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This fragment of a beautiful water jar from 13th-century northern Iraq shows an elegant courtly woman in a tiara. To the left is a cup-bearer in pigtails and a tall felt cap. [1978.225]
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Updated on 2004-04-02 · Copyright © The Ashmolean Museum, 2004.