1943.1412: Mortar
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.1412
- Title
- Mortar
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 16th century
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229559
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Metal
- Dimensions
- 8.89 x 11.11 x 10.64 cm (3 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 4 3/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.1412
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Flared form with cast, curved fish handle. Plain foot rim; stepped band of half acanthus leaves above. Central band with scale pattern; seated winged satyrs with splayed legs on either side of handle; pair of putti holding ribbons and supporting a garlanded cartouche with a profile head of a man in a cap. Frieze of scroll motifs on upper rim.
Verification Level
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