Roman marble thumb pestle, ex. Gaudin collection
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A carved marble pestle in the form of an over-lifesize thumb.
Culture
Roman, c. 1st Century BC to 2nd Century AD
Size
9.9 x 4 cms
Condition
Surface wear as seen in the photographs
Provenance
Ex. collection: Paul Gaudin (1858-1921), France; thence by family descent. Collected in Anatolia between 1899-1904. Paul Gaudin was an engineer and antiquary who became an archaeologist in the course of his work in Turkey and is credited with the discovery of Yortan, an important Bronze Age site closely associated with Troy. Antiquities excavated by Gaudin are to be found in several prominent collections including the Musee de Louvre and British Museum.
For a similar finger-pestle from the Wellcome Collection, now in the Science Museum, London; please see:
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co132309/pestle-marble-crooked-finger-shape