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Sherd: The Floor and Footring of a Large Bowl with Decoration of Two Parrots in Flight, Each Holding a Leafing Branch in Its Mouth
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Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Mrs. Eric Wentworth
Title: Sherd: The Floor and Footring of a Large Bowl with Decoration of Two Parrots in Flight, Each Holding a Leafing Branch in Its Mouth
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