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Dolphins and Other Fish (after a fresco from the Palace of Knosso, Crete)

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Late Minoan II, c. 1500-1450 BCE (original in the Herakleion Museum, Crete)
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer
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Title: Dolphins and Other Fish (after a fresco from the Palace of Knosso, Crete)
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Late Minoan II, c.
1500-1450 BCE (original in the Herakleion Museum, Crete).

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