A signed Netherlandish mortar with grotesques from 1642 - image-1
A signed Netherlandish mortar with grotesques from 1642 - image-2
A signed Netherlandish mortar with grotesques from 1642 - image-1A signed Netherlandish mortar with grotesques from 1642 - image-2

Lot 587 Dα

A signed Netherlandish mortar with grotesques from 1642

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 11:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection II
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.250 € (incl. premium)

A signed Netherlandish mortar with grotesques from 1642

Thick cast bronze with reapplied dark brown patina (the interior slightly mottled). The centre decorated with a broad band of foliate arabesques interspersed with grotesque satyrs and vases of flowers. The rim with a broad band inscribed in capital letters: "IOR GYSBT PIECK V TIENHOEVEN H M D G 1642". H 13.2, D 16.9 cm. Weight c. 5 kg.
Attributed to Rotterdam, 1642.

Literature

Cf. a mortar with a similar form and decor in: Wittop Koning, Nederlandse vijzels, 1989, p. 83.