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Vase with Arabesque Design

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Brass inlaid with traces of silver., Syrian (Damascus) Persian or Egyptian (Cairo)
Robert Lehman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Robert Lehman Collection 1975
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Title: Vase with Arabesque Design
Description:
Brass inlaid with traces of silver.
, Syrian (Damascus) Persian or Egyptian (Cairo).

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