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Tile with Image of Phoenix
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Stonepaste; modeled underglaze painted in blue and turquoise luster-painted on opaque white ground
Rights: Public Domain
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1912
Title: Tile with Image of Phoenix
Description:
Stonepaste; modeled underglaze painted in blue and turquoise luster-painted on opaque white ground.
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