Lot No. 938


A Large Gothic Mortar with Pestle,


A Large Gothic Mortar with Pestle, - Furniture, Works of Art, Glass & Porcelain

Upper Rhine, Basel (?), 14th century, bronze, two angular handles, widening at the top, moulded body in the middle and upper sections. Height c. 26.4 cm, diameter at top c. 20.8 cm, length of pestle 46.5 cm.

Provenance:
c. 1958 Collection of Dr. Johannes Jantzen (1887-1972), Bremen;
Rainer Zietz Ltd, London;
acquired from the above in 2002 North German private collection.

Exhibited:
Deutsche Bronzen des Mittelalters und der Renaissance, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, 12.4.-17.7 1960, no. 69. Sechs Sammler stellen aus, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 7.4.-11.6. 1961, no. 117.

Literature:
Exhibition catalogues of the two aforementioned exhibitions. J. Jantzen, Europäische Meisterwerke in Bremischem Privateigentum, offprint from the Yearbook of the Club zu Bremen, 1959/62. J. Jantzen, Bronzemörser, in: Anzeiger der Germanischen Nationalmuseums, 1968, pp. 27-34, esp. p. 31, ill. 15/16. J. Jantzen, Ein Deutscher Mörsertypus des 14. Jahrhunderts, in: Alte und Moderne Kunst, 6, vol. 49, 1961, pp. 19-23, esp. pp. 19-20, ill. 2. Certificate: Hermann P. Lockner, Würzburg: certificate dated 6 June 2002 for Rainer Zietz Ltd, London.

Specialist: Simon Weber-Unger Simon Weber-Unger
+43-1-515 60-269

simon.weber@dorotheum.at

02.05.2023 - 13:00

Estimate:
EUR 4,000.- to EUR 7,000.-

A Large Gothic Mortar with Pestle,


Upper Rhine, Basel (?), 14th century, bronze, two angular handles, widening at the top, moulded body in the middle and upper sections. Height c. 26.4 cm, diameter at top c. 20.8 cm, length of pestle 46.5 cm.

Provenance:
c. 1958 Collection of Dr. Johannes Jantzen (1887-1972), Bremen;
Rainer Zietz Ltd, London;
acquired from the above in 2002 North German private collection.

Exhibited:
Deutsche Bronzen des Mittelalters und der Renaissance, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, 12.4.-17.7 1960, no. 69. Sechs Sammler stellen aus, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 7.4.-11.6. 1961, no. 117.

Literature:
Exhibition catalogues of the two aforementioned exhibitions. J. Jantzen, Europäische Meisterwerke in Bremischem Privateigentum, offprint from the Yearbook of the Club zu Bremen, 1959/62. J. Jantzen, Bronzemörser, in: Anzeiger der Germanischen Nationalmuseums, 1968, pp. 27-34, esp. p. 31, ill. 15/16. J. Jantzen, Ein Deutscher Mörsertypus des 14. Jahrhunderts, in: Alte und Moderne Kunst, 6, vol. 49, 1961, pp. 19-23, esp. pp. 19-20, ill. 2. Certificate: Hermann P. Lockner, Würzburg: certificate dated 6 June 2002 for Rainer Zietz Ltd, London.

Specialist: Simon Weber-Unger Simon Weber-Unger
+43-1-515 60-269

simon.weber@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Furniture, Works of Art, Glass & Porcelain
Auction type: Saleroom auction with Live Bidding
Date: 02.05.2023 - 13:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 22. 04. - 02.05.2023