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A Rare Islamic Large Porphyry Mortar
About the Item
A Rare Islamic Large Porphyry Mortar
With ‘stylised’ lobes and pouring spout
Old fissures and break
Porphyry, iron ring to base
Egypt
13th / 14th Century
SIZE: 18cm high, 32.5cm dia. (max) - 7 ins high, 12½ ins dia.
PROVENANCE:
Purchased Italy 2011
Ex Private collection
Virtually every piece of porphyry was quarried by convicts and slaves from the Egyptian eastern desert at Gebel Dokhan. The quarries were opened in the early 1st century AD and worked until the 5th century AD. They were most actively worked under the Roman Emperors Nero, Trajan and Hadrian. The Emperors reserved the colour purple for their own use and so porphyry and the Egyptian quarries became their exclusive Roman Imperial property. Islamic carved mortar was probably carved in Egypt from an earlier mined or worked block.
- Dimensions:Height: 7 in (17.78 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)Depth: 14 in (35.56 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:13th / 14th Century
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor structural damages.
- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU9363236847842
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