A Continental, probably French or Spanish, bronze mortar decorated with lions masks, late 17th century, of circular section, the everted and ribbed rim above a body cast with five masks, on waisted foot, 9.5cm high, 13.5cm diameter, with associated knopped pestle, 17cm long CATALOGUE NOTES: In his study of historic bronze mortars, scholar Ulrich Middeldorf describes the classical Renaissance mortar type, which continued to be made during the 17th century, as having a bell shaped body, with articulated rims and feet. (1) The relatively low and bulbous form of this mortar, and its restrained decorative elements, recall the features of French and Spanish examples of the late 16th and 17th centuries For bronze mortars of comparable form please see: Christies South Kensington, Oak, Country Furniture, Folk Art, Works of Art and Sculpture, 12 November 2003, lots 531, 533 and 538-542 1) Ulrich Middeldorf, Fifty Mortars, a Catalogue, Florence: Studio Per Edizioni Scelte, 1981, see pp. 10-11 for a classification of the various types
A Continental, probably French or Spanish, bronze mortar decorated with lions masks, late 17th century, of circular section, the everted and ribbed rim above a body cast with five masks, on waisted foot, 9.5cm high, 13.5cm diameter, with associated knopped pestle, 17cm long CATALOGUE NOTES: In his study of historic bronze mortars, scholar Ulrich Middeldorf describes the classical Renaissance mortar type, which continued to be made during the 17th century, as having a bell shaped body, with articulated rims and feet. (1) The relatively low and bulbous form of this mortar, and its restrained decorative elements, recall the features of French and Spanish examples of the late 16th and 17th centuries For bronze mortars of comparable form please see: Christies South Kensington, Oak, Country Furniture, Folk Art, Works of Art and Sculpture, 12 November 2003, lots 531, 533 and 538-542 1) Ulrich Middeldorf, Fifty Mortars, a Catalogue, Florence: Studio Per Edizioni Scelte, 1981, see pp. 10-11 for a classification of the various types
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