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Lot 1078 Dα

An unusual mortar with hand shaped handles

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 17:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.500 €
Result: 2.728 € (incl. premium)
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An unusual mortar with hand shaped handles

Gold coloured bronze with golden brown natural patina. Cylindrical vessel with protruding rim on a solid base. Cast with mouldings throughout, six large acanthus reliefs, and arabesques with mascarons around the rim. The handles unusually modelled as hands holding pestles. A horizontal crack to the lower section. H 13.8, D 15.5 cm. Weight 4.3 kg. Including a corresponding pestle.
Attributed to Nuremberg, 16th C.