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‘Other types of decoration show figures in typical Mongol dress, often against a background dominated by a design in which lotus flowers are prominent, a motif introduced from the Far East or central Asia by the invaders.

‘Similar lotus flowers are also prominent in the decoration of the inlaid metal vessels, but on these the figures are more slender and elegant, wearing close-fitting caps.’

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

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