An Italian mortar with a depiction of the Holy Family - image-1
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Lot 634 Dα

An Italian mortar with a depiction of the Holy Family

Auction 1152 - overview Cologne
29.05.2020, 11:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection II
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.875 € (incl. premium)
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An Italian mortar with a depiction of the Holy Family

Golden brown bronze with natural patina. Both sides decorated with Christian depictions in rhomboid surrounds: The Holy Family and Christ with the implements of his Passion. The base decorated with a band of foliate arabesques. The short handles formed as heads above cross pattées. A horizontal crack to the underside, partially filled with lead solder. H 11.5, D 15.6 cm. Weight c. 2.9 kg. Including a corresponding pestle.
Attributed to Southern or Upper Italy, 16th/17th century.

Literature

Cf. a plaque with a similar motif of Christ as the Man of Sorrows in the Grassi Museum in Leipzig illus. in: Bekker, Europäische Plaketten und Medaillen vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert, Leipzig 1998, cat. no. 4.