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Lot 593 Dα

A Dutch mortar made for Catharyna Bonsers

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 2.250 € (incl. premium)
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A Dutch mortar made for Catharyna Bonsers

Golden brown cast bronze with polished natural patina. Decorated with two bands of acanthus, scrolls, floral medallions and grapes around the centre, inscribed below the rim on a broad banderole in Latin capital letters: "CATHARYNA BONSERS 1613". Two faceted handles. With some losses to the underside due to usage. H 14.2, D 16.7 cm, with pestle, weight with pestle c. 7.1 kg.
Utrecht, attributed to Henricus Meurs, 1613.

Provenance

Acquired in Amsterdam in 1965.

Literature

Mentioned in Koning, Nederlandse vijzels, Weert 1989, p. 116, no. 19.
Illus. in Dubbe, Die Mörsersammlung Ernst Genz, Maxhöhe 1993, p. 230, no. 118.
Ibid. cf. p. 89, illus. 124 and p. 90, illus. 125.