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Pair of DoorsAccording to Museum files, the findspot for these doors was the town of Takrit in north-central Iraq. Researchers, however, have deduced that local residents in modern times had brought them there for reuse from the ruins of Samarra, a site located on the east bank of the Tigris, about seventy-eight miles (125 km) north of Baghdad
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[Elia Volpi, Florence, until 1927; his sale, American Art Association, New York, April 2, 1927, no. 374, as by Margaritone d’Arezzo, for $900]; [Ercole Canessa, Paris and New York, 1927–d. 1929; his estate sale, American Art Association, New York, March 29, 1930, no
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Ratti Textile Center Modern and Contemporary Art 2 of 20 Soprano ophicleide in B-flat
Two Ceramic Tiles (nos. 02.5.91 and 1971.235.2)Major renovations undertaken about 1578 in the private quarters (or harem) of Istanbul’s Topkapı Palace during the reign of Sultan Murad III (r
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1960, excavated under the direction of Max Mallowan, on behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; ceded in the division of finds to the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; acquired by the Museum in 1960, as a result of its financial contribution to the excavations
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Inscription: (top center): F [image of a knot] R (too fragmentary for interpretation, most likely added later as a reference to Francius de La Rochedfoucauld) (in each corner): : A [image of a knot] E [reversed] (unidentified)(on two dog collars): A [image of a knot] E [reversed] (unidentified)
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