Indian Kharal or Chutney Grinder

Sandy, six-sided trough with a neat oval hollow and bark-like scratches outside.

This kharal or chutney grinder is from India. It is jaisalmer stone. Jaisalmer stone is a golden-yellow limestone quarried near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, long used for building and for carved household objects. Low, thick vessel with an angular, hexagonal outline and a smooth oval dish cut into the top. The outer faces are rough, ochre-brown and covered in short parallel tool marks. Two squared lugs project at the ends.

Blunt corners, honest scratches, and a very good hollow.