A Gothic one-handled mortar - image-1

Lot 550 Dα

A Gothic one-handled mortar

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 11:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection II
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 2.250 € (incl. premium)

A Gothic one-handled mortar

Cast bronze with slightly mottled golden brown patina. Tapering form on a wide, flat base. With two longer and one small thin rib. A crack to the lower section. H 19.4, D 16.5 cm. Weight c. 3.6 kg. Includes a later T-shaped pestle.
Northern Germany (Mark Brandenburg), 15th century.

Literature

A similar mortar is housed in the Germanischen Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, illus. in: Mende, Die mittelalterlichen Bronzen im Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Munich 2013, cat. no. 126.