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Also Known As	enamelling • enameling

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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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Luca della Robbia

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Léonard Limosin

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Toutin, Jean

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James Tissot: Saint Jude

James Tissot

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Godefroid de Claire

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