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"title": "Exhibition of Persian Art",
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"description": "Animated animals, such as this griffin, and robust palmette scrolls characterize the bold designs that often appear on dark manganese backgrounds in Garrus ware, from northwestern Iran.",
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"citation": "Pope, Arthur Upham. An Introduction to Persian Art since the Seventh Century A.D. London: P. Davies, 1930.",
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"page_number": "Mentioned: Vol. II, p. 1533; Reproduced: Vol. V, pl. 616b",
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"citation": "Ackerman, Phyllis. Guide to the exhibition of Persian art. New York: Iranian Institute, 1940.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 164, case 21, E",
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"citation": "Lane, Arthur. Early Islamic pottery; Mesopotamia, Egypt and Persia. London: Faber and Faber, 1953.",
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"citation": "Istituto italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, and Mario Bussagli. Mostra d'arte iranica. Exhibition of Iranian art. Roma, Palazzo Brancaccio, giugno-agosto, 1956. Catalogo. Catalogue. Milano: \"Silvana\" editoriale d'arte, 1956.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 222; Reproduced: no. 330",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
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"citation": "Masteller, Kimberly. \"Arthur Upham Pope and Collecting Persian Art for Kansas City.\" In Arthur Upham Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art. Yuka Kadoi, ed., 267\u2013268. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016.",
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