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Tile with a Portrait of a Young Man Inhaling the Perfume of a Flower

Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), late 16th/early 17th century
Kubachi ware, fritware with blue, black, and turqouise under a tranparent glaze
22.2 × 2 cm (8.7 × 0.8 in)

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