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Lot 637 Dα

A single-handled mortar with animal motifs

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 10:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection III
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 8.250 € (incl. premium)
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A single-handled mortar with animal motifs

Golden brown cast bronze with fine chocolate brown patina. Tapering mortar with protruding base, flaring rim and bail handle. Decorated with a coat-of-arms monogrammed “FR” beneath fleur de lys supported by two griffins and flanked by a stag, a hunting dog, a rabbit and the initials D C with a bell between. The rim decorated with a band of raised foliage. H 10.2, D 15.3 cm, weight c. 3 kg.
Northern Italy or France, 16th C.

Literature

Cf. Motture, Bells and Mortars. Catalogue of Italian Bronzes in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2001, cat. no. 23., 24., 25., and 28.