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Lot 573 Dα

A rare Renaissance mortar with grotesques

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 1.000 € - 2.000 €
Result: 2.250 € (incl. premium)
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A rare Renaissance mortar with grotesques

Golden brown cast bronze with shimmering brown patina. Of squat, ovoid form with a moulded rim. The entire outer surface decorated with grotesque motifs of a male demi-figure and two ram's heads forming a lyre. With twisted pinecone handles. H 8.1, D 11 cm, weight c. 1.3 kg.
France, attributed to Paris or Fontainebleau, late 16th C.

Literature

Cf. the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc. no. 353-1889.
See also Launert, Der Mörser, Munich 1990, p. 187, no. 203.