A heavy Bactrian bronze mortar or jar

A heavy Bactrian bronze mortar or jar, c. 2nd Millennium BC, thick-walled with solid base. A very substantial piece with a nice olive-green patina and earthen deposits. H: 4 ¾ in (12 cm); Dia: 5 in (

Heavy bronze mortar and pestle, very heavy, mortar 3.25"H, pestle 9"L

Antique bronze mortar and pestle. Mortar measures approx. 5 inches diameter and 4.5 inches tall. Pestle measures approx. 1.75 inches wide and 8.25 inches long. Some surface wear to each piece consiste

c. 1100 AD. Seljuk. Heavy bronze mortar and pestle. The mortar comprises an out-turned rim, cylindrical body decorated with pyramidal bosses, and a stepped-out foot. A pestle features a domed handle,

Khorosan, Afganistan or Egypt Ca. 12th century AD A heavy bronze mortar and pestle. The mortar comprises an out-turned rim, a cylindrical body decorated with pyramidal bosses, and a stepped-out foot.

Ca. 1100-1200 AD. A heavy bronze mortar comprising an out-turned rim, a cylindrical body decorated with pyramidal bosses, and a stepped-out foot. This beautiful object may have been used in the kitche

100% of the Buyer's Premium of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **Originally Listed At $800** Ancient Central Asia, Bactria

c.10th-12th century AD. Seljuk. Heavy cast bronze mortar with broad flange base, tubular body, and flared rim, elaborate decoration to the body. The Seljuks were a Turkic dynasty of Central Asian noma

Central Asia, Bactrian, ca. late 1st millennium BCE. A mold-cast bronze jar, used for storing kohl cosmetic material, in the shape of a stylized fish with a slender tail and protruding bodily fins. A

A very heavy Chinese archaic style bronze jar (18"H), made as lamp (38.5"H)

Chinese vintage very heavy bronze covered jar; a tea caddy(?), 5.5"x4.8"x4.8"

Europe, ca. 15th to 16th c. CE. This is a heavy cast bronze mortar and pestle set with prominent ribs around the outside of the mortar and a simple scored dots decoration. The name "mortar" comes from

**Originally Listed At $500** Western Europe, France or England, Post Medieval period, ca. 16th to 17th century CE. This is a heavy cast bronze mortar and pestle that was probably used by an apothecar

c.10th-12th century AD. A hollow-cast bronze mortar with flange rims top and bottom, decorated with circumferential bands. The Seljuks were a Turkic dynasty of Central Asian nomadic origins. Having de

**Originally Listed At $150** Ancient Central Asia, Bactrian, ca. 2nd to early 1st millennium BCE. A cast-bronze vessel used to contain cosmetic material known as kohl. The vessel has a deep lower bod

A very heavy antique solid bronze mortar (3.6"Hx4.9"dia) and pestle (5.65"L) set

**Originally Listed At $400** Central Asia / Near East, Bactria (Oxus Civilization) to Parthian Empire, ca. 1500 BCE to 200 CE. A pair of cast-bronze and copper vessels for holding kohl or other cosme

Renaissance Bronze Mortar, immensely heavy, dated 1533 or 1534, cast inscription "Magister Joanes Felix Perusinus Fecit MDXXIII(I?)" fleurs de lys and spire decoration. Weight: approx. 40 pounds. (QBU

A Lot of two (2) antique French bronze mortar bowls. Heavy body vessels with embossed floral designs, outward turned lips, and shallow flared bases. Not accompanied by pestle mallets. No apparent make

Early bronze artifact - an apothecary mortar, together with it's original pestle. Characteristic globular form, twelve triangle flanges on the body. Quite heavy and very thick cast bronze. Moorish Spa

The largest a Hispano-Moresque mortar, very heavy for its size, with six projecting angular ribs, one with a hole and a hanging loop, and with simple incised zigzag decoration. Includes corresponding

A fine Bactrian bronze cosmetics vessel, 1st Millenium BC. It is 2-3/4 in high and a 4 in long applicator is included, likely not original to the vessel, but from the same period. Heavy mineral encrus

ANCIENT Bactrian Bronze Kohl Vessel c.1000 BC. Size 3 3/4 inches high.+ stand. Rare form cast bronze kohl jar. Provenance: Ex private New York City collection acquired from the London market 1989

Early apothecary bronze mortar and pestle set. Heavy, thick cast bronze with original pestle. Inscribed Medieval style letters "AB D S". Possibly Scandinavian, late 18th/early 19th century. Measuremen