Mortar

Metalwork Collection

Accession Nr.:	18466
Date of production:	ca. 1500
Place of production:	Italy

Materials:	bronze
Techniques:	cast
Dimensions:	height: 9,2 cm opening diameter: 11,3 cm

The cylindrical mortar with an expanded rim is decorated with vases of flowers in lozenge and pentagon cartouches (one on each side). Apart from the Italian carafe motifs there are stylized foliage and flowers. A curving handle is soldered to the side. The rim is decorated with horizontal ribs.

Literature

Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 46. (Szilágyi András)

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