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Lot 647 Dα

A North Italian Renaissance mortar

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 €
Result: 2.000 € (incl. premium)
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A North Italian Renaissance mortar

Golden brown cast bronze with shimmering brown patina. Bell-shaped mortar with two acanthus clasped scroll handles. Both sides decorated with cornucopia motifs and bucrania (severely worn). With acanthus leaves beneath the rim. With minor dents around the rim and casting faults around the handles. H 10.5, D 12.1 cm, weight c. 1.6 kg.
Venice, Giulio Alberghetti / workshop of Alberghetti or Brescia, attributed to the workshop of Gaspare di Girolamo Marci, mid- to late 16th C.

Literature

Cf. a bell with similar decor in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, illus. in Motture, Bells & Mortars, Catalogue of Italian Bronzes in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2001, p. 166 ff, cat. no. 53.
Cf. also a mortar signed by the Venetian bell caster Giulio Alberghetti in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello Florence, illus. ibid. p. 96, illus. 13.