Lot Essay
The typical decoration of this mortar with the inscribed rim, plain central frieze above a cast lower frieze might indicate an Utrecht founder where similar decoration schemes occur.
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PROBABLY DUTCH OR GERMAN, CIRCA 1576
Details
A BRONZE MORTAR
PROBABLY DUTCH OR GERMAN, CIRCA 1576
The flaring rim inscribed SOLI DEO GLORIA 1576, decorated with meandering flowers and two satyrs
10.2 cm. high x 11.2 cm. diam.
PROBABLY DUTCH OR GERMAN, CIRCA 1576
The flaring rim inscribed SOLI DEO GLORIA 1576, decorated with meandering flowers and two satyrs
10.2 cm. high x 11.2 cm. diam.
Provenance
Sotheby Amsterdam, 15 December 1977, sale 'Aquila' (lotnumber unknown)
Brought to you by
Sabine Dalmeijer