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Buff Ware Fragment with Horned Animals

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Earthenware; polychrome decoration under transparent glaze (buff ware)
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1940
Title: Buff Ware Fragment with Horned Animals
Description:
Earthenware; polychrome decoration under transparent glaze (buff ware).

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