Collection of dishes, figures and rugs
Various, 1500–1800
Mesopotamian Floor Table and Saucer or Dish, both 12-13th Century; Italian Figure of a Bull, circa 1500; Hispano-Moresque Barber's Dish and 5 Dishes, 17th Century; Hispano-Moresque Vase, 17-18th Century; 2 18th Century Bowls; 3 Persian Carpets. Includes other items currently missing from the collection. These works were part of a collection of 90 works bequeathed to 4 museums in the UK and 2 museums in New Zealand by the late Sir Leonard Woolley through the Art Fund in 1961.
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Title of artwork, date
Collection of dishes, figures and rugs, 1500–1800
Date supported
1961
Gifted by
Sir Charles Leonard Woolley

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