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Lot 673 Dα

A Renaissance mortar dated 1553

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 7.500 € (incl. premium)
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A Renaissance mortar dated 1553

Golden brown cast bronze with honey coloured patina. Of cylindrical form with a slightly flaring rim. Decorated above the base with a slender band of arabesques and vase (?) motifs, and with two bands of horizontal mouldings and a large shield bearing what appears to be a family coat-of-arms to the display side, monogrammed "S.E." above. Dated "1553" on the reverse. With two slender zoomorphic handles. With some dents to the edges, especially to the basal ring and the lower section. H 17.7, D 16.2 cm, weight c. 5.7 kg.
Southern Germany or Alpine Region, 1553.

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

Cf. a mortar with identical decor and the same coat-of-arms in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich illus. in Launert, Der Mörser, Munich 1990, p. 144, no. 125.