Lot 1019 Dα

A dated mortar with angular handles

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 17:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection
Estimate: 500 € - 1.000 €
Result: 868 € (incl. premium)

A dated mortar with angular handles

Cast bronze with brown patina. Decorated to the centre with a band of arabesques, the rim inscribed with the caster's signature in a broad banderole: "WINELT POT GGITEZ ME FESIT Ao DIN MVXLVI". H 13, D 13.5 cm. Weight 2.9 kg. Including a later pestle.
Wallonia or Northern France, 1546.