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An important Northern Italian Renaissance mortar for Bartolomeo Adomoli

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 11:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection II
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 3.500 € (incl. premium)
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An important Northern Italian Renaissance mortar for Bartolomeo Adomoli

Silvery brown cast bronze with golden brown patina. Bell-shaped form with waisted base and flaring rim. Decorated with finely rendered acanthus foliage, coiling snakes, and shellwork in high relief. The rim with a pattern of flowerheads and oval medallions. Both sides inscribed with the patron's name in capital letters: "BARTOLOMEO ADOMOLI". On either side a finely sculpted model of a man's head looking downwards forming the handles. A small breakage to the rim, a circular ridge to the underside (possibly from a former mounting). H 14.6, D 17.9 cm. Weight c. 5.3 kg.
Attributed to Veneto, first half 16th century.

Literature

An almost identical example with the same handles illus. in: Motture, Bells & Mortars, Catalogue of Italian Bronzes in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2001, cat. no. 36.