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Glass: Islamic Period: UC 22420
Glass animal, hippopotamus head, deep clear cobalt blue, broken away from hollow, yellowish white body, yellowish white eyes and ear. Probably from complete hippopotamus figure; ornament or perfume container. Perhaps produced in the region of Iran.
date 10th - 11th century
compare: Carboni 2001: 187
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