DATED 1490

細節

AN ITALIAN BRONZE LARGE MORTAR
DATED 1490
inscribed SS. FRATELLI. LVCI. BONAVILLA. FECIT. 1490
14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) high; 38 in. (15 cm.) diameter

來源

The Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection; sold Sotheby's, London, 9 July 2009, lot 2.

注意事項

The VAT treatment will depend on whether you have registered to bid with an EU or non-EU address: If you register to bid with an address within the EU you will be invoiced under the VAT Margin Scheme. If you register to bid with an address outside of the EU you will be invoiced under standard VAT rules.

榮譽呈獻

Benedict Winter

BWinter@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2203

拍品專文

This unusual monumental Renaissance bronze mortar, formerly in the collection of the legendary polymathic collector Barbara Johnson, is decorated with parallel raised bands and a double swag to the centre. The inscription translates as ‘The Holy Brothers Fratelli Luci. Made by Bonavilla 1490’. 1490 is a pivotal year in the Italian Renaissance, the year of Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man.

更多來自 Peter Petrou: Tales of the Unexpected

查看全部