Indian Marble Chapati Plate

A plain, round, creamy disk, quietly smooth and just a bit scuffed.

This marble chapati plate is from Rajasthan, India, and dates to the 20th century. Marble is a dense, fine-grained stone that takes a smooth finish and stays cool, qualities that suit it to preparing and serving flatbread dough. A flat circular slab with softly rounded edges and a pale, warm ivory color. The surface is smooth and slightly chalky, with a few small dark nicks and a gently worn edge. There is no decoration at all. It is 1.25 inches high and 10.5 in diameter.

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