Large black marble mortar with flat base

Made:
1-1900
Large black marble mortar with flat base

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Large black marble mortar with flat base
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Large black marble mortar with flat base, rounded towards bottom, thick sides, flat rim, possibly Middle Eastern or North African, 1-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A658193
Materials:
stone, marble
Measurements:
height 192 mm
rim: diameter 217 mm
base: diameter 122 mm
type:
mortars

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