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Lot 648 Dα

A mortar made for P.C. Buntze

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 10:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection III
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.500 € (incl. premium)
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A mortar made for P.C. Buntze

Cast bronze with golden brown patina to the outer surface, the interior almost black. Of tapering form with a protruding base and funnel-like rim. The handles formed as dolphins. Decorated with two bands of horizontal mouldings surrounding the inscription “P.C. BVNTZE”. A short vertical crack to the rim. H 21.3, D 22.9 cm, weight 8.8 kg.
Attributed to Northern Germany, 17th C.

Provenance

German private collection.

Literature

Cf. Jantzen, Bronzemörser, in: Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nuremberg 1968, p. 27 ff., illus. 11 f.