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Bronze mortar with minotaur motif from the Santa Margarita (1622). 1097 grams, 3" tall, 4-3/4" in diameter at top, 3" in diameter at bottom. Flat-bottomed vessel used for grinding medicines, with three soft-featured minotaurs encircling the barrel at regular intervals, flared at somewhat corroded top, all intact (some sedimentation on the interior), interesting and rare artifact. From the Santa Margarita (1622), with 1983 Fisher photo-certificate #2035.

Estimate: $700-1000