Mortar
Object type: Mortar
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Nuremberg
Artist: Wenzel Jamnitzer
Artist bio: German, Vienna 1507/8–1585 Nuremberg
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1550
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: diameter at rim, wt. confirmed: 4 15/16 × 6 1/2 in., 51.142oz. (12.5 × 16.5 cm, 1450g)
Classification: Metalwork-Bronze
Credit line: Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, 2016
Accession year: 2016