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Pierced Window Screen (Jali)

Unknown Artist
A screen for filtering light through a window, this panel is carved with two strikingly lively geometric designs, one set within the other.

Credit: Rogers Fund, 1984 ...
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Early 17th century
Marble
123.0cm
1984.193
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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