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Sayyid Shams al-Dīn al-Ḥasanī: lustre dish depicting Khosrow II and Shīrīn

Figure 123: Hispano-Moresque albarello painted with lustre on a blue ground, Valencia, c. 1460. In the British Museum. Height 27.6 cm.

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