Renaissance - Mörser
Cast bronze, cylindrical body with wide projecting lip and volute handles to the sides on a straight stand, central decorative band, both sides with female masks accompanied by standing acanthus leaves in open scrollwork cartouches, above narrow profile rings with inscription "CARLO BONOMO RIPANO" in Latin majuscules, the stand zone with strong profiling, h 16.7 cm, Ø 20.7 cm, weight 6,790 gr, Italy early 16th century, good condition with fine patina, usual signs of use 0402 Reference: Edmund Launert 1990, Der Mörser, page 195/196 no. 215 and 216 (two somewhat smaller examples in the Victoria & Albert Museum London) Proof: Auction Rudolph Lepke Berlin 14. 02.1917, lot 593 (Auction estate Sr. Excellenz Geheimrat Dr. K.A. Lingner Dresden), private property East Westphalia
