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Samson killing Philistines
Chinese tea caddy
Figure 179: Copper dish with cloisone enamelling in turquoise, cobalt blue, red, yellow, and white; the Arabic inscription refers to the Artugid prince of Amid and Hsin Kayfa, Da'ud hin Sugman (reigne
The image shows stylized plaque from the 12th century.
Painted enamel and copper pyx, Venetian, 15th century; in the Bargello, Florence
Courteys, Pierre: The Adoration of Psyche
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