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"title": "Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)",
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"citation": "Charleston, Robert Jesse. 1979. Masterpieces of western and near eastern ceramics. Vol. 4 Vol. 4. New York: distributed by Kodansha International/USA through Harper & Row.",
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"citation": "Allan, James W. 1991. Islamic ceramics. Oxford: Christie's.",
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