Wide bronze mortar with flat base

Made:
1451-1500
Wide bronze mortar with flat base, concave body with low waist

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Wide bronze mortar with flat base, concave body with low waist
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Wide bronze mortar with flat base, concave body with low waist, flaring rim and 2 rounded handles, 2 motifs resembling cypress tree or veins of a leaf, probably Italian, second half 15th century

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A604628
Materials:
bronze
type:
mortars