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An Italian bronze mortar

BARTOLOMMEO DE PESENTI, VERONA, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY

Details
An Italian bronze mortar
Bartolommeo de Pesenti, Verona, second half 17th century
The body with three reeded bands below the rim, two profile medallions and two wreathed cartouches inscribed BARTOLAMEUS DE PESENTI VERO. OPS, a band of inverted acanthus leaves above the waisted foot
4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) diameter, 4in. (10.2cm.) high
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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Charles Avery Studies in European Sculpture, Christie's, 1981.
Two mortars by Pesenti, (one from the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence and the other from the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam), along with a bell dated 1676 (Louvre, Paris) are illustrated and discussed pp.

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