LOT 96 Aragonese or Italian mortar from the 16th century. Carved ma...
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12 cm (height) x 17 cm (diameter).
Aragonese or Italian mortar from the 16th century. Carved marble. Slightly damaged. Measurements: 12 cm (height) x 17 cm (diameter). Renaissance mortar made of carved marble in a circular shape. It is decorated with vegetal fretwork and female masks of great beauty and sophistication. In ancient recipe books there are a large number of recipes based on the use of the mortar, a tool which, although it is rarely used today, was so varied in its use in the past that every kitchen had a wide variety of them, from large ones for pounding meats and vegetables to smaller ones for grinding spices. Large mortars existed as far back as antiquity. The Roman poet Juvenal mentioned them in articles for the preparation of drugs, reflecting the early use of this instrument in apothecaries. The antiquity of mortars is also well documented in some works of ancient literature, such as the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus, dating from 1550 BC, which is considered to be one of the oldest documents on medicine in Ancient Egypt. It is also mentioned in the Old Testament.
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