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Lot 1037 Dα

A dated Hachmann mortar with dragon handles

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 17:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 6.820 € (incl. premium)

A dated Hachmann mortar with dragon handles

Cast bronze with fine golden brown patina. Decorated with a vacant heraldic shield supported by winged half-figures beneath a medallion with the Veil of Veronica. A band of fleur-de-lys surrounds the lower border. Dated "anno domini mcccccxlviii" in Gothic minuscule and with a dog chasing a rabbit below the rim. H 16, D 17 cm. Weight 5.7 kg. Including a corresponding pestle.
Cleves, Hachmann foundry, attributed to Albert Hachmann, 1548.