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Title: Master Model
Date: 11th century
Geography: Excavated in Iran, Nishapur
Medium: Earthenware; gritty white body, unglazed
Dimensions: Diam. of opening: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1948
Object Number: 48.101.9
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