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Lot 543 Dα

A Dutch mortar with a “house mark”

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 10:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection III
Estimate: 4.000 € - 5.000 €
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A Dutch mortar with a “house mark”

Golden brown cast bronze with chocolate brown patina. Tapering mortar with a protruding, tiered base. Decorated with several moulded rings, the centre with a band of delicate arabesques, grotesques, and fountain motifs each flanked by demi-figures. Above this three “house marks”, below a broad inscription in Latin capital letters: “THANTIERIN LIERT X X X XI”. A horizontal crack above the base, some scratches and minor abrasions to the patina. H 16, D 18.5 cm, weight c. 6 kg.
Attributed to the Wegewart workshop, Deventer, early 16th C.

Literature

Cf. Koning, Nederlandse vijzels, Weert 1989, p. 50, illus. 37.