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Lot 644 D α

A Baroque mortar with a heraldic cartouche

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 €
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A Baroque mortar with a heraldic cartouche

Porous, golden brown cast bronze with dark brown patina (with minor verdigris). Bell-shaped mortar on a moulded base. The display side emblazoned with a large rocaille cartouche bearing a bull? rampant, the reverse with three delicately veined leaf casts. With two scroll handles. The base slightly concave due to usage, with sediment deposits to the interior, minor casting flaws to the outer surface. H 16, D 18.5 cm, weight c. 5.6 kg.
Northern Italy or Austria, 1680.

Literature

Cf. Motture, Bells & Mortars, Catalogue of Italian Bronzes in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2001, p. 149 f, cat. no. 43 and 44.