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Lot 1107 Dα

An important North Italian mortar

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 17:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 7.440 € (incl. premium)
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An important North Italian mortar

Golden brown cast bronze with silvery brown patina. Cylindrical form with slightly squat lower section, moulded base and stepped flaring rim. The upper section cast with a band of acanthus scrolls above ribbon tied foliate garlands. The lower section cast with putti and wreaths held by winged lions and unicorns. Cylindrical handles. H 27.8, D 25.6 cm. Weight 17.2 kg.
Venice, attributed to the Alberghetti workshop, mid-16th / early 17th C.

Literature

Further mortars attributed to the Alberghetti foundry housed in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (inv. no. M.2681-1931), in: Motture, Bells & Mortars, London-New York 2001, no. 21 ff. See also a stembowl with very similar decor in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museums (inv. no. 736-1893), ibid. no. 18.