1965.494: Mortar
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1965.494
- Title
- Mortar
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1584
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lazio, Rome
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/202884
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Metal
- Dimensions
- 35.88 x 47.5 x 41.28 cm (14 1/8 x 18 11/16 x 16 1/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
- Accession Year
- 1965
- Object Number
- 1965.494
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Flared form with stepped foot. Plain sides with applied griffin on each side with raised proper right paw. Inscription around top rim, "M D LXXXIIII +HORTENTIUS DE GRIFONIBUS SPOLETINUS FI. FE. ROMAE". Knob handles slightly downward slanting.
Verification Level
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