A late Gothic two-handled mortar dated 1502 - image-1
A late Gothic two-handled mortar dated 1502 - image-2
A late Gothic two-handled mortar dated 1502 - image-1A late Gothic two-handled mortar dated 1502 - image-2

Lot 582 Dα

A late Gothic two-handled mortar dated 1502

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 8.000 € (incl. premium)
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A late Gothic two-handled mortar dated 1502

Golden brown cast bronze with golden brown patina. Tapering mortar with a stepped base and flaring rim. Decorated with several bands of moulding and inscribed beneath the rim in Gothic minuscule: "ihesus maria iohannes m ccccc ii". With two faceted handles. The base slightly concave due to usage and with an x-shaped hairline crack to the underside. With minor casting flaws to the rim and outer surface. H 15.5, D 16.5 cm, weight c. 4.2 kg.
Lower Rhine Region or Netherlands, 1502.

Literature

Cf. Hömberg, Der norddeutsche Bronzemörser im Zeitalter von Gotik und Renaissance, Stuttgart 1983, p. 142, cat. 30 for a similar mortar with an identical inscription in the Jena collection.