Lot Essay
This class of mortar has traditionally been associated with the work of the great Venetian bronze founder Allessandro Leopardi, who cast the socles for three flagstaffs of Piazza San Marco; 1501-05.
Property from the Estate of
DOROTHEA HALPERT
A FINE BRONZE MORTAR
Details
A FINE BRONZE MORTAR
VENETIAN, CIRCA 1500
The tapering body decorated on both sides with twin dolphin handles, gadrooning and a relief of -6in. (15cm.) high, patina
VENETIAN, CIRCA 1500
The tapering body decorated on both sides with twin dolphin handles, gadrooning and a relief of -6in. (15cm.) high, patina
Literature
COMPRATIVE LITERATIURE
K. Pechstein, Bronzen und Plaketten, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, 1968, nos. 65, 66
J. Pope-Hennessey,Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, London, 1965, nos. 566-568, figs. 592, 594 dor similar high quality casts
K. Pechstein, Bronzen und Plaketten, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, 1968, nos. 65, 66
J. Pope-Hennessey,Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, London, 1965, nos. 566-568, figs. 592, 594 dor similar high quality casts