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The exterior surface is divided into five sections by five herm caryatids, with seal-like ornaments in each section, two of which bear profile faces of a bearded man, the remaining ones respectively with the archangel Saint Michael weighing souls, a Gothic tabernacle with a head and a chalice, and a large four-petaled flower with two smaller rosettes.
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Title: Mortar
Date: late 15th or early 16th century
Culture: French or North Italian (?)
Medium: Copper alloy, with a grayish patina color, traces of green oxide on base.
Dimensions: H. 7.1 cm, diam. 10.9 cm (rim).
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Object Number: 1975.1.1369
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