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Lot 565 Dα

A rare Münster mortar made for Ian Vantrir

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 10:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection III
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.500 €
Result: 6.000 € (incl. premium)
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A rare Münster mortar made for Ian Vantrir

Golden brown cast bronze with greenish brown shimmering patina. Decorated with three bands of horizontal mouldings above a band of arabesques surrounding a central coat-of-arms with a “house mark”. With a wide banderole below the rim inscribed in capital letters: “IAN VANTRIR WEDVVE IAN VAN DER BORCH”. With two angular faceted handles. Two large, hollow casting faults in the base and to one side, minor dents around the rim. H 14.9, D 16 cm, weight c. 4.4 kg.
Ian van der Borch, mid-16th C.

Literature

Cf. Koning, Nederlandse vijzels, Weert 1989, p. 106, illus. 155.