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Textile with Processions of Rams
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Silk samite, Iran Afghanistan or China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region)
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Friends of Asian Art Gifts 2005
Title: Textile with Processions of Rams
Description:
Silk samite, Iran Afghanistan or China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region).
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