A NORTH ITALIAN BRONZE MORTAR

LATE 16TH / 17TH CENTURY

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A NORTH ITALIAN BRONZE MORTAR
LATE 16TH / 17TH CENTURY
Cast with a band of satyr masks and acanthus above a finely detailed band of grape vines and concentric ball handles
11 in. (28 cm.) high; 12 ¾ in. (33 cm.) diameter
And a pestle

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Lot Essay

A mortar with a similar frieze of grape vines is illustrated in Peta Motture, Bells and Mortars, catalogue of Italian bronzes in the Victoria and Albert museum, 2001. No. 59. Attributed as North Italian, probably 16th century.

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