Accession Nr.: 18460.a-b
Date of production:
first half of the 16th century
Place of production: Italy
Materials: bronze
Techniques: cast
Dimensions:
height: 10,5 cm
opening diameter: 12,5 cm
length: 22,5 cm
The bell-shaped mortar is divided into four horizontal bands and decorated with acanthus and palmette motifs. On the opposite side to the curving handle there is a relief: a hatchet on an escutcheon. Under the top rim there is an inscription in block capitals: PIERANTONIO.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 49. (Szilágyi András)