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Lot 626 Dα

A North German single-handled mortar

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 10:00 - Highly Important Mortars from the Schwarzach Collection III
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 5.000 € (incl. premium)
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A North German single-handled mortar

Golden brown cast bronze with natural patina. Of cylindrical form with a flaring, moulded base and slightly flaring rim. Decorated with five bands of moulding and six short ribs around the base. The base slightly rounded due to use and with a casting fault, a horizontal crack in the lower section. H 21, D 14.8 cm, weight c. 3.7 kg. Includes a corresponding T-shaped pestle. L 32 cm.
Attributed to Lower Saxony, 15th C.

Literature

Cf. Hömberg, Der Norddeutsche Bronzemörser im Zeitalter von Gotik und Renaissance, Stuttgart 1983, p. 124, cat. no. 20 and cat. no. 26.