Mortar, bowl shape, polished yellow/brown quartz

Made:: 1501-1900

Small bowl-shaped mortar, of polished yellowy-brown quartz
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Small bowl-shaped mortar, of polished yellowy-brown quartz, possibly north African or Middle Eastern, 1501-1900

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Category:: Classical & Medieval Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658152

Materials:: porphyry, ? material

Measurements:: height 75 mm
rim: diameter 90 mm
base: diameter 53 mm

type:: mortars

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Mortar, bowl shape, polished yellow/brown quartz

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