Lot Essay
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Middeldorf Fifty Mortars, Florence, 1981. No.19.
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EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Details
A North Italian bronze mortar
Early 16th century
Decorated to each side with three vertical straps of flower heads, a band of running foliage above the foot, the two handles with quatrefoils
5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) diameter, 4 7/16in. (11.6cm.) high
Early 16th century
Decorated to each side with three vertical straps of flower heads, a band of running foliage above the foot, the two handles with quatrefoils
5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) diameter, 4 7/16in. (11.6cm.) high
Special notice
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