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Byzantine Limestone Mortar with Faces and Later Dedication
Byzantine Limestone Mortar with Faces and Later Dedication
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Circa 14th-15th century A.D. and later. Drum-shaped body with narrow base, two vertical flanges running from the rim and between them two D-shaped male masks with low discoid caps; later inscribed: '1812 [??]?? I??[?I??] 27 ?????? ???????????? ???????' (July the 27, year 1812 of Iohannes Konstantinos Petrikos). 11.15 kg, 22 cm wide (8 5/8 in.).

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

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Byzantine Limestone Mortar with Faces and Later Dedication

Estimate £1,200 - £1,700
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