A PORPHYRY GRINDING STONE AND BURNISHER
A PORPHYRY GRINDING STONE AND BURNISHER
A PORPHYRY GRINDING STONE AND BURNISHER
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A PORPHYRY GRINDING STONE AND BURNISHER

THE GRINDING STONE PROBABLY 15TH/16TH CENTURY

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A PORPHYRY GRINDING STONE AND BURNISHER
THE GRINDING STONE PROBABLY 15TH/16TH CENTURY
The grinding stone with rounded edges and moulded with a shallow inset oval bowl, the burnisher associated and probably later
The grinding stone: 2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high; 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) wide; 2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) deep
Provenance
The grinding stone: Spink & Son, 1965.
Auctionata, 22 March 2016, lot 66.
À la façon de Venise, 2019.

The burnisher: With Jean-Claude Ciancimino, 2017.
Acquired from Oliver Hoare, September 2021.
Exhibited
The burnisher: London, Oliver Hoare, Jean-Claude Ciancimino's Alchemical Toy-Cupboard, Every Object Tells a Story, 2017, no. 301 and The Natural World Exhibition, 2021.

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