15TH C. MAIOLICA CERAMIC MORTAR
Italian or Spanish, off-white ground with green and brown decoration, unglazed foot, 7"
A similar mortar is in the Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam.
The unglazed foot indicates that the mortar was set into a hole in the surface of the table for stability.
see Christies January 1990, lot 67
Age appropriate chips and age cracks; large chip on rim.
Estimate: $400 - $600
Realized: $450 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 139 : 15TH C. MAIOLICA CERAMIC MORTAR
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