A rare Gothic two-handled mortar with owner's mark - image-1
A rare Gothic two-handled mortar with owner's mark - image-2
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Lot 1068 Dα

A rare Gothic two-handled mortar with owner's mark

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 17:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 8.060 € (incl. premium)
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A rare Gothic two-handled mortar with owner's mark

Cast bronze with dark brown patina. Thick-walled cylindrical vessel with stepped rim. Four Gothic column ribs surround the outer surface with two smaller ribs below the handle, terminating in pad feet. With two shields bearing the owner's cypher. H 20.5, D 19.3 cm. Weight 9.7 kg. Including an iron pestle thought to be the original.
South Germany (possibly Nuremberg), circa 1450.

Literature

Cf. Hömberg, Der norddeutsche Mörser im Zeitalter von Gotik und Renaissance, Stuttgart, 1983, cat. 10 ff.