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Plaque with Erotic Scene

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Terracotta, Shunga period, India
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase The Randall & Kathryn Smith Foundation Gift 1999
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Title: Plaque with Erotic Scene
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Terracotta, Shunga period, India.

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