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Two Friezes, the Upper One with a Man Sharpening a Blade on a Grind Stone, the Lower with Two Moslem Prisioners and Their Elephant Being Carried Off on a Cart
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Edith I. Welch gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2016
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Edith I. Welch
Title: Two Friezes, the Upper One with a Man Sharpening a Blade on a Grind Stone, the Lower with Two Moslem Prisioners and Their Elephant Being Carried Off on a Cart
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