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Lot 552 Dα

A small mortar with double-headed dragon handles

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 10:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection III
Estimate: 500 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.250 € (incl. premium)
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A small mortar with double-headed dragon handles

Golden brown cast bronze with natural patina. Decorated with several mouldings, the area below the protruding rim with a wide band of scrolling tendrils beneath a beaded frieze. The rim with a large banderole dated in Gothic minuscule: “anno m vc lvii”. With a horizontal crack running around almost the entire outer surface. H 11.8, D 12.8 cm, weight c. 2.1 kg. Includes a corresponding T-shaped pestle. L 18.2 cm.
Netherlands or Lower Rhine Region, 1552.