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Armorial Plate (tondino): The story of King Midas

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Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)

Rights: Public Domain

Robert Lehman Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Robert Lehman Collection 1975

Nicola da Urbino (Artist)

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ca. 1520–25, 1517, 1528

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Title: Armorial Plate (tondino): The story of King Midas

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Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware).

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