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Candlestick Base with Interlacing Dragons
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Brass; inlaid with silver and copper
Rights: Public Domain
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Edward C. Moore Collection Bequest of Edward C. Moore 1891
Title: Candlestick Base with Interlacing Dragons
Description:
Brass; inlaid with silver and copper.
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