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Vase with abstract scroll decoration

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Stoneware with sgraffito decoration (Cizhou ware), Liao dynasty (907–1125), China
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Mrs. Samuel T. Peters 1926
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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