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Amphora with dragon-shaped handles

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Stoneware with raised decoration and pale buff glaze, Tang dynasty (618–907), China
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Robert E. Tod 1938
Title: Amphora with dragon-shaped handles
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Stoneware with raised decoration and pale buff glaze, Tang dynasty (618–907), China.

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