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Lot 581 Dα

A mortar dated 1637

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 11:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection II
Estimate: 500 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.625 € (incl. premium)

A mortar dated 1637

Golden brown cast bronze with dark brown patina. Decorated with two wide bands of acanthus scrolls alternating with horizontal mouldings. With a broad band around the rim inscribed in capital letters: "EHRT GODT BOVEN AL ANNO 1637". H 14.8, D 16.2 cm. Weight c. 4.1 kg.
Lower Rhine Region or Netherlands, 1637.

Literature

Cf. a mortar with identical form and decor in: Koning, Nederlandse vijzel, Weert 1989, p. 105, illus. 153.