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Lot Essay
Giorgio Lise and Bruno Bearzi, Antichi Mortai de Farmacia, Silvana Editoriale, Milano 1975. Comparison can be made with a mortar illustrated plate XXVI.
Details
An Italian bronze mortar
17th century
The body cast with the portrait relief busts of Caesar and Cleopatra, and armorial devices, within roundels, intersected by winged dragons rampant and acanthus leaves
6¾in. (17cm.) diameter; 5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
and an associated bronze double ended pestle, 18th century -- 7in. (17.8cm.) long (2)
17th century
The body cast with the portrait relief busts of Caesar and Cleopatra, and armorial devices, within roundels, intersected by winged dragons rampant and acanthus leaves
6¾in. (17cm.) diameter; 5¾in. (14.5cm.) high
and an associated bronze double ended pestle, 18th century -- 7in. (17.8cm.) long (2)
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