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Painted storage vessels in a room in Akrotiri, Thera Island, Greece. Thera was inhabited by a highly civi- lized population of Cycladic-Minoan culture. The island was buried under the ashes of the volcano after an eruption around 1450 BCE.
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Painted storage vessels in a room in Akrotiri, Thera Island, Greece. Thera wa...

Bathtub excavated from the thick layer of ashes - Acro- tiri, Thera Island, Greece. The eruption of the volcano on Thera around 1450 BCE gave rise to the legend of the lost continent of Atlantis. The catastrophe may have caused the end of Cretan culture.
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Bathtub excavated from the thick layer of ashes - Acro- tiri, Thera Island, Gree...

Fragment of a lustre-painted ceramic dish showing a lady pouring a drink from a jug into a large chalice. Fatimid, 11th CE. Ceramic, L: 34 cm
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Fragment of a lustre-painted ceramic dish showing a lady pouring a drink f...

Rounded bowl of colourless glass; two rams in dark blue blue overlay and the inscription "Reptah", "good luck". Fatimid period, 11th. H: 8,5 cm Inv. 2463
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Rounded bowl of colourless glass; two rams in dark blue blue overlay a...

Glazed ceramic pitcher with palm-leaf design. Abbasid, from Susa, Iran, 8th-9th Inv. MAO.S.383
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Glazed ceramic pitcher with palm-leaf design. Abbasid, from Susa, Iran...

Jade bowl with floral design and Arabic inscription. From Iran or Central Asia, Timurid period, 1450-1500. H:6,55 cm, 14,5 cm across. See also 02-01-02/21-24 Inv.MR 199
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Jade bowl with floral design and Arabic inscription. From Iran or Central Asi...

Dish with decanter design and Kufic inscription, from Nishapur or Samarkand. 43,5 cm across. Inv. MAO 95
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Dish with decanter design and Kufic inscription, from Nishapur or Samarka...

Peacock-shaped aquamanile, from Spain or Sicily. Inv. 829
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Peacock-shaped aquamanile, from Spain or Sicily. Inv. 829

Peacock-shaped aquamanile, from Spain or Sicily. Inv. 829
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Peacock-shaped aquamanile, from Spain or Sicily. Inv. 829

Ewer,copper, incised floral ornaments. 25 cm, Inv. 17004 Musee des Arts Decoratifs, depot au Musee du Louvre.
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Ewer,copper, incised floral ornaments. 25 cm, Inv. 17004...

Ewer,copper, incised floral ornaments. 25 cm, Inv. 17004 Musee des Arts Decoratifs, depot au Musee du Louvre.
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Ewer,copper, incised floral ornaments. 25 cm, Inv. 17004...

Ewer,copper, incised floral ornaments. 25 cm, Inv. 17004 Musee des Arts Decoratifs, depot au Musee du Louvre.
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Ewer,copper, incised floral ornaments. 25 cm, Inv. 17004...