Lot Essay
Dr. Wittop Koning attributes this mortar to Gerrit Both on the basis of the frieze decoration of dancing fauns.
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ATTRIBUTED TO GERRIT BOTH, UTRECHT, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Details
A DUTCH BRONZE MORTAR WITH PESTLE
ATTRIBUTED TO GERRIT BOTH, UTRECHT, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The flaring rim with inscription MET DEN VISEL WORDEN MEEST ALLE SPECERIEN GEBROKEN DIES SI GODT*/*PRIS DIE SE ONS GEEFT LIEFLYCK VAN ROKEN LISBET F* above a cast body with dancing fauns and dolphin shaped handles; the pestle probably original
17 cm. high; 19.2 cm. diam. -the pestle 29 cm. long- (2)
ATTRIBUTED TO GERRIT BOTH, UTRECHT, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The flaring rim with inscription MET DEN VISEL WORDEN MEEST ALLE SPECERIEN GEBROKEN DIES SI GODT*/*PRIS DIE SE ONS GEEFT LIEFLYCK VAN ROKEN LISBET F* above a cast body with dancing fauns and dolphin shaped handles; the pestle probably original
17 cm. high; 19.2 cm. diam. -the pestle 29 cm. long- (2)
Literature
Wittop Koning, 1989, p. 89, cat. nr. 6.
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