A GERMAN BRONZE MORTAR
EARLY 17TH CENTURY
With a single side handle, the body cast with a relief band of classical vases flanked by pairs of dolphins above the inscription '3V . DEM . HANS . PRVN . KERICH .' and with a Venetian lion motif in a roundel
7½ in. (9 cm.) high
A GERMAN BRONZE MORTAR
EARLY 17TH CENTURY
With a single side handle, the body cast with a relief band of classical vases flanked by pairs of dolphins above the inscription '3V . DEM . HANS . PRVN . KERICH .' and with a Venetian lion motif in a roundel
7½ in. (9 cm.) high