Lot 68
68
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A BRONZE MORTAR

Details
A BRONZE MORTAR
ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY

With an inventory number on the underside '17'.
Brown patina; minor damages to rim.
4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) high

AND ANOTHER BRONZE MORTAR
English, 16th century
Cast with Tudor roses around the body.
Brown patina.
3½in. (9cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

For Italian mortars of a similar form and with a similar decorative vocabulary, see J. Pope-Hennessy, Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, London, 1965, nos. 569, 571, 572, 578, figs. 595, 596, 598, 602.

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