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Calabash-Shaped Bottle with Elongated Neck and Decoration of Stylized "Taotie" Masks
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Department of Asian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Helen Pratt Dane
Title: Calabash-Shaped Bottle with Elongated Neck and Decoration of Stylized "Taotie" Masks
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