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Lot 647 D α

An important museum quality mortar by Albert Hachmann

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 10:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection III
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €
Result: 23.750 € (incl. premium)
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An important museum quality mortar by Albert Hachmann

Cast bronze with fine chocolate brown patina. Of tapering form with a tiered base decorated with beading. One side with a vacant coat-of-arms supported by winged demi-figures. Dated in Gothic minuscule below the rim: “anno domini m ccccc xlviii”, with a running hare, a hunting dog, a sun, and a flower between. The handles formed as the heads of wolves, originally holding rings in their snarling maws. Some minor dents around the rim, later scratches to the base. H 11.4, D 12.8 cm, weight c. 2 kg.
Attributed to the Hachmann workshop, Albert Hachmann, Cleves, 1548.

Provenance

Private collection, Westphalia.

Literature

Two similar mortars of octagonal section with lion's head handles, also attributed to Albert Hachmann, in the Rijksmuseum (inv. no.: BK-NM-8301-A), and in the former Schwarzach collection (auctioned by Lempertz Cologne, 17th May 2019, lot 1037).