Mortar

Unknown

late 15th or early 16th century · Copper alloy, with a grayish patina color, traces of green oxide on base. · Robert Lehman Collection

The exterior surface is divided into five sections by five herm caryatids, with seal-like ornaments in each section, two of which bear profile faces of a bearded man, the remaining ones respectively with the archangel Saint Michael weighing souls, a Gothic tabernacle with a head and a chalice, and a large four-petaled flower with two smaller rosettes.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 15th or early 16th century

Medium

Copper alloy, with a grayish patina color, traces of green oxide on base.

Culture

French or North Italian (?)

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975