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Topkapi Palace: Istanbul.  Court of the Pool-Harem.  17th century tilework ordered by Sultan Mehmed IV (1648-87). The inscriptions in roundels all contain pious utterances. The frieze commemorates the restoration of Harem after fire.
Topkapi Palace: Istanbul. Court of the Pool-Harem. 17th century tilework ordered by Sultan Mehmed IV (1648-87). The inscriptions in roundels all contain pious utterances. The frieze commemorates the restoration of Harem after fire.
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