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Lot 40

A bronze Mortar
Andalusia, 13th/ 14th Century
(2)

18 June 2013, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,000 inc. premium

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A bronze Mortar
Andalusia, 13th/ 14th Century

of octagonal form, cast with triangular ribs of alternating direction, the pestle decorated with bands of chevron motifs
5.2 cm. high(2)

Footnotes

For two similar mortars dated to the 13th/ 14th century in the Khalili Collection see F. Maddison & E. Savage-Smith, Science, Tools & Magic, 1997, p. 299.

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