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‘In the principal room [of Abaqa’s summer palace, Saturiq]* tiles of elaborate technique were used to make panels with star and cross tiles with designs of dragon ** and phoenix in relief under turquoise or cobalt glaze and with overglaze gold enhancement.’

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*{(In an old fire-temple in the crater of an extinct volcano, the palace being built around a lake)}

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***– ibid [Encyclopaedia of Visual Arts 3:445]

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