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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Middeldorf Fifty Mortars, Florence, 1981. No.22, with similar horses head handles.
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POSSIBLY SOUTHERN ITALIAN, DATED 1574
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An Italian bronze mortar
Possibly Southern Italian, dated 1574
The body with two acanthus leaf panels flanked by three straps of foliage, the handles as horses heads, inscribed above the foot to one side GIANANTONIO SALIERNO 1574
5 1/16in. (12.8cm.) diameter, 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high
Possibly Southern Italian, dated 1574
The body with two acanthus leaf panels flanked by three straps of foliage, the handles as horses heads, inscribed above the foot to one side GIANANTONIO SALIERNO 1574
5 1/16in. (12.8cm.) diameter, 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high
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