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  • Tray (England), 1823–24

    Broad cast ornamental border bearing marks, and figures and animals of ten classical hunt scenes among flowers and foliations. Four foliated feet terminate in dolphins’ heads. Scroll and floral chasing.…

  • Fragment (Iraq), 10th century

    Fragmented and incomplete depictions of a two lions in profile view, in light green, light blue, cream, brown, and gold.

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  • Tray (India), 1801–50

    Four-lobed square form composed of flat base with slightly out-curved, raised scalloped rim; floor of tray and inner and outer rim decorated overall with conventionalized hammered floral motives.

  • Sample (USA), 1945–1950

    Sample has a single column of dark green elongated diamond shapes on a dark yellow ground.

  • Printing Block (India), late 19th–early 20th century

    Block of delicately carved wood in an intricate allover design of curved lines connecting circles. Remaining spaces are filled in with a flower and dot design.

  • Border (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century

    Long narrow band made from two shorter pieces stitched together. All natural raffia color, in a creamy tone. Three pattern areas of geometric interlacing of alternating bands of textured pile…

  • Border (Democratic Republic of the Congo), late 19th century

    Long band composed of three shorter pieces stitched together. All-over embroidery in irregularly interlaced pattern of bands striped in three shades of brown. One selvage present, other long edge cut…

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