Mirror with Fish
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The back of this mirror shows fish against a background suggestive of a stream of water, and a medallion with a six-petal rosette surrounding the central knob. The mirror’s undecorated side would have been polished into a highly reflective surface. Metal cast mirrors were common in the medieval Islamic period, when they might have also been used as talismans and for magical practices.
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