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Bronze. A squat-shaped mortar with inlaid decoration of white metal. Round the waist twelve wedge shaped bosses or lugs, 1 3/4 ins. in length, arranged to alternately taper upwards and downwards, in between each lug a leaf design in white metal, round the base a fret border, at the top a double fret border separated by a plain narrow panel.
Bequeathed by E. Saville Peck
Diameter: 5 ΒΌ in
Height: 3 3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1955-04-28) by Saville Peck, E.
14th Century
Circa
1300
-
1400
Egyptian Mamluk
Accession number: M.6-1955
Primary reference Number: 14099
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mortar" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14099 Accessed: 2024-12-23 10:14:03
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