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Lot 627 Dα

A rare Saxon wedding mortar by Tobias Laybener

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 5.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 10.000 € (incl. premium)
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A rare Saxon wedding mortar by Tobias Laybener

Golden brown cast bronze with polished natural patina. Cylindrical mortar on a flaring base with a slightly protruding rim. The smooth walls decorated with several bands of moulding. With two broad banderoles inscribed with the names of the patron, caster, date and location around the base and rim: "Bastyan Pytzsch & Ihrrma rher Zu Gorlitz lyps mich" and "Gossen bey Thobias Laybener cur Zittaw 1577". With two delicate faceted handles. The base slightly concave due to usage, with verdigris to the interior. H 16.7, D 13.2 cm, weight c. 4.6 kg.
Zittau, Tobias Laybener (Leubner), 1577.

Literature

The Saxon Laybener family of bell and vessel casters (also written Leybener or Leubner) is mentioned in Thieme/Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, 23/24, p. 144.