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ISBN 0 7287 0081 6 paper bound, 07287 0080 8 cloth bound.\r\nCatalogue entry 327, p. 238"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lane, A. <u>Early Islamic Pottery</u>, London, 1947. 52p., ill. Page 33, pl. 38b"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lane, A. 'Sung Wares and the Saljuq Pottery of Persia' <u>In</u>:<u> Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society</u>, vol.22, 1948. p. 23, fig. 10d"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Soustiel, Jean. <u>La céramique islamique. Le guide du connaisseur. </u> Fribourg, Office du Livre, 1985. ISBN 2-8264-0002-9.  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