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... Museum , Cambridge , Massachusetts . 47 X 62.2 cm . Cream glazed earthenware amphora , T'ang dynasty . In the Ashmolean Museum , Oxford . Height 37.5 cm . Polychromed wood statue of Kuan - yin , Liao dynasty ( 947-1125 ) . In the ...
... Museum , Cambridge , Massachusetts . 47 X 62.2 cm . Cream glazed earthenware amphora , T'ang dynasty . In the Ashmolean Museum , Oxford . Height 37.5 cm . Polychromed wood statue of Kuan - yin , Liao dynasty ( 947-1125 ) . In the ...
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... Museum , Baghdad . Height of tallest statuette 72.1 cm . Deprived of stone , Sumerian sculptors exploited alterna- tive materials . Fine examples of metal casting have been found , some of them suggesting knowledge of the cire perdue ...
... Museum , Baghdad . Height of tallest statuette 72.1 cm . Deprived of stone , Sumerian sculptors exploited alterna- tive materials . Fine examples of metal casting have been found , some of them suggesting knowledge of the cire perdue ...
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... Museum for Kunst , Copenhagen . 40.5 X 32.5 cm . " Composition , " oil painting by Piet Mondrian , 1929 . In the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York City . 45.5 X 45.5 cm . " The Persistence of Memory , " oil painting by Salvador ...
... Museum for Kunst , Copenhagen . 40.5 X 32.5 cm . " Composition , " oil painting by Piet Mondrian , 1929 . In the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York City . 45.5 X 45.5 cm . " The Persistence of Memory , " oil painting by Salvador ...
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