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Lot 648 Dα

An Italian mortar with acanthus relief

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 938 € (incl. premium)
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An Italian mortar with acanthus relief

Golden brown cast bronze with copper-coloured patina (slightly mottled in places). Tapering vase-shaped mortar decorated with a band of acanthus leaves and pine cones connected by a garland. Wear throughout, mottled patina, remnants of pigment to the interior. H 10.6, D 13.3 cm, includes a double-ended pestle, weight with pestle c. 2.6 kg.
Presumably Northern Italy, 16th / 17th C.

Literature

Cf. Motture, Bells & Mortars, Catalogue of Italian Bronzes in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2001, p. 179, cat. no. 59.