Lot Essay
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Middeldorf Fifty Mortars, Florence, 1981. No.10.
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15TH CENTURY
Details
A North Italian bronze mortar
15th century
The body with two bands of cherub heads and four fleur-de-lis capped triangular projecting ribs, a single part-writhen handle with plain ring, loss to rim and cracks
5 7/16in. (13.8cm.) diameter, 3 7/8in. (9.9cm.) high
15th century
The body with two bands of cherub heads and four fleur-de-lis capped triangular projecting ribs, a single part-writhen handle with plain ring, loss to rim and cracks
5 7/16in. (13.8cm.) diameter, 3 7/8in. (9.9cm.) high
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