A rare dated mortar with the Nomen Sacrum - image-1
A rare dated mortar with the Nomen Sacrum - image-2
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Lot 1081 Dα

A rare dated mortar with the Nomen Sacrum

Auction 1131 - overview Cologne
17.05.2019, 17:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 13.640 € (incl. premium)
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A rare dated mortar with the Nomen Sacrum

Golden yellow bronze with natural patina. Conical vessel with disc form base and protruding moulded rim. Cast with the Christogramm flanked by the date "1516" and a conjoined "MA" monogram alonside the owner's initials "dF" and "MH". A high moulding to the centre above a band of large acanthus leaves. Twisted C-shaped handles. H 19.4, D 16.5 cm. Weight 7.6 kg.
Innsbruck, attributed to the Löffler foundry, 1516.

Provenance

Private collection, Belgium.

Literature

Illus. in: Johannes Jantzen, Bronzemörser, in: Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nuremberg 1968, p. 27 - 34, p. 28 illus. 4.