Inscribed pestle head dated in Chinese characters

Made:
1603 in China
Pottery pestle head, inscribed and dated in Chinese characters

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Pottery pestle head, inscribed and dated in Chinese characters
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Pottery pestle head, inscribed and dated in Chinese characters, made in the Wan-Li reign of the Ming dynasty, Chinese, 1603

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A645205
Materials:
pottery and incomplete
Measurements:
overall: 34 mm 57 mm,
type:
pestle
credit:
Wright, E.