Live Auction 2855The Decorative Arts Sale
A BRONZE MORTAR
Lot 202

A BRONZE MORTAR

PROBABLY DUTCH OR GERMAN, CIRCA 1576

Closed22 September 2010

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EUR 4,375

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A BRONZE MORTAR
PROBABLY DUTCH OR GERMAN, CIRCA 1576
The flaring rim inscribed SOLI DEO GLORIA 1576, decorated with meandering flowers and two satyrs
10.2 cm. high x 11.2 cm. diam.

Sotheby Amsterdam, 15 December 1977, sale 'Aquila' (lotnumber unknown)

Specialist note

The typical decoration of this mortar with the inscribed rim, plain central frieze above a cast lower frieze might indicate an Utrecht founder where similar decoration schemes occur.