Mortar with Animal Frieze
Object type: Mortar
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Innsbruck
Artist: Caspar Gras|Henrich Reinhart
Artist bio: Austrian, Bad Mergentheim, near Würzburg 1585–1674 Schwaz, near Innsbruck|ca. 1570–1629
Artist role: Modeler|Founder
Artist nationality: Austrian| 
Date: 1603
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 7 1/4 × 7 7/8 × 6 3/4 in. (18.4 × 20 × 17.1 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit line: Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, 2017
Accession year: 2017
Tags: Frogs|Dragonflies|Snails|Lobsters