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Layla Visiting Majnun in the Desert
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Lithograph and applied watercolor and selectively applied glaze, West Bengal Kalighat Calcutta
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase David E. Stutzman and John D. Lamb Gift 2020
Title: Layla Visiting Majnun in the Desert
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Lithograph and applied watercolor and selectively applied glaze, West Bengal Kalighat Calcutta.
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