A rare Italian mortar with the coat-of-arms of Caterina Cybo - image-1
A rare Italian mortar with the coat-of-arms of Caterina Cybo - image-2
A rare Italian mortar with the coat-of-arms of Caterina Cybo - image-1A rare Italian mortar with the coat-of-arms of Caterina Cybo - image-2

Lot 641 Dα

A rare Italian mortar with the coat-of-arms of Caterina Cybo

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
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A rare Italian mortar with the coat-of-arms of Caterina Cybo

Golden brown cast bronze with chocolate brown patina. Squat, tapering mortar with a slightly flared rim. Decorated with vine leaves above the base and below the rim, the centre decorated with three (severely worn) shields flanked by snakes rampant, each bearing what is presumed to be the arms of Caterina Cybo (1501 - 1557). The lower section slightly buckled due to usage, with two larger dents and several smaller dents around the rim, wear throughout. H 10.5, D 14.5 cm, weight c. 3.1 kg.
Attributed to Central Italy, 16th C.

Literature

Cf. a mortar with this coat-of-arms in Motture, Bells & Mortars, Catalogue of Italian Bronzes in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2001, p. 89, no. 14.