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Terracotta statuette of a boy and a rooster
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Terracotta, Hellenistic, Greek Asia Minor Pontus
Rights: Public Domain
Greek and Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1906
Title: Terracotta statuette of a boy and a rooster
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Terracotta, Hellenistic, Greek Asia Minor Pontus.
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