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Fragment of a Solid, Rectangular Brick with Decoration of Two Animals (possibly two rabbits pounding the elixir of immortality in a mortar)

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Department of Asian Art Langdon Warner (1881-1955) Cambridge Ma (by 1929) gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1929. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Langdon Warner
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Title: Fragment of a Solid, Rectangular Brick with Decoration of Two Animals (possibly two rabbits pounding the elixir of immortality in a mortar)
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