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Historical Archive: Cock's-head ewer double shell fritware (stonepaste), engraved and painted under transparent colored glaze, outer shell reticulated Iran, early thirteenth century height 39.5 cm, maximum diameter 20.4 cm body decorated with Waq-waq tree bearing human and animal heads formerly in collection Acheroff; exhibited in the Exposition des arts musulmans of 1903 Paris, Musée du Louvre MAO 442 full facing right full facing left head and neck facing forward head facing right pierced shell of body with waq-waq tree human and animal heads on waq-waq tree lower body with Persian inscription: May the Creator protect the owner everywhere... with person for scale