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Bowl with Two Facing Peacocks
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Earthenware; luster-painted on opaque white glaze
Rights: Public Domain
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Fletcher Fund 1964
Title: Bowl with Two Facing Peacocks
Description:
Earthenware; luster-painted on opaque white glaze.
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