LOT 522 A rare mortar with four animal head handlesChased cast bronze with brownish green patina. Of
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A rare mortar with four animal head handles Chased cast bronze with brownish green patina. Of almost octagonal section, slightly rounded due to usage, with protruding upper rim. The decor separated via pilasters into eight vertical segments with alternating motifs: Four loops with animal head mascarons and four rings of varying sizes and four raised rhombus motifs. Interior sintered. H 11.1, D 15.5 cm. Weight 3,700 g. Including a corresponding double-ended pestle. Eastern Iran or Central Asia, 12th - 13th century. Literature A similar mortar housed in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, mus.no. 466-1876. Cf. also a mortar in the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, acc.no. 12.33.4. Cf. von Folsach, Kunst fra Islams Verden i Davids Samling, Copenhagen 2001, no. 477. Seltener Mörser mit vier Tierkopfhenkeln Bronzeguss mit Ziselierung und braungrüner gewachsener Patina. Fast oktogonal, mit leichter Bauchung durch Gebrauch, konsolartiger oberer Rand. Acht durch optische Pilaster getrennte Vertikalsegmente mit alternierendem Dekor: Vier Ösen mit Tierköpfen und vier unterschiedlich großen, geschnittenen Ringen im Wechsel mit erhabenen Rauten. Innen versintert. H 11,1, D 15,5 cm. Gewicht 3,7 kg. Passendes Doppelpistill beigegeben. Östliches Iran oder Zentralasien, 12. - 13. Jh. Literatur Ein ähnlicher Mörser in der Sammlung des Victoria & Albert Museum London, Inv. Nr. 466-1876. S.a. der Mörser in der Sammlung The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Inv. Nr. 12.33.4. Vgl. von Folsach, Kunst fra Islams Verden i Davids Samling, Kopenhagen 2001, Nr. 477.
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