LOT 141:
Antique bronze mortar and pestle
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Sold for: $550
Start price:
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500
Estimated price :
$600 - $1,000
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Antique bronze mortar and pestle
Used for grinding medicinal herbs.
Engraved Hebrew inscription, "May it be for health to your navel, and marrow for your bones"
18th century (?)
Oriental, perhaps Morocco
Mortar: Height: 10 cm
Diameter at top: 11.5 cm
Pestle: Length: 20 cm