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"Porphyry" Vase and cover

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Creamware "porphyry ware" on black basalt plinth
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of the Starr and Wolfe Families 2018
Title: "Porphyry" Vase and cover
Description:
Creamware "porphyry ware" on black basalt plinth.

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