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Vase with abstract scroll decoration
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Stoneware with sgraffito decoration (Cizhou ware), Liao dynasty (907–1125), China
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Title: Vase with abstract scroll decoration
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Stoneware with sgraffito decoration (Cizhou ware), Liao dynasty (907–1125), China.
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