A Gothic single-handled mortar with mascarons - image-1
A Gothic single-handled mortar with mascarons - image-2
A Gothic single-handled mortar with mascarons - image-3
A Gothic single-handled mortar with mascarons - image-4
A Gothic single-handled mortar with mascarons - image-1A Gothic single-handled mortar with mascarons - image-2A Gothic single-handled mortar with mascarons - image-3A Gothic single-handled mortar with mascarons - image-4

Lot 637 Dα

A Gothic single-handled mortar with mascarons

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Print page
Watchlist

A Gothic single-handled mortar with mascarons

Coppery golden coloured cast bronze with shimmering chocolate brown patina, wrought iron ring. Tapering mortar with a protruding rim. Decorated with large lion's head mascarons and putti heads flanking the large monogram "G.M.". With a single twisted band handle suspending a slender iron ring. Wear throughout, minor irregularities caused by casting and usage. H 11.6, D 13.9 cm, includes pestle, weight with pestle c. 3.2 kg.
Italy, late 15th - mid-16th C.

Literature

Cf. Motture, Bells & Mortars, Catalogue of Italian Bronzes in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2001, p. 198 f.