Bronze mortar in the shape of a truncated cone.... Lot 140

Bronze mortar in the shape of a truncated cone. The body is decorated with four alternating representations of Venus anadyomene and four emperor profiles. The foot overhangs. Master of Venus, active in the 17th century. H. 10.2 D. sup.15 and D. inf.10.2 cm. Minor rubbing. Reference: for a comparable model, see Bertrand Bergbauer (dir), Mortiers français du XVe au XVIIIe siècle, fleurs et figures de bronze, Serge Domini éditeur,2021. ill. 298 and 299 p.196.