Lot 641 Dα

An Italian Baroque mortar

Cast bronze with finely shimmering golden brown patina. Decorated with a band of trailing foliage between two bands of moulding beneath two cherub's heads alternating with large acanthus leaves. H 13.5, D 16.7 cm, weight c. 4 kg. Includes a pestle with rounded terminals and a node. L 26 cm.
Northern Italy, late 16th / 17th C.