A dated Netherlandish mortar with dolphin handles - image-1

Lot 1058 Dα

A dated Netherlandish mortar with dolphin handles

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 17:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection
Estimate: 500 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.984 € (incl. premium)

A dated Netherlandish mortar with dolphin handles

Dark bronze with chocolate brown patina. Cast with two broad bands of foliage. Inscribed to the broad rim "LOF GODT VAN AL AO 1619". H 11.5, D 12.6 cm. Weight 2.10 kg. Including a corresponding bronze pestle.
Netherlands / possibly Deventer, 1619.

Literature

A similar example from 1622 attributed to Henrick ter Horst in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, inv. no. BK-15122-A.