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Lot 581 Dα

A Dutch mortar with tendril motifs

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 10:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection III
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 2.125 € (incl. premium)
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A Dutch mortar with tendril motifs

Thickly cast yellow gold cast bronze with polished natural patina. The centre decorated with a band of gadrooned ornament flanked above and below by meandering tendrils surrounding flowerheads in round medallions. A wide banderole below the rim inscribed in Latin capital letters: “PETER DIRRICX3 HASSELAER 1600”. With angular faceted handles. The the base slightly rounded due to use, some abrasions. H 15.1, D 16.8 cm, weight c. 6.5 kg. Includes a corresponding baluster-form pestle with a node. L 22.6 cm.
Attributed to Utrecht, 1600.

Literature

Cf. the decoration in Koning, Nederlandse vijzels, Weert 1989, p. 90, illus. 125.