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Lot 636 D α

A Gothic single-handled mortar

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 €
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A Gothic single-handled mortar

Golden brown cast bronze with brown patina. Tapering mortar with a thick base. Decorated with four vertical bands of foliate ornament and a cartouche monogrammed CBS (?) beneath a cross on the display side. With a single faceted handle. With a dent on the rim and several minor casting faults to the outer surface. H 11.5, D 14 cm, weight c. 2.7 kg.
Central Italy (possibly Perugia), 15th C.

Literature

Cf. another similar mortar in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, illus. in Motture, Bells & Mortars, Catalogue of Italian Bronzes in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2001, p. 69, cat. no. 2.